Data Platform Engineer | Data & Platform at BETA Technologies

Department: Data & Platform 01-6223

Compensation

$105,000 – $125,000/yr

Location: South Burlington, Vermont
Type: Full-time
Level: mid
Posted: Sep 18, 2026

Description

BETA Technologies is hiring a Data Platform Engineer to design, build, deploy, and operate scalable data and knowledge infrastructure for its electric aviation organization. The role combines software and data engineering with cloud-native architectures, graph databases, APIs, data integration, data catalogs, data quality and lineage, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and production operations. Candidates need a bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience, at least three years of production data or platform infrastructure experience, and strong engineering, cloud, data, and troubleshooting skills. The role offers $105,000–$125,000 USD in base compensation and onsite healthcare in Vermont, along with medical, dental, vision, disability, parental leave, and other benefits.

Required Skills

Cloud-native architectures
Graph databases
API design
GraphQL
REST APIs
Python
SQL
CI/CD pipelines
Infrastructure as code
Docker
Kubernetes
Data quality
Data lineage

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
Required Previous Experiences: At least 3 years building and shipping data or platform infrastructure in production, with ownership of system availability, performance, and incident response
Provisioning, configuring, and operating cloud-based data services in production, preferably on AWS
Building or maintaining systems using graph databases and designing graph data models
Designing and building APIs with working knowledge of GraphQL
Designing and building data pipelines and data models that ingest and transform data from diverse sources
Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and containerized deployments for production systems
Preferred Qualifications: 5+ years of experience building and operating production data platforms at scale
Experience with semantic technologies, knowledge graphs, and ontology design
Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and agentic coding assistants
Experience with distributed computing frameworks and event-driven or streaming architectures
Hands-on experience with metadata management platforms and enterprise data catalogs
Experience implementing data lineage and data quality solutions at scale
Experience with monitoring, observability, and alerting for production data systems
Experience working in regulated industries or with complex data governance frameworks
Familiarity with aerospace or manufacturing data standards and regulations
Knowledge of IoT protocols and time-series data management
Translation Company Name: BETA Technologies