Data Platform Engineer

Via is using technology to transform transportation around the world. From changing a single person’s daily commute to reducing humanity’s collective environmental footprint — we’ve got huge goals.

As a Data Platform Engineer at Via, you will join a talented team of engineers, in charge of our core data infrastructure, while working closely with other engineering and data teams in Via. You will lead the development of complex solutions, work on various cutting edge technologies, and be a critical part in our mission to shape the future of transportation, affecting tens of thousands of riders daily worldwide.

What You’ll Do:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data platforms, pipelines, and solutions for data ingestion, processing and orchestration, leveraging Kubernetes, Airflow, Kafka and more.
• Develop and manage cloud-based data solutions on AWS utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks like Terraform or CloudFormation
• Manage Snowflake environments, including database architecture, resource provisioning, and access control.
• Ensure system reliability and observability with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools like Prometheus and CloudWatch.
• Continuously optimize storage, compute, and data processing costs and performance.

Who You Are:

• BSc. Computer Science, Engineering or similar.
• Minimum of 4 years of professional experience in data engineering
• Minimum of 4 years of professional experience in backend or software development
• Independent, responsible, ready to face challenges head-on
• Passionate about data engineering and constantly expanding your knowledge
• Excellent communication and strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficient in Python
• Experience with Data streaming, Kafka, Airflow, cloud platforms (preferably AWS), k8s, terraform or equivalents.
• Have a solid background working with data warehousing technologies, such as Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, BigQuery, etc.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Joining a global employer with over 700 mobility deployments in 40+ countries
• Our product impacts millions of users around the world  providing alternative transport solutions that are more: efficient and accessible, changing cities to make them greener.
• Competitive compensation package which includes base salary and stock options
• Health insurance with a discount for family members
• Hybrid work and a lovely office situated in the heart of TLV, in Midtown, close to the light rail and train station
• Career development and growth opportunities
• Other perks: Freefit and other sports lessons, 10bis/Cibus - you choose!, happy hours, team events, communities and many more benefits

We’re Via, and we build technology that changes the way the world moves. We’re driven by a simple mission: to create modern and efficient public transportation systems that provide far greater access to jobs, healthcare, and education. With our best in class suite of products, we make transit thrive.

Our teams of world-class engineers, data-scientists, product managers, operations specialists, marketers, transit experts and more bring cutting-edge AI-powered software and innovative technology-enabled operations to our partners across the globe. Founded in 2012, Via builds solutions to digitize, automate, and enable data-driven decision making for entire transportation networks; fixed-route buses, microtransit, paratransit, school buses, autonomous vehicles, and more. 

If you’re excited to be at the forefront of modernizing the future of transportation, are up for solving tough problems, and willing to become/already are a transit nerd, we are the place for you. Even if your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description for this role, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other opportunities. 

Ready to join the ride?

Via is an equal opportunity employer.