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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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