Senior Data Engineer Lead - AI/RAG Data Platform

WebHosting; United States; Remote; USD 166,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

Rackspace Technology is seeking a seasoned data engineering leader to direct a pod responsible for core EDW pipelines and AI/RAG data infrastructure. You will translate stakeholder needs into a prioritized roadmap, mentor engineers, and own operational accountability for pipelines.

Requirements include a CS degree or equivalent, 8–12 years in technology with data leadership, 6–8 years architecting cloud data solutions, and 2+ years leading engineers. HIPAA/HL7/FHIR familiarity is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• 8-12 years of experience in technology, with significant data-centric leadership.
• 6-8 years hands-on experience architecting data solutions on a cloud platform.
• 2+ years formally leading engineers or technical workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team/pod of engineers, prioritizing workload and driving on-time, Agile delivery.
• Own source-management, version-control, and QA/testing standards for the team, including standards for AI-assisted code contributions.
• Define and track the team’s metrics strategy; own SLA/SLO tracking for pipelines and lead “back-to-green” plans when KPIs are missed.
• Track, analyze, and report KPIs (pipeline uptime, MTTR, data-quality metrics) to leadership.
• Own root-cause analysis and mitigation for complex pipeline/data-quality issues within the team’s scope.
• Serve as a primary technical liaison to business/clinical stakeholders, translating needs into the team’s roadmap (pipelines, data products, AI/RAG capabilities).
• Contribute cost/budget input for the team’s cloud and AI/vector-database usage.
• Own documentation, SOPs, and escalation pathways for the team.
• Participate in and help coordinate the on-call rotation, owning escalation ownership when issues arise.

Skills

Data engineering leadership

Cloud data architecture

Mentoring engineers

Agile / delivery leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field

Equivalent hands-on experience

Tools

Spark

Airflow

Databricks

Snowflake

Job description

Rackspace Technology is seeking a seasoned data engineering leader to direct a pod responsible for core EDW pipelines and AI/RAG data infrastructure. You will translate stakeholder needs into a prioritized roadmap, mentor engineers, and own operational accountability for pipelines.

Requirements include a CS degree or equivalent, 8–12 years in technology with data leadership, 6–8 years architecting cloud data solutions, and 2+ years leading engineers. HIPAA/HL7/FHIR familiarity is preferred.