Platform Lead - Starburst

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