Lead Data Engineer — Lakehouse & Bank Ingestion

Navanta; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Navanta seeks an experienced Lead Data Engineer to own the data backbone, from public Call Report data ingestion to secure bank-core lakehouses as client environments come online. The role collaborates with AI/ML, security, and platform teams to create a clean, well-modeled, and auditable data foundation that enables Navanta AI platforms to deliver actionable numbers for bankers.

In this role you will design end-to-end pipelines with strong emphasis on reliability, governance, and data

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years in data engineering with end-to-end ownership of ingestion through serving.
• Strong Python and expert SQL; rigorous data modeling for analytics.
• Hands-on lakehouse experience (Iceberg/Delta/Hudi or equivalent) and modern transformation tooling.
• Built reliable pipelines from messy operational and transactional source systems.
• Comfort with CDC mechanics and the realities of pulling from databases you do not control.

Responsibilities

• Design the lakehouse: Apache Iceberg on object storage, per-bank isolation, dbt models, and a query engine.
• Build secure, least-privilege ingestion from bank systems with log-based CDC, query-based and batch fallbacks.
• Own data modeling for the semantic and metric layer (deposits, concentration, uninsured exposure, asset quality, and peer groups).
• Handle schema drift, data quality, and reconciliation; make ingestion observable and recoverable.
• Partner with AI/ML on structured-query paths and with Security on PII classification at landing.
• Document data lineage, transformation logic, and access controls to support audit readiness.
• Define and enforce data contracts, quality thresholds, and alerting for pipeline failures.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data modeling

Ingestion pipelines

Lakehouse

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Apache Iceberg

Delta/Hudi

Debezium

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Job description

Navanta seeks an experienced Lead Data Engineer to own the data backbone, from public Call Report data ingestion to secure bank-core lakehouses as client environments come online. The role collaborates with AI/ML, security, and platform teams to create a clean, well-modeled, and auditable data foundation that enables Navanta AI platforms to deliver actionable numbers for bankers.

In this role you will design end-to-end pipelines with strong emphasis on reliability, governance, and data