
Lead Data Engineer
Vivian Company
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $190,000 - $220,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Set the technical direction for the data engineering team
- Own the strategy, maintenance, and operations of our data platform
- Lead a team of data engineers while staying hands-on with architecture decisions and technical leadership
- Maintain and build feature stores and ML infrastructure to power our machine learning models
Requirements
- 7+ years of professional experience in data engineering or software engineering, with 2+ years in a leadership or management role
- Proven experience designing and operating data platforms at scale
- Strong experience with Python and SQL
- Deep expertise with cloud data warehouses like Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift
- Experience building and maintaining feature stores and ML infrastructure
- Knowledge of AWS technologies like DynamoDB, Lambda, SageMaker, and Kinesis
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools like CloudFormation or Terraform
- Experience with Airflow, DBT, and data orchestration best practices
- Hands-on experience with streaming data pipelines (Kafka, Kinesis, or similar)
- Track record of mentoring engineers and building high-performing teams
- Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders
Benefits
- Flexible Time Off
- Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans, including HSA and FSA Options
- 401K Retirement Savings Plan with Generous Employer Match
- Generous Parental Leave
- Work-from-home stipend
- Access to Corporate Discount Program
- Pet Insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data engineeringsoftware engineeringPythonSQLcloud data warehousesfeature storesML infrastructureInfrastructure-as-Codestreaming data pipelinesdata orchestration
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationteam buildingtechnical leadership