Remote Data Platform Lead - Reporting & Analytics

Focal Systems; United States; Remote; USD 108,000 - 122,000; Full time

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Job summary

Focal Systems is seeking a Data/Reporting Team Lead to own the numbers that guide how major grocers operate. You’ll rebuild the data foundation from the ground up, own it end to end, and shape a high-performing team around you.

This 100% remote role in Poland requires strong Python/SQL skills, Snowflake/DBT expertise, and fluency in Polish and English. You’ll drive accuracy across reporting, dashboards, and data services while collaborating with backend and analytics teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in CS, EE, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of professional software/data engineering experience, including ownership of production data systems.
• Strong Python skills, with strong performance-oriented mindset.
• Advanced SQL, including query-plan reading, index/optimization work on large tables.
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake or equivalent and transformation frameworks (DBT or similar).
• Experience with CDC / streaming pipelines and data-intensive applications.
• Fluent in Polish with advanced English skills (written & spoken).

Responsibilities

• Own the accuracy and reliability of customer-facing reporting — imports, processing pipelines, reports, dashboards, and exports
• Build and lead the data platform: Snowflake CDC pipelines, DBT transformations, and silver/gold data layers served through clean APIs
• Engineer the tooling that keeps data honest — gold-set reconciliation, drift detection, and point-in-time state reconstruction across the entire system
• Own compute and cost: right-size pipelines (tiered compute for regional vs. chain-wide jobs) and tune queries for speed and price
• Set the technical bar for the team — plan, review, mentor, and own the outcome end to end
• Partner with backend, analytics, and customer-facing teams so reporting stays consistent on every surface a customer sees

Skills

Python

SQL

Snowflake

DBT

CDC pipelines

CI/CD

Docker

Cloud deployments

Data correctness

Leadership

Polish

English

Education

Bachelor’s in CS or EE

Tools

Snowflake

DBT

Sigma

Job description

Focal Systems is seeking a Data/Reporting Team Lead to own the numbers that guide how major grocers operate. You’ll rebuild the data foundation from the ground up, own it end to end, and shape a high-performing team around you.

This 100% remote role in Poland requires strong Python/SQL skills, Snowflake/DBT expertise, and fluency in Polish and English. You’ll drive accuracy across reporting, dashboards, and data services while collaborating with backend and analytics teams.