Lead Data Engineer

The SHOW comes alive at MGM Resorts International

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work in a place full of excitement diversity and entertainment Are you enthusiastic about being a team player in one of the most fascinating industries in the world At MGM Resorts we seek individuals like YOU to create unique and show-stopping experiences for our guests.

THE JOB:
The Senior Data Engineer provides technical leadership in the architecture development and operational management of enterprise data platforms and integration services that enable data-driven decision-making across the organization. This role is accountable for designing and delivering scalable secure and high-performance data solutions overseeing the full lifecycle of data engineering initiatives from strategy and architecture through implementation deployment and production support. The Senior Data Engineer partners with business and technology stakeholders to advance enterprise data capabilities while ensuring compliance with departmental standards and MGM Resorts policies practices and procedures.

THE DAY-TO-DAY:

• Lead the end-to-end design development deployment and support of scalable production-grade data integration and engineering solutions.

• Create and maintain technical designs and documentation aligned with business requirements data architecture and enterprise standards.

• Collaborate with technology leadership to evaluate and implement new tools technologies and best practices that improve platform performance and user experience.

• Partner with Product Management and business stakeholders to deliver data solutions that meet business objectives and design requirements.

• Build strong cross-functional relationships effectively communicating technical solutions and driving stakeholder alignment.

• Mentor junior engineers guide architectural decisions and balance technical tradeoffs to deliver reliable and intuitive data products.

• Drive operational excellence through monitoring optimization troubleshooting and ongoing support of data platforms and services.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE:

• 8 years of experience delivering enterprise data integration data engineering services and data platform solutions that support analytics reporting operational and AI-driven business initiatives.

• Design develop and support scalable data pipelines Lakehouse architectures and data products that enable analytics reporting AI and machine learning initiatives.

• Build and optimize enterprise data platforms using Databricks Spark Delta Lake and Azure cloud services ensuring performance scalability reliability and cost efficiency.

• Develop and maintain ELT/ETL frameworks data models and governance capabilities including data quality lineage observability security and compliance.

• Support AI machine learning Generative AI and RAG solutions through scalable data engineering feature engineering and MLOps/DataOps practices.

• Implement modern engineering standards including CI/CD Infrastructure as Code (IaC) testing monitoring and automation.

• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to deliver data solutions aligned with enterprise objectives and strategic roadmaps.

• Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews mentoring and the promotion of engineering best practices across the organization.

THE PERKS & BENEFITS:

• Wellness incentive programs to help you stay healthy physically and mentally

• Access to company hotel food and beverage retail and entertainment discounts as well as discounts with company partners on things like travel electronics online shopping and more

• Free meals in our employee dining room

• Free parking

• Health & Income Protection benefits (for eligible employees)

• Professional and personal development through programs and networking opportunities as well as volunteer opportunities in the community

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Range:

The pay range for this role is:

This range represents a good faith estimate of the salary range that MGM reasonably expects to pay for the position upon hire. The actual salary offer will take into account a wide range of factors including location.

Employees in this position are eligible to participate in medical dental vision life insurance 401(k) plans and time off plans. Specific program offerings vary by eligibility factors such as geographic location employment status and union membership.

Are you ready to JOIN THE SHOW Apply today!