Lead Data Engineer - IM
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
Data Bricks , EBT ,Airflow , Asset Management exp
Roles & Responsibilities
Lead Data Engineer - Information Management (IM)
Experience
8-15 Years
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Role Overview
We are looking for a highly skilled Lead Data Engineer with strong hands-on experience in Databricks, dbt, and Python, and a proven track record of leading and executing data platform migration and modernization programs. The ideal candidate will have experience migrating legacy data warehouses, ETL platforms, and cloud/on-prem data ecosystems to a modern Databricks Lakehouse architecture using dbt-based transformation frameworks. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring deep technical expertise, solution design capabilities, and the ability to mentor engineering teams while driving enterprise-scale data modernization initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Data Engineering & Development
- Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines using Databricks, PySpark, SQL, and Python.
- Develop and optimize ELT/ETL processes for large-scale data ingestion and transformation.
- Implement robust data quality, monitoring, and reconciliation frameworks.
- Build reusable data engineering components and frameworks.
Data Platform Migration & Modernization
- Lead migration of legacy data platforms, data warehouses, and ETL ecosystems to Databricks Lakehouse.
- Transform existing ETL workloads to modern ELT patterns using dbt.
- Analyze source environments and define migration approaches, roadmap, and execution strategy.
- Drive code conversion, performance optimization, and workload modernization efforts.
Databricks Engineering
Develop solutions leveraging:
- Databricks Lakehouse Platform
- Delta Lake
- Unity Catalog
- Databricks Workflows
- Structured Streaming
- Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
Optimize Spark jobs and Databricks workloads for performance and cost efficiency.
dbt Development
- Build and maintain dbt models, macros, tests, and documentation.
- Implement incremental processing and reusable transformation frameworks.
- Establish data lineage, testing, and CI/CD best practices.
- Work closely with business and analytics teams to build trusted datasets.
Leadership & Collaboration
- Lead a team of data engineers and developers.
- Perform code reviews and enforce engineering standards.
- Collaborate with arch itects, product owners, business analysts, and stakeholders.
- Mentor junior engineers and drive adoption of best practices.
Salary Range- $110,000-$140,000 a year