Lead Data Engineer

Required

• 7+ years of related data engineering experience, including 2+ years leading, supervising, or providing technical direction to others.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, a related discipline, equivalent technical training, or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong experience designing, building, and maintaining data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, data warehouses, and related infrastructure.
• Advanced SQL skills and strong programming experience with Python, Java, Scala, or a comparable language.
• Strong understanding of data architecture, modeling, scalability, performance, reliability, and data quality practices.
• Experience with modern cloud data platforms, orchestration frameworks, and data processing technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to remain hands-on technically while leading and developing a team.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to translate business requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with orchestration and transformation tools such as Airflow, dbt, or similar technologies.
• Experience with distributed or streaming data technologies such as Kafka or Spark.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD practices for data environments.
• Experience building, scaling, or maturing a Data Engineering function.

Key Performance Indicators

• Reliability and availability of critical data pipelines and infrastructure.
• Timeliness and quality of Data Engineering deliverables.
• Data quality and reduction of recurring production issues.
• Progress against Data Engineering roadmap and priorities.
• Team performance, development, and delivery effectiveness.
• Effectiveness of data solutions in supporting business and stakeholder needs.

Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• While performing the essential duties of this job, the individual is regularly required to speak and hear
• While performing the essential duties of this job, the individual is regularly required to use hands for keyboarding, gross manipulation, and fine manipulation
• Works at a desk and computer screen for extended periods of time
• Works in a traditional climate controlled office environment or from home
• Works in a highly stressful environment dealing with a wide variety of challenges, deadlines and diverse employee population