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Sr. Director, Data Engineering

Chicago, IL, US💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-12 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead the REMS Data Engineering team to build scalable data platforms and pipelines for real estate management operations, enabling analytics, AI, and operational decision-making.

Role type

Sr. Director, Data Engineering (People Leadership + Technical Strategy)

Builds

Unified data platforms, data pipelines, APIs, and backend services for property, lease, and facilities data.

Domain

Commercial Real Estate / Data Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

People management (managing managers), Data Engineering, Cloud Architecture, Python, SQL, PySpark/Spark, Data Modeling (Relational/Dimensional/NoSQL), Data Governance, API Strategy, Stakeholder Management

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

Azure, AWS, Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Synapse, AWS Glue, Redshift, CosmosDB, MongoDB, PostgreSQL

Responsibilities

Define and drive the REMS data platform strategy and roadmap; Provide hands-on technical leadership and set architectural standards; Oversee design and delivery of data pipelines and backend services; Establish DataOps practices and data quality frameworks; Architect integration patterns and API strategies; Partner with product and business stakeholders to align data capabilities with priorities; Hire, develop, and mentor data engineers and team leads.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with people management

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