Senior Data Engineering Lead, Platform & MDM

Independence Pet Group; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 169,000 - 212,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Parental Leave

Retirement Savings Plan

Wellness Day off

Employee Training & Development

Job summary

Independence Pet Holdings seeks a senior data engineering leader to architect scalable data ingestion pipelines and MDM strategy across key business domains in a Chicago-area role. You will drive real-time and batch ingestion, define reusable patterns, and ensure trusted data for product, analytics, and operations.

Lead a high-performing data engineering team, promote lakehouse architecture, and enforce governance and DevOps practices as part of a comprehensive rewards package.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and implementation of scalable data ingestion frameworks using Azure Databricks, ADLS Gen2, and Azure-native services.
• Oversee and scale batch and real-time ingestion pipelines (e.g., via Event Hub, Service Bus, Kafka).
• Define and standardize reusable ingestion patterns, frameworks, and orchestration standards.
• Define the roadmap for data ingestion capabilities aligned to product and business priorities.
• Drive performance tuning, cost optimization, and reliability of data pipelines.
• Own the MDM strategy, architecture, and implementation across key business domains.
• Define and manage golden record creation across domains (customer, product, provider, etc.).
• Drive alignment with product, analytics, and business stakeholders to ensure consistent, trusted data across the organization.

Job description

Independence Pet Holdings seeks a senior data engineering leader to architect scalable data ingestion pipelines and MDM strategy across key business domains in a Chicago-area role. You will drive real-time and batch ingestion, define reusable patterns, and ensure trusted data for product, analytics, and operations.

Lead a high-performing data engineering team, promote lakehouse architecture, and enforce governance and DevOps practices as part of a comprehensive rewards package.