Lead Big Data & AI Platform Architect (Hybrid)

Publicis Groupe; Chicago, Arlington (IL, VA); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Learning & development

Paid leave

Wellness program

Job summary

Publicis Sapient is seeking a Manager Data Engineering to design, build, and optimize data platforms enabling scalable analytics. You will lead cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end data solutions, focusing on batch and streaming pipelines across cloud platforms and modern processing frameworks.

You will mentor juniors, drive data platform modernization, and contribute hands-on to delivery while collaborating with clients to translate requirements into realizable architectures.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience building end-to-end data pipelines and production-grade data platforms.
• Experience with at least one major public cloud data platform (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Strong Python proficiency and tooling for data engineering and AI workflows.
• Hands-on experience with Databricks including notebooks, jobs, Delta Lake or lakehouse patterns.
• Experience with both streaming and batch data pipelines using Spark, Glue, Dataflow, or similar.
• Familiarity with data modeling, warehouse design, and modern lakehouse/data mesh patterns.
• Strong CI/CD practices and production support experience.
• Knowledge of MLOps and AI/ML deployment considerations.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of large-scale data systems and pipelines.
• Develop and optimize batch and streaming data workflows across cloud data platforms.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute hands-on to delivery.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into scalable data solutions.
• Ensure observability, reliability, and cost efficiency of data platforms.
• Support AI-enabled engineering use cases with robust data foundations and patterns.
• Drive data platform modernization initiatives and best practices.

Skills

Data pipelines

Cloud platforms

Python

Databricks

SQL/NoSQL

CI/CD

MLOps

Communication

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Spark

Delta Lake

BigQuery

Redshift

DynamoDB

Cosmos DB

SQL Server

Oracle

MySQL

Job description

Publicis Sapient is seeking a Manager Data Engineering to design, build, and optimize data platforms enabling scalable analytics. You will lead cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end data solutions, focusing on batch and streaming pipelines across cloud platforms and modern processing frameworks.

You will mentor juniors, drive data platform modernization, and contribute hands-on to delivery while collaborating with clients to translate requirements into realizable architectures.