Lead Data Engineer
Expert in data engineering with leadership responsibilities. Defines technical strategy, oversees data architecture, and guides a team toward excellence in enterprise data management.
Expected tasks
- Define, model and maintain data pipelines
- Build dashboards and business KPIs
- Ensure data quality, consistency and freshness
- Analyze user behavior to drive product decisions
- Collaborate with business teams to translate needs into data
- Document the data model and ETL flows
- Set up and evolve the data warehouse
Required skills
Knowledge
ETL/ELT PrinciplesData ModelingData QualityData GovernanceData ArchitectureDescriptive StatisticsInferential StatisticsProbability TheoryLinear Algebra
Hard skills
PythonSQLApache SparkApache KafkaApache AirflowDockerKubernetesTerraformGoogle Cloud PlatformAzureBigQueryJavaScalaGo
Soft skills
Team LeadershipStrategic ThinkingDecision MakingStakeholder ManagementCommunication
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