Director of Data Engineering – Snowflake & Databricks

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V; New York (NY); On-site; USD 135,000 - 217,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental and vision benefits

401K plan

Paid time off

Job summary

CoLab, a cross-discipline team within Publicis Groupe, seeks a Director of Data Engineering to lead data platform design, development, and operations. You will own scalable data pipelines, Snowflake objects, and Python-based ETL/ELT processes across multiple projects.

You will mentor a team, collaborate with product and analytics, and ensure high-fidelity data through robust monitoring and governance. This role demands leadership and a strong data modeling background.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Data Engineering with advanced SQL development and performance tuning.
• Strong experience with Snowflake as an enterprise data warehouse.
• Experience with Databricks and Delta Lake.
• Experience building scalable data pipelines using PySpark and Spark environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize data pipelines and schemas.
• Collaborate with product, analytics, and engineering teams on data solutions.
• Lead and mentor a data engineering team and establish standards.

Skills

Snowflake

Databricks

PySpark

SQL development

ETL/ELT pipelines

Data modeling

BI tools (Tableau/Power BI)

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Team mentoring

Communication skills

Tools

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Stored Procedures / UDFs

Redshift

Job description

CoLab, a cross-discipline team within Publicis Groupe, seeks a Director of Data Engineering to lead data platform design, development, and operations. You will own scalable data pipelines, Snowflake objects, and Python-based ETL/ELT processes across multiple projects.

You will mentor a team, collaborate with product and analytics, and ensure high-fidelity data through robust monitoring and governance. This role demands leadership and a strong data modeling background.