Title: Lead Data Engineer
Location: Frisco TX (Permanent remote)
Type: Contract
Note : Please look for 12 years experienced lead level candidates. Recent experience (multiple years) in healthcare domain is highly preferred.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work in an agile environment with a development team to:
- Design develop and maintain scalable data pipelines using software development patterns.
- Implement data processing solutions using Python and PySpark on a cloudnative Lakehouse data platform.
- Write efficient SQL queries to extract transform and load data.
- Collaborate with product management and analysts to understand data requirements and deliver solutions.
- Optimize and troubleshoot data pipelines for performance and reliability.
- Ensure data quality and integrity through comprehensive testing and validation processes.
- Follow DevOps principles and use CI/CD to deploy and operate data pipelines.
Required Skills:
- Proficiency in Python and PySpark.
- Strong experience with SQL and database management.
- Knowledge of software development patterns and best practices in data engineering.
- Experience with ETL/ELT processes and data pipeline orchestration.
- Proficiency developing using version control automated testing and deployments using gitbased tools like GitHub and GitHub Actions.
Preferred Skills:
- Understanding of testing methodologies for data pipelines including unit testing integration testing and endtoend testing.
- Knowledge of data governance and data security best practices.
- Familiarity with data warehousing concepts and tools.
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g. Azure AWS GCP) with Azure preferred.
- Knowledge of big data technologies (e.g. Microsoft Fabric Azure Synapse Lakehouse Databricks).
- Familiarity with advanced data orchestration tooling and development frameworks like dbt or Airflow.
- Experience working in a healthcare related industry.
Qualifications:
- Intense intellectual curiosity and an ability to view old problems with a fresh perspective.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field.
- 8 years of experience in data engineering or a related role.
- Strong problemsolving skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
- Specific vision abilities including close vision operate computer screen for extending periods of time
- May be required to sit or stand for extended periods of time
- Ability to read write and speak the English language fluently