Lead Data Engineer: End-to-End Data Lake, Databricks & dbt

EPAM Systems, Inc.; Australia; Remote; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems, Inc. in Australia is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to own end-to-end data modeling and pipeline delivery as a major enterprise data lake is re-architected.

You will work hands-on with Databricks and dbt, partnering with US stakeholders and collaborating with an India-based engineering team. You thrive with high autonomy, clear documentation, and strong ownership, delivering across requirements, build, testing, UAT, and deployment while maintaining technical docs in Confluence and

Qualifications

• Dimensional modeling including star schema, fact and dimension design.
• Hands-on Python development for data engineering.
• Experience with Databricks for data pipelines and operations.
• dbt experience including modular modeling, testing and deployment.
• SQL proficiency for analytics-grade transformations and performance-aware querying.
• End-to-end delivery ownership across requirements, build, testing, UAT and deployment.
• Strong documentation habits and ability to engage non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own dimensional data models from requirements through deployment using Kimball-aligned patterns.
• Design, build and maintain pipelines in Databricks and dbt to support a modernised data lake.
• Translate business requirements into scalable datasets, anticipating future reporting and analytics needs.
• Lead end-to-end delivery including development, unit testing, UAT support and release coordination.
• Produce clear technical documentation in Confluence and maintain decision records and data definitions.
• Partner with US-based stakeholders to align outcomes, scope and delivery expectations.
• Collaborate with an India-based engineering team to coordinate build, reviews and handovers.
• Support basic dashboarding and validation to confirm data meets business expectations.

Skills

Dimensional modeling

Python

Databricks

dbt

SQL

ETL/Data warehousing

Data governance

Communication

Tools

Databricks

dbt

Job description

EPAM Systems, Inc. in Australia is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to own end-to-end data modeling and pipeline delivery as a major enterprise data lake is re-architected.

You will work hands-on with Databricks and dbt, partnering with US stakeholders and collaborating with an India-based engineering team. You thrive with high autonomy, clear documentation, and strong ownership, delivering across requirements, build, testing, UAT, and deployment while maintaining technical docs in Confluence and