Lead Data Engineer
Core
Design and deliver robust, production-grade data-intensive applications and services that power business-critical use cases at scale.
Role type
Senior IC Lead Data Engineer
Builds
End-to-end data systems (ingestion, processing, storage, serving), event-driven architectures, backend services, and APIs
Domain
Automotive and Industrial Technology
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Scala, Java, Apache Spark, Databricks, Apache Kafka, distributed systems, relational databases, data modeling, API design, system architecture, mentoring
Preferred skills
Apache Flink, cloud-native platforms, infrastructure-as-code, Kubernetes, data governance, table formats, JVM tuning
Technologies
Scala, Java, Spark, Databricks, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes
Responsibilities
Translate high-level business requirements into scalable systems; design end-to-end data systems with minimal supervision; build and optimize data models for analytical workloads; drive architecture and design discussions; coach and mentor junior engineers; build observability into systems from day one; deliver production-quality software with automated test coverage
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities