Job Title: Lead Data Engineer
LOCATION: Hybrid Madison, WI
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's 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 BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc / PySpark, Cloud Composer (Airflow), Pub/Sub, Cloud 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.
Thanks,
vikas@tekleaders.com