Hybrid DATA ENGINEERING LEAD

About the role

Hybrid onsite position; candidates must be local to Green Bay, WI; Boston, MA; Louisville, KY; Dallas/Frisco, TX; or Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 3+ month contract-to-hire engagement with video interview process.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a hands-on technical lead for a small Scrum team, remaining deeply engaged in technical tasks
• Mentor and guide junior engineers; collaborate closely with other technical leads and business stakeholders
• Design, build, and optimize Databricks data pipelines from scratch within a cloud environment
• Troubleshoot technical issues, provide direction, and support development activities as needed
• Translate business requirements into effective technical solutions
• Act as the team's primary technical resource and subject matter expert

Requirements

• 10–15+ years of overall experience, including 5+ years in a technical lead capacity
• Strong, hands-on experience with Databricks, including:
  • Databricks performance and optimization techniques
  • Liquid clustering and partitioning strategies
  • Building end-to-end data pipelines and ingesting data from source systems
  • Creating and maintaining data products, including gold-layer products used by business teams
• Excellent leadership, mentoring, and communication skills
• Comfortable discussing and implementing Databricks best practices