Lead Data Engineer: Marketing Data Platform & Automation

Adobe Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 178,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to build the data foundation for our marketing measurement platform. You will own data pipelines, ETL, and data quality, collaborating with analysts and data scientists to scale marketing models for B2B and beyond.

You will guide architecture, deliver production code, and drive automation and intelligent agents to improve efficiency. This role anchors on Growth Marketing and Insights within the Marketing org.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent with 8+ years data engineering experience.
• Proven expertise in SQL, Python, Spark, and data pipeline orchestration (Airflow, dbt).
• Hands-on cloud experience (AWS, Azure, GCP) and Databricks.
• Practical, hands-on experience applying AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) in real engineering tasks.
• Comfortable evaluating lightweight automated or intelligent agents for monitoring or root cause analysis.
• Experience working with data scientists and BI engineers to provide actionable insights.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical collaborators.
• Genuine interest in data-driven development and shipping reliable data products.
• Background supporting agile marketing or growth teams is a plus.
• Experience with B2B marketing or sales data is highly valuable; initial focus on B2B.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with key partners and apply technical proficiency across stages of software development, including requirements elicitation, architecture definition, and build.
• Play a meaningful role in composing high-level design artifacts.
• Deliver high-quality code for a module, lead validation across testing, and support implementation and transition.
• Restructure the database to better support data scientists and business analysts across marketing.
• Scope requirements, connect data sources, and build ETL processes for new products and campaigns.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Finance, and Sales to ensure data accuracy and conduct root cause analysis.
• Incorporate AI coding tools to scaffold pipelines, generate tests, and speed up reviews while ensuring quality.
• Automate recurring engineering work via scripted workflows or AI agents where beneficial.

Skills

SQL

Python

Spark

Airflow

dbt

AWS

Azure

GCP

Databricks

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Databricks

Job description

Adobe is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to build the data foundation for our marketing measurement platform. You will own data pipelines, ETL, and data quality, collaborating with analysts and data scientists to scale marketing models for B2B and beyond.

You will guide architecture, deliver production code, and drive automation and intelligent agents to improve efficiency. This role anchors on Growth Marketing and Insights within the Marketing org.