Senior Data Tech Lead - Trading & Freight Data Platform

Engineers and Constructors International Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Engineers and Constructors International Inc. in Houston seeks a Sr Data Tech Lead to drive end‑to‑end data platform architecture, governance, and capability development. You will lead cross‑functional teams across data engineering, analytics, and governance to deliver scalable data solutions for trading and Freight data platforms.

The role emphasizes leadership, cloud/on‑prem integration, and senior stakeholder engagement, with a focus on performance, security, and cost optimization.

Qualifications

• 12–17 years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, or analytics platforms.
• Deep expertise in Azure Data Engineering (ADF, ADLS, Databricks, DLT), AZURE Function, SQL, REST/FAST API, LogicApps.
• Databricks Delta Live Tables & Structured Streaming.
• Unity Catalog governance and lineage.
• Strong hands-on SQL, Python, Spark/Scala.
• CI/CD for application delivery (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions).
• Containerization (Docker), Kubernetes basics.
• API gateway, reverse proxies, load balancing.
• Solution Data Architecture, Data Modeling tools like SAP PowerDesigner, BiZ Design.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and delivery of Data ecosystems for futuristic data platform.
• Define data product roadmaps and drive development of data solution using approved tech stack.
• Align data engineering initiatives with long-term business and technology strategies.
• Provide technical leadership to ensure adherence to best practices, standards, and quality expectations.
• Lead data modelling and architecture using SAP PowerDesigner and WizDesign.
• Develop and optimize intelligent AI-augmented data pipelines across ADF, ADLS, Databricks, DLT, and Structured Streaming.
• OLTP schema design, normalization, indexing strategy, performance tuning for transactional systems.
• Transaction management, concurrency, deadlocks; PostgreSQL/MySQL/SQL Server as per Shell standards.
• Optimize Databricks workloads for performance and cost; implement security, governance, lineage via Unity Catalog.
• Troubleshoot pipelines, ensure data quality, and enforce SLA compliance.
• Establish data governance frameworks; monitor pipeline performance; drive CI/CD and touchless change management.
• Collaborate with PMs, BAs, Data Scientists, Architects; translate technical concepts for executives.

Skills

Data engineering

Data architecture

Analytics platforms

SQL

Python

Spark/Scala

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes basics

API gateway

Data governance

Metadata management

Tools

SAP PowerDesigner

WizDesign

Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Lake Storage

Azure Databricks

Delta Live Tables

Unity Catalog

AZURE Functions

SQL Server

PostgreSQL/MySQL

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Airflow

Kafka

Hadoop

PowerBI

Job description

Engineers and Constructors International Inc. in Houston seeks a Sr Data Tech Lead to drive end‑to‑end data platform architecture, governance, and capability development. You will lead cross‑functional teams across data engineering, analytics, and governance to deliver scalable data solutions for trading and Freight data platforms.

The role emphasizes leadership, cloud/on‑prem integration, and senior stakeholder engagement, with a focus on performance, security, and cost optimization.