Senior Developer - Platform Engineer

PURPOSE

At Floor & Decor, data powers decisions across merchandising, supply chain, finance, store operations, and customer experience. As our Senior Developer - Platform Engineer, you'll own the platforms that make those insights possible.

This is not a traditional development role. You'll be the trusted steward of our enterprise data ecosystem—ensuring our Databricks and Azure platforms are secure, reliable, scalable, and ready for what's next. You'll play a critical role in our multi-year cloud modernization journey, helping shape the future of data at Floor & Decor while enabling engineers, analysts, and business teams to do their best work.

Your Day Consists Of

• Owning and administering our Databricks on Azure platform, including Unity Catalog, cluster policies, governance standards, security, and access controls.
• Monitoring platform health, performance, and reliability while ensuring production data pipelines consistently meet service expectations.
• Managing Azure data platform components including ADLS Gen2, Key Vault, Azure Active Directory integrations, networking, and platform security.
• Supporting our SQL Server enterprise data warehouse during a planned migration to Databricks, helping ensure a smooth transition with minimal disruption.
• Partnering closely with data engineering, analytics, governance, and business teams to improve platform capabilities and remove technical barriers.
• Driving platform optimization initiatives focused on cost management, observability, automation, documentation, and continuous improvement.

You'll Be Successful With

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, data platform engineering, database administration, or related infrastructure-focused roles.
• Hands-on experience administering Databricks and cloud-based data platforms in a production environment.
• Strong knowledge of Azure services including ADLS, Azure Active Directory, Azure DevOps, networking, and security controls.
• Experience balancing platform reliability, governance, performance, and cost optimization across enterprise-scale environments.
• Familiarity with SQL Server administration, performance tuning, and data warehouse environments.
• An ownership mindset with the ability to proactively solve problems, influence stakeholders, and serve as a trusted technical advisor across teams.

Preferred Experience

• Databricks and/or Azure certifications.
• Experience supporting cloud migration initiatives from on-premises data warehouses.
• Knowledge of data governance, metadata management, and modern data architecture patterns.
• Experience with Alteryx Server administration.
• Exposure to retail, merchandising, supply chain, or enterprise analytics environments.

WORKING CONDITIONS (TRAVEL, HOURS, ENVIRONMENT)

This position is salaried, knowing it may include hours which exceed eight hours in a day or forty hours in a week.

PHYSICAL/SENSORY REQUIREMENTS

Sedentary Work – Ability to exert 10 - 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time.

Store Support Center Associates

Provide leadership and support training on all Safety programs, processes and procedures, insuring that every associate is properly trained for their position.

Follow established Safety procedures in all aspects of work assignments applicable to the position. This includes participating in all Safety related training and acquiring certifications. Each associate is responsible for Safety at the Store Support Center and when visiting other company work locations. All Safety concerns must be brought to the attention of the management of a location and/or the Store Support Center Safety Department immediately.

NOTE: All duties and responsibilities listed are considered to be essential job functions and requirements, and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Marginal functions of the position (those that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties) have not been included. However, the omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or logical assignment to the position.

This job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and the employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the business and requirement of the job change.

Benefits & Rewards

Bonus opportunities & career advancement opportunities at every level

Programs that help you reach your financial goals: 401k with company match, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and Referral Bonus Program

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and other Insurance Plans (subject to eligibility criteria)

Work-life balance, including:

• Paid vacation and sick time for eligible associates

• Paid holidays plus a personal holiday

• Paid Volunteer Time Off that starts on Day 1

Equal Employment Opportunity

Floor & Decor provides equal employment opportunities to all associates and applicants without regard to age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other category protected by law.

This policy applies to all areas of employment, including recruitment, testing, screening, hiring, selection for training, upgrading, transfer, demotion, layoff, discipline, termination, compensation, benefits and all other privileges, terms and conditions of employment. This policy and the law prohibit employment discrimination against any associate or applicant on the basis of any legally protected status outlined above.