Lead Data Platform Engineer | AWS, Lakehouse & ETL

Harnham; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading analytics firm is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to design and optimize modern data platforms on AWS. This hands-on role requires significant experience in data engineering and leadership, focusing on building scalable data systems and integrating enterprise sources. Ideal candidates will excel in AWS services, Python, and orchestration tools, ensuring data quality and performance across platforms. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to strategic data initiatives in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering.
• Proven experience leading enterprise-scale solutions.
• Strong skills in building data lakes and data warehouses.

Responsibilities

• Build and optimize scalable data pipelines on AWS.
• Lead technical design and delivery of major data initiatives.
• Drive data quality, performance, and cost optimization across the platform.

Skills

AWS data services expertise

Python

PySpark/Scala

Advanced SQL

Data engineering leadership

Data pipeline optimization

Tools

Airflow

AWS S3

Glue

Redshift

EMR/Spark

Athena

Lambda

Job description

A leading analytics firm is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to design and optimize modern data platforms on AWS. This hands-on role requires significant experience in data engineering and leadership, focusing on building scalable data systems and integrating enterprise sources. Ideal candidates will excel in AWS services, Python, and orchestration tools, ensuring data quality and performance across platforms. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to strategic data initiatives in a dynamic environment.