Lead Data Scientist, Platform & Data Systems

Unchain Data; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 196,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning budget

Flexible work options

On-site collaboration

All-hands company updates

Job summary

Ripple is seeking a Staff Data Scientist and Engineer to lead platform data initiatives, shape technical direction, and mentor the engineering team. You will drive the design, architecture, and delivery of scalable data solutions across portfolios, collaborating with product and solution teams to deliver robust cloud-based data platforms.

You will mentor others, advocate modern analytics practices, participate in on-call rotations, and help advance the data platform to support the company’s

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in data engineering and platform teams.
• Experience delivering scalable cloud-based data platforms.
• Strong grasp of data movement and medallion architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Platform Data team to build a robust data platform.
• Collaborate with solution teams, product managers, and engineers.
• Decide on design, architecture, and delivery of systems.
• Mentor engineers and promote modern analytics practices.
• Drive agile processes and continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Data engineering

Distributed systems

Automation (ETL)

Communication

Tools

Databricks

SQL

Python

PowerShell

C#/.NET

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Data Lake/Lakehouse

Qlik

Zoho Analytics

Azure PaaS

Job description

Ripple is seeking a Staff Data Scientist and Engineer to lead platform data initiatives, shape technical direction, and mentor the engineering team. You will drive the design, architecture, and delivery of scalable data solutions across portfolios, collaborating with product and solution teams to deliver robust cloud-based data platforms.

You will mentor others, advocate modern analytics practices, participate in on-call rotations, and help advance the data platform to support the company’s