Lead Data Engineer
Location: Remote
Compensation: To Be Discussed
Reviewed: Fri, Aug 14, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days
Job Summary
Leading the evolution of a petabyte-scale data platform on AWS, the full-time Lead Data Platform Engineer will design and build scalable data pipelines and services while collaborating with cross-functional teams to enable innovative data-driven marketing solutions in a remote work environment.
Key responsibilities
- Design, implement, and evolve a petabyte-scale AWS data platform using advanced engineering and distributed systems principles
- Build and optimize highly scalable data pipelines with JVM languages and cloud-native services to support analytics and downstream products
- Act as a principal technical leader, mentoring engineers and driving high-quality code reviews to elevate engineering maturity across the organization
Required qualifications
- Expert level software and data engineering experience in large-scale data platforms
- Deep experience building petabyte-scale systems using Java-based languages such as Scala and Apache Spark
- Strong expertise across the AWS data ecosystem (Glue, S3, Athena, Managed Airflow, Iceberg)
- Advanced understanding of distributed systems and highly parallelized workloads
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
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