Lead Data Engineer — AI-Driven Big Data & Cloud Platforms

Publicis Sapient; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Inclusive workplace

Learning opportunities

Competitive compensation

Flexible work-life balance

Health benefits

Paid leave and holidays

Wellness program

Job summary

Publicis Sapient in Chicago is seeking a Senior Data Engineer/Lead Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable Big Data solutions across batch and streaming pipelines on cloud platforms.

You will translate client requirements into robust architectures, drive data platform modernization, and mentor junior engineers while delivering measurable business value.

This role emphasizes AI-enabled data foundations, observability, and efficient data services to support advanced analytics for clients.

Qualifications

• Lead, design, develop and deliver large-scale data systems and pipelines.
• Build batch and streaming data pipelines on cloud platforms.
• Automate data platform operations, telemetry, and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Turn client requirements into end-to-end data solutions.
• Lead, design and deliver large-scale data systems and pipelines.
• Build batch and streaming data pipelines on cloud platforms and distributed processing frameworks.
• Automate data platform operations and telemetry for AI-enabled services.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to delivery.
• Provide feasibility assessments and project estimates for data solutions.

Skills

Client collaboration

Mentoring

Problem solving

Cloud data platforms

Tools

Snowflake

Vector databases

Graph databases

Semantic search

Job description

Publicis Sapient in Chicago is seeking a Senior Data Engineer/Lead Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable Big Data solutions across batch and streaming pipelines on cloud platforms.

You will translate client requirements into robust architectures, drive data platform modernization, and mentor junior engineers while delivering measurable business value.

This role emphasizes AI-enabled data foundations, observability, and efficient data services to support advanced analytics for clients.