Lead Data Engineer

TEKsystems; United States; Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Disability insurance

Paid Time Off

Job summary

TEKsystems is hiring a senior data engineering lead in a hybrid role based in Madison, WI. You will mentor a 15-person team, oversee data pipelines, ensure data quality and security, and collaborate with architecture and business stakeholders to deliver scalable data solutions.

The ideal candidate has 8–10 years of data engineering experience, expert GCP/SQL/Python skills, and a track record of delivering data-driven solutions. This is a contract position with potential conversion to full-time.

Qualifications

• Senior position with 8–10 years of experience.
• Expert knowledge on GCP, SQL and Python is a must.
• Working on new AI, Sales, Marketing and Customer Analytics projects; business-facing.

Responsibilities

• Mentor an engineering team to meet project deadlines and priorities.
• Supervise assigned data engineering team members & activities.
• Ensure data quality, completeness, security, privacy, and integrity of data throughout the data lifecycle.
• Document critical workflows and operational support aspects of team’s responsibilities.
• Develop a deep understanding of data sources, granularity, availability, and limitations.
• Provide proactive technical oversight and advice to application architecture and development teams.
• Create maintainable, scalable code to load and manipulate data in the data warehouse.
• Facilitate communication with business stakeholders and project teams.
• Backfill position; 70–75% development; 30% mentoring.

Skills

GCP

Phyton

SQL

ML

Tools

Docker

CloudFormation

Terraform

Jenkins

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Description

Mentors an engineering team to meet project deadlines and priorities. Supervises assigned data engineering team members & activities. Ensures the quality, completeness, security, privacy, and integrity of data throughout the data lifecycle. Documents critical workflows and operational support aspects of team’s responsibilities. Develops deep understanding of data sources, granularity, availability, and limitations. Provides proactive technical oversight and advice to application architecture and development teams fostering re-use, design for scale, stability, and operational efficiency of data/analytical solutions. Creates maintainable, scalable code to load and manipulate data in the data warehouse. Facilitates communication upward and across project teams and business stakeholders. Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service. Must have GCP experience for this position. In-depth knowledge of SQL or NoSQL and experience using a variety of data stores (e.g. RDBMS, analytic database, scalable document stores). Extensive hands-on Python programming experience, with an emphasis towards building ETL workflows and data-driven solutions. Able to employ design patterns and generalize code to address common use cases. Capable of authoring robust, high quality, reusable code and contributing to the division’s inventory of libraries. Expertise in big data batch computing tools (e.g. Hadoop or Spark), with demonstrated experience developing distributed data processing solutions. Knowledge of open source machine learning toolkits, such as sklearn, SparkML, or H2O. Solid data understanding and business acumen in the data rich industries like insurance or financial. Applied knowledge of data modeling principles (e.g. dimensional modeling and star schemas). Strong understanding of database internals, such as indexes, binary logging, and transactions. Experience using tools for infrastructure-as-code (e.g. Docker, CloudFormation, Terraform, etc.). Experience with software engineering tools and workflows (i.e. Jenkins, CI/CD, git). Practical experience authoring and consuming web services.

Skills

GCP, Phyton, SQL, ML

Top Skills Details

GCP,Phyton,SQL,ML

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Would like to convert this person full time - would need to work a Hybrid schedule from one of AmFam's offices. Ideally think Madison or Boston. Senior position with experience of 8-10 years. Business facing. Working on new projects: AI, Sales, Marketing and Customer Analytics. Team: 15 people on teamPosition doesn't have any "management" responsibilities. Will mentor other engineers; provide best practices. Expert knowledge on GCP, SQL and Python is a must. Working knowledge of distributed system in cloud and ML (Machine Learning engineering) is a plus; soft skills (communication to business side). Possibility of converting to FTE, may convert 3-6 months. Backfill position. 70-75% development; 30% mentoring

Experience Level

Expert Level

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Madison, WI.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $80.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your jobclassification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may besubject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefitsavailable for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Madison,WI.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 24, 2026.

About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.