Data Engineering Tech Lead – Hadoop

Robotics Prcocess Automation, LLC; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automation company in Cleveland is seeking an experienced Data Engineering Lead to oversee the design and optimization of data pipelines critical for customer workflows. The ideal candidate will have 8–10 years in data engineering and a strong background in the Hadoop ecosystem. Responsibilities include providing technical leadership, managing a team, and ensuring data security and compliance. This role not only demands technical proficiency but also excellent problem-solving and mentoring skills, making it an exciting opportunity for the right leader.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of experience in data engineering, with 2–3 years in a technical leadership role.
• Strong expertise in the Hadoop ecosystem (HDFS, Hive, etc.).
• Proven ability to design and maintain ETL / ELT pipelines using tools such as Spark, Flink, etc.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end design, implementation, and optimization of data pipelines.
• Architect frameworks using Hadoop, Avro, and distributed processing technologies.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of data engineers.

Skills

Data engineering

Hadoop

ETL / ELT pipelines

SQL

Data modeling

Cloud platforms

Data governance

Problem-solving

Tools

Spark

Flink

Airflow

NiFi

AWS

HDFS

Hive

MapReduce

Job description

• Lead and oversee the end-to-end design, implementation, and optimization ofdata pipelinessupporting key customer onboarding, transaction, and decisioning workflows.
• Architect and implementdata ingestion, transformation, and storageframeworks leveragingHadoop,Avro, and distributed data processing technologies.
• Partner with product, analytics, and technology teams to translate business requirements into scalable data engineering solutions that enhance real-time data accessibility and reliability.
• Providetechnical leadership and mentorshipto a team of data engineers, ensuring adherence to coding, performance, and data quality standards.
• Design and implement robust data frameworks to support next-generation customer and business product launches.
• Develop best practices fordata governance,security, andcompliancealigned with enterprise and regulatory requirements.
• Drive optimization of existing data pipelines and workflows for improved efficiency, scalability, and maintainability.
• Collaborate closely with analytics and risk modeling teams to ensure data readiness for predictive insights and strategic decision-making.
• Evaluate and integrate emerging data technologies to future-proof the data platform and enhance performance.

Must-Have Skills

• 8–10 years of experience indata engineering, with at least2–3 years in a technical leadership role.
• Strong expertise in theHadoop ecosystem(HDFS, Hive, MapReduce, HBase, Pig, etc.).
• Experience working withAvro,Parquet, or other serialization formats.
• Proven ability to design and maintainETL / ELT pipelinesusing tools such asSpark,Flink,Airflow, orNiFi.
• Strong understanding ofdata modeling,data warehousing, anddata lakearchitectures.
• Hands-on experience withSQLand bothrelationalandNoSQLdata stores.
• Cloud data platform experience withAWS.
• Deep understanding ofdata security,compliance, andgovernance frameworks.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.

ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION LLC is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans, (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION LLC will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION LLC require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract