Lead Data Engineer: Snowflake Platform Architect for Analytics

El Car Wash; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

El Car Wash is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to design and maintain an enterprise data platform supporting analytics, reporting, and business apps. You will build scalable pipelines, integrate multiple systems, and transform data into trusted datasets for Finance, Operations, Marketing, and Customer Experience.

You'll lead the Snowflake data platform using a medallion architecture, partner with cross-functional teams, and enable BI, automation, and AI initiatives while standardizing data across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• 5+ years in data engineering, data warehousing, or analytics engineering.
• Strong Snowflake expertise including security and performance.
• dbt/dbt Cloud for modeling, testing, and deployment.
• Advanced SQL and modernization of legacy environments.
• Dimensional modeling with Kimball and SCD Type 2.
• ETL/ELT pipelines using Python and orchestration tools.
• Familiarity with Azure cloud services and related tools.
• Git-based version control and CI/CD processes.
• Experience integrating multiple enterprise apps and APIs.
• Power BI or similar BI tools experience.
• Experience in retail, hospitality, automotive, or multi-location contexts preferred.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines in Snowflake (Bronze-Silver-Gold).
• Develop and optimize data models using dbt Cloud.
• Integrate data from POS, HRIS, ERP, CRM, Finance, Marketing, and Ops systems.
• Lead migration of legacy SQL Server/Azure SQL to cloud architecture.
• Develop a unified enterprise data model across source systems and acquisitions.
• Automate ingestion, transformation, and change-detection for new apps.
• Implement data quality, testing, documentation, monitoring, and governance.
• Establish CI/CD and version control for reliable data development.
• Collaborate with Finance, Operations, Marketing, and Tech to deliver trusted reporting.
• Support BI dashboards, self-service reporting, and future AI initiatives.
• Troubleshoot data issues and optimize platform performance.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Communication

Stakeholder management

Multi-priority management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Data Eng

Equivalent experience

Tools

Snowflake

dbt Cloud

Python

Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Lake Storage

Key Vault

Git

CI/CD

Power BI

Job description

El Car Wash is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to design and maintain an enterprise data platform supporting analytics, reporting, and business apps. You will build scalable pipelines, integrate multiple systems, and transform data into trusted datasets for Finance, Operations, Marketing, and Customer Experience.

You'll lead the Snowflake data platform using a medallion architecture, partner with cross-functional teams, and enable BI, automation, and AI initiatives while standardizing data across