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Senior Lead Data Engineer

Sspearhead Inc

 

United States

Posted On: Just posted
Experience: 10+ years
Availability: Hybrid
Openings: 1
Category: Lead Data Engineer
Tenure: Contract - Corp-to-Corp
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Description

Lead the design and implementation of scalable data pipelines and lakehouse architectures.

This role is on-site.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable data pipelines using Snowflake, Databricks, and Apache Iceberg.
  • Lead development and optimization of Spark-based ETL/ELT pipelines for large-scale data processing.
  • Optimize complex SQL workloads for performance, cost efficiency, and scalability.
  • Build and maintain high-performance data models supporting analytics, reporting, and machine learning workloads.
  • Mentor junior data engineers and lead technical design discussions on data architecture.

Required Skills

  • 10+ years of experience in Data Engineering or Big Data Engineering.
  • Strong expertise with Snowflake and Databricks Lakehouse platform.
  • Hands-on experience with Apache Spark (PySpark / Spark SQL).
  • Experience working with Apache Iceberg or modern table formats.
  • Advanced knowledge of SQL performance tuning and query optimization.
  • Strong programming experience in Python, Scala, or Java.
  • Experience with workflow orchestration tools (Airflow, Prefect, or similar).
  • Knowledge of cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
  • Strong understanding of data modeling, partitioning, indexing, and storage optimization.

Education

Bachelor’s degree

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