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Lead Data Engineer

Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Tue, Sep 15, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days

Job Summary

To influence architecture and lead technical direction, the remote Lead Data Engineer will design scalable ELT pipelines, mentor engineers, and shape a customer-facing analytics environment for a growing SaaS business.

Key responsibilities
  • Design and optimize scalable ELT pipelines and data processing frameworks
  • Lead architecture discussions and make recommendations based on technical trade-offs
  • Mentor engineers and establish best practices across the function
Required qualifications
  • Strong commercial experience with SQL and Python for Data Engineering
  • Experience building and supporting large-scale ELT pipelines
  • Proficiency in data modeling and data architecture
  • Familiarity with orchestration technologies such as Airflow or Dagster
  • Demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring experience

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