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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 the growth of a data-driven organization, the full-time remote Lead Data Engineer will design, implement, and enhance data systems while providing technical leadership and mentorship across teams.

Key responsibilities:
  • Lead the design, implementation, operation, and evolution of production data pipelines and core platform capabilities
  • Build and improve integrations across various data sources, including APIs, cloud services, and internal systems
  • Establish strong patterns for data modeling, orchestration, testing, and data quality to enhance system reliability and scalability
Required qualifications:
  • 5+ years of software or data engineering experience with significant ownership of production data systems
  • Strong skills in Python and SQL, along with solid software engineering fundamentals
  • Experience with modern cloud data warehouses such as Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift
  • Familiarity with orchestration and transformation frameworks like Airflow/Cloud Composer and dbt
  • Demonstrated experience in providing technical leadership and mentorship across teams

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