Senior Data Platform Architect & Tech Lead

Walker & Dunlop; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive dental and vision benefits

401(k) with match

Paid maternity and parental leave

Job summary

Walker & Dunlop is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to manage and define the architecture for their enterprise data platform in the United States. This role involves collaborating with teams to build scalable, reliable data systems while driving best practices in engineering and architecture.

The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience, particularly with cloud-based technologies and data engineering tools like Airflow and Kafka. The position also offers attractive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering, including serving as a technical lead.
• Strong experience building cloud-native data platforms.
• Experience with CI/CD practices and data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Define architectural standards for the enterprise data platform.
• Lead design review processes and technical documentation.
• Mentor engineers on architecture and best practices.

Skills

SQL

Data modeling

Cloud-native data platforms

Technical leadership

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Airflow

Kafka

Redshift

PostgreSQL

Job description

Walker & Dunlop is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to manage and define the architecture for their enterprise data platform in the United States. This role involves collaborating with teams to build scalable, reliable data systems while driving best practices in engineering and architecture.

The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience, particularly with cloud-based technologies and data engineering tools like Airflow and Kafka. The position also offers attractive compensation and benefits.