Data Engineering Manager, Databricks & Lakehouse

loanDepot, Inc.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 149,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

Medical/Dental/Vision benefits

Wellness program

Generous paid time off

Job summary

loanDepot, Inc. is seeking a Data Engineering leader to drive enterprise data platforms using Databricks, Delta Lake, and Lakehouse architectures.

You will oversee teams delivering scalable data products, establish engineering standards, and advance data governance, privacy, and compliance initiatives across business and technology units. Responsibilities include setting data-layer standards, enabling CDC and API integrations, and guiding modernization initiatives while ensuring security and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Data Engineering experience with enterprise data platforms.
• 3+ years leading technical teams.
• Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with Databricks, Spark and modern cloud data ecosystems.
• Mortgage and financial services experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead Data Engineering teams delivering enterprise data platforms and products.
• Define standards for Landing, Bronze, Silver and Gold data layers.
• Lead CDC, LakeFlow, streaming, batch and API integration patterns.
• Drive data quality, lineage, metadata, observability and catalog capabilities.
• Partner with Governance, Privacy, Security, Risk, Compliance and Records Management.

Skills

Leadership

Python

SQL

Spark

Data processing

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Databricks

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

dbt

Lakehouse architecture

Job description

loanDepot, Inc. is seeking a Data Engineering leader to drive enterprise data platforms using Databricks, Delta Lake, and Lakehouse architectures.

You will oversee teams delivering scalable data products, establish engineering standards, and advance data governance, privacy, and compliance initiatives across business and technology units. Responsibilities include setting data-layer standards, enabling CDC and API integrations, and guiding modernization initiatives while ensuring security and