Lead Data Engineer

Overview

The Lead, Data Engineer leads the Data Engineering team and provides technical direction for the data infrastructure, pipelines, and systems that support reporting, analytics, and data products across the organization. This role combines people leadership, technical expertise, and business partnership to ensure data solutions are reliable, scalable, and aligned with organizational priorities.

The Lead, Data Engineer remains hands-on technically while guiding the work of the team and partnering with Finance, Data & Analytics, and other business leaders to translate business needs into practical data solutions.

Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Delivery

• Lead, mentor, and develop the Data Engineering team, establishing clear expectations for performance, quality, and ownership.
• Manage team priorities, workload, and delivery in alignment with broader business objectives.
• Provide technical guidance and oversight for engineering work, including architecture, design, and production readiness.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex technical, data quality, and delivery challenges.

Data Engineering & Architecture

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines, integrations, warehouses, and supporting infrastructure.
• Establish and maintain engineering standards for data architecture, modeling, reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• Remain hands-on in development and resolution of complex or business-critical technical issues.
• Drive improvements to automation, tooling, monitoring, and engineering practices that strengthen the data environment.

Strategy & Business Partnership

• Establish technical direction and priorities for Data Engineering in alignment with organizational objectives.
• Partner with Finance and other business and technical stakeholders to translate data needs into effective solutions.
• Evaluate technologies, processes, and architectural approaches that improve the organization's ability to use and scale data.
• Communicate technical strategy, risks, recommendations, and infrastructure needs to technical and business leadership.

Additional Expectations

• Demonstrates and promotes the company's Impact Behaviors in all interactions and decision-making.

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• Design
• Ownership
• First Team
• Performance

• Maintains a professional, collaborative, and client-focused approach while supporting team and organizational objectives.
• Performs other duties, responsibilities, and special projects as assigned to meet business needs.

Qualifications