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3M

Lead Data Engineer

3M

Lead Data Engineer at 3M designing and optimizing data platforms for AI/ML applications. Collaborating with data scientists and mentoring junior engineers in data engineering best practices.

Posted 6/20/2026full-timeRemote • Minnesota • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $188,251 - $230,084 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AirflowAzureCloudKafkaPythonSparkSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead the architecture and development of scalable, secure data pipelines supporting AI/ML workloads
  • Own end to end data engineering processes: ingestion, transformation, storage, quality, and monitoring
  • Collaborate with data scientists and ML engineers on model features, training pipelines, and deployment
  • Drive best practices in data modeling, orchestration, versioning, and performance optimization
  • Mentor and guide junior engineers
  • Ensure data governance, lineage, and compliance standards are met across platforms
  • Support real time and batch processing frameworks in production environments

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science from an accredited institution
  • Seven (7) or more years of data engineering experience
  • Strong expertise in Python, SQL, and distributed data systems (e.g., Spark, Databricks, Synapse)
  • Experience building AI/ML ready data pipelines
  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred)
  • Strong understanding of ML concepts
  • Proven experience with workflow orchestration (Airflow, Data Factory, Synapse Pipelines, etc.)
  • Experience with streaming platforms (Kafka, Event Hub)
  • Background in DevOps, CI/CD, or infrastructure as code

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Medical, Dental & Vision
  • Health Savings Accounts
  • Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Disability Benefits
  • Life Insurance
  • Voluntary Benefits
  • Paid Absences
  • Retirement Benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonSQLdata engineeringdata pipelinesdata modelingworkflow orchestrationstreaming platformsDevOpsCI/CDinfrastructure as code
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcollaborationcommunicationguidance
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in computer science