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Lead Data Engineer

Merican Inc

 

Bellevue, WA, USA

Posted On: 30+ days ago
Experience: 5+ years
Availability: Hybrid
Openings: 1
Category: Lead Data Engineer
Tenure: Contract - Corp-to-Corp
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Description

You will design and lead the end-to-end architecture of a scalable data platform on Azure, ensuring low-latency, high-reliability pipelines for batch and real-time data.

This role is hybrid.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement end-to-end data platform architecture using Databricks, Delta Lake, Snowflake, and Azure services.
  • Build scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and real-time streaming processes using Kafka or Azure Event Hubs with a 15-minute SLA.
  • Establish data quality frameworks, monitoring, and governance standards to ensure data completeness and consistency.
  • Optimize pipeline performance and storage for large-scale datasets, implementing partitioning, indexing, and caching strategies.
  • Lead and mentor a team of data engineers while collaborating with product managers and BI teams to deliver trusted data layers for Power BI and Microsoft Fabric.

Required Skills

  • 5+ years of experience in data engineering and platform architecture.
  • Expertise in Databricks, Spark, and Delta Lake for large-scale data processing.
  • Strong experience with Snowflake or similar cloud data warehouses.
  • Hands-on proficiency with streaming technologies such as Kafka or Azure Event Hubs.
  • Strong programming skills in Python and SQL.
  • Experience with data modeling, ETL/ELT design, and data quality frameworks.
  • Familiarity with Power BI and Microsoft Fabric for semantic models and analytics.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Preferred Skills

  • Experience with Azure ecosystem tools including ADF, ADLS, and AKS.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps practices for data platforms.

Education

Bachelor's degree

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