Lead Data Engineer

Job Title: Lead Data Engineer

LOCATION: Hybrid Madison WI

Required Qualifications

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems or related field.

8-10 years of Data Engineering experience.

3 years in a Lead Principal or Senior Data Engineering capacity.

Expert-level proficiency with Python for data engineering and data processing.

Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Extensive experience with:

o BigQueryDataflowDataproc / PySparkCloud Composer (Airflow)Pub/SubCloud Storage

Strong SQL development and data modeling experience.

Experience building enterprise-scale ETL/ELT pipelines.

Experience working with large-volume datasets and performance optimization.

Knowledge of CI/CD Git DevOps practices and automated deployment frameworks.

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Ability to work independently and lead technical initiatives from concept through production.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Snowflake Databricks or modern lakehouse architectures.

Experience enabling AI/ML workloads and feature engineering pipelines.

Knowledge of data governance data quality frameworks and regulatory compliance requirements.

Experience working within large enterprise Agile environments.

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Required Skills:

Data EngineeringPythonData ProcessingGoogle Cloud PlatformGCPBigQueryDataflowDataprocPySparkCloud ComposerAirflowPub/SubCloud StorageSQL developmentData Modelingenterprise-scaleETL/ELT pipelineslarge-volumeCI/CDAI/MLSnowflakeDatabricksDevOpsGit