PIM Engineering Lead: Hands-on Architecture & Data Modeling

Lakefusion; Texas; Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

LakeFusion is seeking a hands-on PIM Engineering Lead to drive the technical implementation of our Product Information Management product. You will write production code daily while guiding architecture and technical decisions across the PIM product.

You will own taxonomy and hierarchy modeling, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product leadership and an offshore team to translate vision into a scalable data-driven solution.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software or data engineering with senior/principal level hands-on leadership.
• Strong data modeling skills with complex relational and hierarchical structures.
• Experience managing large product taxonomies or graph data structures in production.
• Strong Python and SQL expertise, plus Spark/Databricks experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead PIM technical architecture: end-to-end design for taxonomy data structures, inheritance, provenance, and MDM integration.
• Write production code: build core PIM backend services, data models, and pipelines.
• Guide technical decisions: set direction, review designs, unblock engineers, align with LakeFusion architecture.
• Own taxonomy and hierarchy modeling for large catalogs.
• Mentor engineers: code reviews, design sessions, and pairing with offshore team.
• Partner with Product to scope features and deliver enterprise catalogs.

Skills

Python

SQLAlchemy

Databricks / Apache Spark

Data modeling

Taxonomy / graph data

Backend development

Mentoring engineers

Communication

Tools

FastAPI

Node.js

Job description

LakeFusion is seeking a hands-on PIM Engineering Lead to drive the technical implementation of our Product Information Management product. You will write production code daily while guiding architecture and technical decisions across the PIM product.

You will own taxonomy and hierarchy modeling, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product leadership and an offshore team to translate vision into a scalable data-driven solution.