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Lead Data Engineer

Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Wed, Oct 07, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days

Job Summary

To support a growing Data Engineering & Architecture team, the full-time Lead Data Engineer will design, maintain, and improve data pipelines and infrastructure while collaborating with stakeholders to ensure effective data usage and trust across systems in a remote environment.

Key responsibilities
  • Design and enhance data pipelines and infrastructure using tools like Apache Airflow, Spark, and Kafka
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define data flow requirements and co-create data contracts
  • Monitor pipeline performance and manage resources on Google Cloud Platform using Terraform
Required qualifications
  • 8+ years of experience in data engineering or related roles
  • Proficiency with Apache Airflow, Spark, Flink, and dbt Labs for data processing
  • Understanding of Apache Iceberg and cloud resource management on Google Cloud Platform
  • Skilled in programming languages, particularly Bash, Python, and SQL
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code deployments using Terraform

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