Senior Data Platform Leader | AI-Driven Pipelines

Sapient Corporation; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 160,000 - 262,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid leave

Wellness program

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Publicis Sapient is seeking a Senior Manager Data Engineering to architect and deliver scalable data platforms and modern data pipelines across cloud environments. You will lead design, development and modernization initiatives, mentor engineers, and partner with clients to translate complex requirements into measurable business value.

You will drive batch and streaming workflows, advance data mesh/lakehouse patterns, and foster strong observability, reliability, and production readiness while

Qualifications

• Experience building production-grade data platforms
• Hands-on with at least one cloud data platform (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Experience with Databricks including Delta Lake or lakehouse patterns
• Strong Python proficiency for data engineering and AI workflows
• Experience with columnar databases (BigQuery/Redshift/Vertica) and NoSQL (DynamoDB/Bigtable/CosmosDB)
• Experience creating streaming and batch data pipelines (Glue ETL, Dataflow, Data Factory, Spark)
• Knowledge of data modeling, warehouse design, and lakehouse or data mesh patterns
• Familiarity with CI/CD, testing, release management, and production support

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable data platforms
• Lead end-to-end data pipelines and data processing
• Build batch and streaming pipelines across cloud platforms
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements
• Mentor junior team members and contribute hands-on
• Provide project estimates and technical feasibility assessments
• Ensure observability, reliability, and production support
• Support AI-enabled data use cases with robust data foundations

Skills

Python

Data pipelines

Cloud platforms

MLOps concepts

Communication

Tools

Databricks

Glue ETL

Lambda

Google Cloud Dataflow

Azure Data Factory

Spark

Spark Streaming

BigQuery

Redshift

DynamoDB

Cosmos DB

SQL Server

Oracle

MySQL

Delta Lake

Snowflake

Job description

Publicis Sapient is seeking a Senior Manager Data Engineering to architect and deliver scalable data platforms and modern data pipelines across cloud environments. You will lead design, development and modernization initiatives, mentor engineers, and partner with clients to translate complex requirements into measurable business value.

You will drive batch and streaming workflows, advance data mesh/lakehouse patterns, and foster strong observability, reliability, and production readiness while