Lead Data Engineer — Remote, AWS + Databricks Lakehouse

Intone Inc; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 248,000; Part time

Job summary

GATX Corporation in Chicago seeks a Lead Data Engineer for a 3-6 month contract to shape its data, analytics, and AI ecosystem. You will design and implement a modern AWS + Databricks Lakehouse platform and lead collaboration across IT, analytics, and business teams.

You will mentor a small team, own the full ETL/ELT lifecycle, ensure data governance, performance, and cost optimization, and support a potential contract-to-hire arrangement in a largely remote role with access to the Downtown

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT experience, including deep expertise in data engineering and ETL.
• 4-6+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, and scaling data pipelines.
• Strong hands-on experience with Databricks (Spark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog) and AWS (S3, IAM, networking).
• Databricks core architecture knowledge, combining data lakes and data warehouses.
• Familiarity with Unity Catalog, Delta Live Tables, Databricks SQL, and workflow orchestration.
• Expertise in SQL, Python, data modeling, and distributed processing.
• Experience with CI/CD, DevOps, and modern data architecture (lakehouse, medallion).
• Experience in an Agile analytics environment with stakeholders.
• Strong communication and ability to translate technical concepts for business outcomes.
• Passion for learning and staying current in data analytics.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead enterprise-grade pipelines supporting both batch and streaming data processing.
• Own the full ETL/ELT lifecycle, from design through production support.
• Drive data engineering standards, best practices, and architecture across the data ecosystem.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, high-performance data solutions.
• Mentor a small team while remaining hands-on.
• Ensure data reliability, performance, governance, and cost optimization.

Skills

Data engineering

ETL/ELT design

Databricks

AWS

SQL

Python

CI/CD/DevOps

Agile analytics

Communication

Mentoring

Tools

Databricks

Spark

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

AWS S3

IAM

Job description

GATX Corporation in Chicago seeks a Lead Data Engineer for a 3-6 month contract to shape its data, analytics, and AI ecosystem. You will design and implement a modern AWS + Databricks Lakehouse platform and lead collaboration across IT, analytics, and business teams.

You will mentor a small team, own the full ETL/ELT lifecycle, ensure data governance, performance, and cost optimization, and support a potential contract-to-hire arrangement in a largely remote role with access to the Downtown