Lead Data Platform Engineer

Proven hands-on technical leadership experience, leading small data teams while staying deeply involved in building and maintaining reliable data products. Deep expertise in ETL architecture and infrastructure tools. Experience building real-time segmentation systems using modern event-driven architectures. Proven experience with DBT focusing on complex transformations, enforced data testing, and maintaining clean, well-documented data marts. Excellent knowledge of SQL. Excellent knowledge of the Snowflake platform. Expertise in DataOps and security (Bonus Points).

Lead and provide ongoing mentorship and support to the data platform team. Build a culture that prepares them for high-impact contributions and encourages their professional growth. Design, build, and optimize data infrastructure with a strong focus on Snowflake performance, reliability, and cost efficiency. Administer and manage Snowflake and other data infrastructure. Serve as a subject-matter expert and decision-maker for data security, governance, and performance. Collaborate with analytics, product, and machine learning teams to ensure they have the tools and infrastructure to deliver game-changing data products. Manage the team’s daily operations. Set a strategy for the data platform.