Lead Data Engineer

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Remote in the USFull-TimeLead
Salary188,251 - 230,084 USD per year
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Job Details

Experience
Seven (7) or more years of data engineering experience
Required Skills
PythonSQLApache AirflowApache KafkaSparkDatabricksMLOps

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science.
  • Seven or more years of data engineering experience, including leading technical initiatives.
  • Strong expertise in Python and SQL.
  • Experience with distributed data systems (e.g., Spark, Databricks, Synapse).
  • Experience building AI/ML ready data pipelines, including feature stores and model training data flows.
  • Hands on experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred).
  • Strong understanding of ML concepts, lifecycle, and MLOps practices.
  • Proven experience with workflow orchestration (e.g., Airflow, Data Factory).
  • Experience with streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka, Event Hub).
  • Familiarity with vector databases, embeddings, or LLM oriented data pipelines.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the architecture and development of scalable, secure data pipelines supporting AI/ML workloads.
  • Own end to end data engineering processes: ingestion, transformation, storage, quality, and monitoring.
  • Collaborate with data scientists and ML engineers on model features, training pipelines, and deployment.
  • Drive best practices in data modeling, orchestration, versioning, and performance optimization.
  • Mentor and guide junior engineers; contribute to technical roadmaps and solution patterns.
  • Ensure data governance, lineage, and compliance standards are met across platforms.
  • Support real time and batch processing frameworks in production environments.
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