Lead Data Engineer (AWS)

Zuhlke Engineering Vietnam; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company focused on creating positive change through technology. As a Data Engineer, you will guide customers in technical solutions, develop scalable data processing pipelines, and collaborate with various data roles. Enjoy a supportive environment that prioritizes learning and personal growth.

Benefits

Employee Growth Support

Work-Life Balance

Profit Sharing

Healthcare Benefits

Social Events

Qualifications

• Experience in designing, building, and maintaining data products.
• Hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with big data infrastructures.

Responsibilities

• Guide customers towards successful technical solutions.
• Develop, test, and monitor distributed data processing pipelines.
• Deliver projects in an Agile way.

Skills

Data Analysis

Machine Learning

Data Visualization

Programming

Cloud Computing

Information Security

Data Governance

Tools

Java

Python

SQL

AWS

GCP

Azure

Hadoop

Spark

Kafka

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Hive

Airflow

Docker

Job description

What working at Zuhlke is all about.
We work on projects for purpose, making it our mission to give our work a deeper meaning, ensuring we are focused on creating positive change through technology and digital innovation. We are flexible, offering a variety of working options to cater to our people’s needs. We pride ourselves on having a growth mindset with a strong learning culture, investing in learning and development, and also believing strongly in learning on the job through mentorship and coaching. Sustainability is one of our top strategic goals. We are carbon neutral as a business and are strategically positioning our offerings in decarbonisation, healthcare, and green energy to help clients develop sustainable digital solutions. We care about the work we do. Diversity and inclusion are also high on our agenda. We are constantly looking to improve and develop, increasing diversity and developing a more inclusive workplace for all.

Your role includes:

1. Being a trusted advisor, guiding our customers towards successful technical solutions to their data challenges.
2. Communicating the what, why, and how of proposed solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
3. Understanding the big data world while developing, testing, and monitoring distributed data processing pipelines.
4. Extrapolating versatile data sets and sources to produce high-quality, reproducible datasets in a scalable and maintainable way.
5. Collaborating with different data roles such as Architects, Software Engineers, and Data Scientists.
6. Understanding the needs of multiple types of producers and consumers for our data services, ensuring our products meet their requirements.
7. Delivering projects in an Agile way, building iteratively to produce value from data early and often.
8. Keeping yourself technically sharp, being open to learning new concepts and technologies.
9. Working collaboratively with colleagues and clients, whether onsite, in the Zuhlke office, or from home.

Your skills and experience

We would love to hear from you if you have any of the following:
We encourage our data engineers to be open to learning new technologies on a project-by-project basis. We are looking for Data Engineers with experience in the following areas:

• Designing, building, and maintaining data products that meet the needs of data consumers.
• Understanding common approaches to data analysis, machine learning, and data visualization to produce the right data for data consumers.
• Experience with various data architectures (e.g., Data Lake, Data Mesh, Data Warehouse, streaming, batch processing).
• Hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with big data infrastructures and concepts for storing and processing large and heterogeneous data volumes.
• Practical knowledge of handling structured and unstructured data (text, tabular, graph, time-series, geospatial, image, etc.).
• Working knowledge of containerization and cloud environments (public and private).
• Knowledge of information security and data governance.
• Excellent programming skills in languages like Java or Python.
• Experience delivering projects to deadlines with a focus on quality, ideally in client-facing contexts.

You will have the opportunity to work with a variety of technologies and tools, including:

• Programming Languages – Java, Python, SQL.
• Cloud environments – AWS (must-have), GCP, Azure.
• Big Data Frameworks – Hadoop, Spark, Kafka.
• Databases – PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Hive.
• Orchestration and Containerization – Airflow, Docker.

Behaviors:

• You’re open, proactive, respond quickly to change, and learn in the process.
• You maximize benefit as simply as possible but as complexly as needed.
• You recognize and seize opportunities confidently and take an entrepreneurial approach.
• You focus on the customer and guide them from concept to market success.
• You can persuade through clear communication, negotiation, empathy, and perspective-taking.
• You establish and maintain long-term, partnership-oriented relationships.
• You think and act in the interests of the organization, utilizing synergies.
• You take initiative, confront obstacles with optimism, and ensure long-term performance.

Learn more about a career at Zuhlke. Even if you don't meet all the requirements yet, we are happy to get to know you, learn about your ambitions, and look forward to your application!
We are Stonewall Diversity Champions, committed to LGBTQ+ inclusion, and welcome people from all backgrounds regardless of gender, personality, nationality, race, religion, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability, or veteran status.

Why you'll love working here

A career at Zühlke is a journey of personal growth—learning, knowledge exchange, helping others grow, driving innovation, and shaping the company's development.

• Committed to development: We dedicate 10% of our turnover to support employee growth and skills development.
• Deliver meaningful work: Experience working in distributed teams within a global company with 16 offices on cross-border projects.
• Good work-life balance: Family-friendly workplace with options to work from home and 18 days of annual leave.
• Profit sharing scheme: Based on the company's success in the previous year, in addition to your salary.
• Healthcare and medical benefits: Competitive benefits to support your health and well-being.
• Social and employee events: Including annual team camps, local celebrations, and social events worldwide.