Data Solution Engineering Lead

Itero Group; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness

Paid Time Off

401(k) with company match

Disability & Life Insurance

Voluntary benefits

FSA/HSA perks

Job summary

Itero Group, a data-driven consultancy in the United States, seeks an experienced Data Solution Engineering Lead. You will design and optimize cloud-based data solutions, mentor engineers, and drive delivery across complex client engagements.

The role requires deep hands-on expertise in Snowflake, Databricks, SQL, Python, and enterprise data engineering, with the ability to lead teams and collaborate with client stakeholders. Strong accounting/finance data experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Data Engineering experience with progression into a technical lead or engineering management role.
• 4+ years of Snowflake development experience.
• Hands-on Databricks experience.
• Experience leading and mentoring data engineers or technical delivery teams.
• Experience managing technical workstreams and priorities.
• Hands-on technically while providing leadership.
• Strong SQL expertise and ELT/ETL pipelines.
• Experience with Azure and/or AWS; GCP a plus.
• Experience with dbt, Airflow, Git, and CI/CD; Terraform preferred.
• Experience with structured and semi-structured data; data modeling knowledge.
• Experience with accounting, tax, finance, or related enterprise platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of client solutions using Snowflake and Databricks.
• Serve as a hands-on technical lead, contributing directly to development while providing technical direction and mentoring.
• Lead, mentor, and coach data engineers, guiding design and best practices.
• Help manage team priorities, assignments, and delivery to ensure on-time work.
• Review code and designs to improve quality and scalability.
• Build and optimize ELT/ETL processes from multiple systems.
• Work with large volumes of complex data to identify patterns and optimize solutions.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and opportunities for automation.
• Develop dimensional data models and analytical datasets.
• Optimize Snowflake and Databricks for performance and cost.
• Implement data quality, lineage, governance, and security.
• Develop solutions using Snowpark, stored procedures, streams, tasks, dynamic tables.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Build reusable data frameworks for Accounting, Tax, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Treasury, Regulatory Reporting.
• Develop orchestration using Airflow, Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue.
• Lead or participate in design sessions, sprints, reviews, and Agile ceremonies.
• Communicate issues and status clearly to stakeholders.

Skills

Snowflake

Databricks

SQL

Python

Leadership

Mentoring

ETL/ELT

Cloud Platforms

Agile / Scrum

Data Modeling

Tools

Airflow

dbt

Git

CI/CD

Terraform

Snowpark

Azure Data Factory

AWS Glue

Job description

Itero Group is a Women-Owned Small Business focused on simplifying complex transformations. We empower clients in the private and government sectors to become more optimized, digitally enabled, and data-driven organizations through our comprehensive business consulting and innovative delivery solutions.
Itero Group's dedicated team members are experienced thought leaders, tenacious workers, and creative thinkers. We hire people who are passionate about being catalysts for change - in our company, for our clients, throughout our career-and we empower people to express their ideas, create better practices, innovate better products, and become better professionals.
We have been named a Great Place to Work for six years, and offer a competitive salary and benefits package.

Data SolutionEngineering Lead

Itero Group is seeking an experiencedDataSolutionEngineering Leadto support enterprise data modernization initiatives for leading Financial Services clients. This individual will serve as ahands-on technical lead, designing and optimizing cloud-based data solutions while providing day-to-day leadership, mentoring engineers, and helping drive successful delivery across complex client engagements.

The ideal candidate combines deep hands-on experience withSnowflake, Databricks, SQL, Python, and enterprise data engineeringwith the ability tolead and mentor technical teams, manage priorities and deliverables, and work directly with client stakeholders. Experience with accounting, tax, finance, or related enterprise platforms is highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of client solutions usingSnowflake and Databricks.
• Serve as ahands-on technical lead, contributing directly to development while providing technical direction , guidance and mentoring to other team members including engineers.
• Lead, mentor, and coach data engineers, providing guidance on solution design, development standards, troubleshooting, and engineering best practices.
• Help manage team priorities, technical assignments, deliverables, and dependencies to ensure work is completed efficiently and on schedule.
• Review code and technical designs and provide constructive feedback to improve quality, scalability, and maintainability.
• Build and optimize ELT/ETL processes to ingest and transform data from multiple complex enterprise systems.
• Work withlarge volumes of complex structured, semi-structured, and log datato identify patterns, troubleshoot issues, determine root causes, and develop faster and more efficient solutions.
• Proactively identifyperformance bottlenecks and inefficient processesand recommend opportunities for automation, optimization, and improved processing speed.
• Develop dimensional data models, data marts, and curated analytical datasets.
• Optimize Snowflake and Databricks solutions for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost.
• Implement data quality, lineage, governance, and security best practices.
• Develop solutions utilizingSnowpark, stored procedures, streams, tasks, and dynamic tableswhere appropriate.
• Partner directly with business and technology stakeholders to understand complex reporting, accounting, tax, and analytical requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions.
• Build reusable data frameworks supportingAccounting, Tax, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Treasury, and Regulatory Reporting.
• Develop automated orchestration using Airflow, Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue, or similar technologies.
• Lead or actively participate in solution design sessions, sprint planning, backlog grooming, technical reviews, and other Agile ceremonies.
• Communicate technical issues, risks, recommendations, and delivery status clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of Data Engineering experience, with demonstrated progression into atechnical lead, team lead, or engineering management role.
• 4+ years of hands-onSnowflakedevelopment experience.
• Hands-on experience developing and supportingDatabrickssolutions.
• Demonstrated experienceleading and mentoring data engineers or technical delivery teams.
• Experience managing technical workstreams, including priorities, assignments, dependencies, deliverables, and technical quality.
• Ability to remainhands-on technically while providing leadership and oversight to a team.
• Strong SQL expertise, including complex query development and optimization.
• Experience building enterprise ELT/ETL pipelines.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing and troubleshootinglarge, complex datasets and application/system logs.
• Strong ability to identify root causes, performance bottlenecks, and opportunities to developfaster, more efficient data solutions.
• Experience with cloud platforms includingAzure and/or AWS; GCP experience is a plus.
• Experience withdbt, Airflow, Git, and CI/CD; Terraform experience preferred.
• Experience working with structured and semi-structured data.
• Strong knowledge of data modeling, including Star Schema, Snowflake Schema, and Kimball methodologies.
• Experience with REST APIs and enterprise data integration.
• Strong troubleshooting, performance tuning, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working withaccounting, tax, finance, or related enterprise platforms and datasetsstrongly preferred.

Candidates should possess experience supporting one or more of the following:

• Banking
• Commercial or Investment Banking
• Capital Markets
• Asset or Wealth Management
• Insurance
• FinTech

Experience supportingAccounting, Tax, Finance, Treasury, Risk, or Regulatory Reporting platforms and processeswithin complex enterprise environments is highly desirable.

Leadership & Management Experience

• Demonstrated experienceleading, mentoring, and developing technical team members.
• Ability to provide technical direction while empowering engineers to independently solve problems.
• Experience managing multiple priorities and coordinating work across technical teams.
• Ability to identify skills gaps, provide coaching, and raise the overall technical capabilities of the team.
• Experience reviewing technical designs and code and establishing engineering standards and best practices.
• Ability to manage delivery expectations, elevate risks appropriately, and help keep projects on schedule.
• Comfortable operating as both atechnical leader and hands-on engineer.

Consulting Experience

• Experience working within aBig Four or similar consulting environmentstrongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical workstreams within complex client engagements.
• Experience working directly with client stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Ability to gather requirements from business stakeholders, including accounting, tax, finance, and technology teams.
• Experience leading client workshops and solution design sessions.
• Ability to translate complex business and data challenges into practical, scalable technology solutions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

If you are looking for a role where you will lead with integrity, create and innovate, inspire excellence, be a respected member of the team, drive results, and have fun, we look forward to connecting with you!

Benefits at Itero Group
At Itero Group, we’re proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, financial well-being, and work-life balance:

• Health & Wellness: Medical (BC-BS), dental, and vision plans to suit your needs.
• Paid Time Off: Generous PTO, paid holidays, and increasing PTO based on years of service.
• Retirement Savings: 401(k) plan with company match and auto-enrollment.
• Company-Paid Coverage: Short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, and AD&D insurance.
• Additional Options: Voluntary benefits including pet insurance and student loan assistance up to $1,000 annually.
• Perks: FSAs, HSAs, wellness programs, and more to enhance your work-life balance.

Join us and enjoy a benefits package designed with you in mind!

Itero Group is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, age, sex, color, physical or mental disability, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, veteran status or political affiliation.