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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