Technical Lead, MarTech Data Platforms & Personalization

Vanguard; Malvern (Chester County); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard is seeking a senior data platform engineering leader to drive the technical strategy for its MarTech data platforms, including CDP, identity resolution, and data clean rooms. You will shape scalable, privacy-first architectures and partner with Product, Marketing, Analytics, and Engineering to deliver AI-ready data products.

You will mentor engineers, oversee architecture reviews, and enforce data governance standards while championing modern engineering practices and platform

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software or data engineering, with 3+ years in technical leadership.
• Experience building large-scale data platforms for marketing analytics is preferred.
• Familiarity with MarTech/AdTech platforms and data governance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for Vanguard's MarTech Data Platform ecosystem.
• Architect and deliver scalable, secure data solutions with governance and observability.
• Lead code quality, CI/CD, testing, and platform operations best practices.
• Collaborate with Product, Marketing, Analytics, and Engineering to translate business goals into durable architectures.
• Mentor engineers and communicate strategy and risks to stakeholders.

Skills

Data platform

Cloud AWS

Python

SQL

Spark

Kafka

Databricks

GenAI

Data governance

Tools

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Lakehouse

Databricks

Job description

Vanguard is seeking a senior data platform engineering leader to drive the technical strategy for its MarTech data platforms, including CDP, identity resolution, and data clean rooms. You will shape scalable, privacy-first architectures and partner with Product, Marketing, Analytics, and Engineering to deliver AI-ready data products.

You will mentor engineers, oversee architecture reviews, and enforce data governance standards while championing modern engineering practices and platform