Lead Data Engineer - Databricks & AI-Driven Data Platforms

Ascendion

Vancouver (WA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 130,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Long-term disability insurance

Short-term disability insurance

5 personal days per year

10–15 days paid vacation

6 holidays + 1 floating holiday

Job summary

Ascendion is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to drive data platform, analytics, and data product initiatives across on-site and offshore delivery teams. You will align business requirements with technical solutions, mentor engineers, and ensure scalable, reliable data solutions using Databricks, SQL, AWS, and Airflow.

The ideal candidate has 12–15 years of data engineering experience, 4+ years with Databricks, strong stakeholder management, and excellent communication skills to partner with Fortune

Qualifications

12–15 years in data engineering, with 4+ years in Databricks.
Strong SQL, Python (PySpark), and modern data platforms experience.
Experience leading onsite-offshore delivery and stakeholder mgmt.

Responsibilities

Lead data engineering initiatives across data platform and analytics workstreams.
Coordinate with stakeholders and delivery teams to ensure on-time, scalable solutions.
Mentor engineers and drive high-quality data products and APIs.

Skills

Databricks

SQL

AWS

Airflow

Datadog

APIs

Atlan

Data products

GenAI concepts

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

PySpark

Delta Lake

APIs

Airflow

Job description

The ideal candidate has 12–15 years of data engineering experience, 4+ years with Databricks, strong stakeholder management, and excellent communication skills to partner with Fortune

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