Platform Lead Platform Lead -- Starburst

Location:

Barcelona, Spain

Contract:

Contract - 6 months minimum

Working pattern:

Hybrid, 2--3 days per week onsite in BCN or Remote within Spain

We are looking for a hands-on

Platform Lead

to take ownership of a production

Starburst Enterprise

platform, ensuring its reliability, performance and continuous improvement.

You will remain technically hands-on while also leading and supporting a small team of 2--3 engineers.

Key Responsibilities

Own the day-to-day operation and reliability of the Starburst platform

Lead incident resolution, root-cause analysis and production support

Manage upgrades, releases, patching and operational changes

Support and improve Kubernetes-based platform infrastructure

Automate platform tasks using Python, SQL and YAML

Work with external vendors on technical issues, defects and upgrades

Mentor engineers and improve documentation, processes and team standards

Support monitoring, resilience,



performance and continuous improvement

Essential Experience

Strong experience with

Starburst Enterprise, Trino or Presto

Experience in a

Platform Lead, Technical Lead or Senior Platform Engineer

role

Kubernetes, Helm, Docker and YAML

AWS and RDS

CI/CD and GitHub Actions

Python and SQL

Production support, incident management and troubleshooting

Experience leading or mentoring a small technical team

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Desirable Experience

Immuta, Apache Ranger or Collibra

Snowflake, PostgreSQL, Redshift, Hive or Iceberg

dbt, AWS Glue, Lambda or Power BI

Data virtualisation, data mesh or governed data platforms

Experience in pharma, biotech, healthcare or another regulated environment

FinOps, disaster recovery, scalability or platform resilience

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