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Lead Director Product Membership
CVS Health
Remote, United States
Product Rigor & Impact: Drive a culture of product discipline - establishing clear KPI frameworks, product health metrics, continuous feedback loops with frontline teams, and…
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Data Engineer, Analytics (Technical Leadership)
Meta
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Data Engineer, Analytics (Technical Leadership) Responsibilities:
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Machine Learning Senior Software Engineer
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Jackson, MS
- $121,400 to $218,600 USD / year
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AI Data Engineer
Cognizant
Jackson, MS
- $100,000 to $115,000 USD / year
As an AI Data Engineer, you will make an impact by designing, building, and optimizing scalable cloud-native data engineering solutions that enable advanced AI-driven applications and…
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AI Data Engineer
Cognizant
Jackson, MS
- $100,000 to $115,000 USD / year
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Eliassen Group
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- $70 to $88 USD / hour
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Sr. Reliability Engineer
Chemours
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Chemours is seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer to join our Asset Care team. This position will be located at an APM Manufacturing Site and report directly to the Manufacturing Excellence…
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Data Engineer, Analytics (Technical Leadership)
Meta
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Machine Learning Senior Software Engineer
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Charleston, WV
- $121,400 to $218,600 USD / year
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AI Data Engineer
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- $100,000 to $115,000 USD / year
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Cognizant
Charleston, WV
- $100,000 to $115,000 USD / year
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Cloud Engineer
Eliassen Group
Charleston, WV
- $70 to $88 USD / hour
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Lead Director Product Membership
CVS Health
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Data Engineer, Analytics (Technical Leadership)
Meta
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- $100,000 to $115,000 USD / year
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- $100,000 to $115,000 USD / year
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- $70 to $88 USD / hour
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EXL Talent Acquisition Team

Lead Databricks Data Engineer

NY, United States

Full-time

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Job type: Full-time
Apply by: Nov 30, 2026
Posting language: English
Posted: Nov 5, 2026

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Job Description: Lead Databricks Data Engineer Job Title: Lead Databricks Data Engineer Experience: 10-12 Years Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Summary We are looking for a highly experienced Lead Databricks Data Engineer with 10-12 years of experience in Data Engineering, Big Data, and Cloud Data Platforms. The ideal candidate will lead the design, development, modernization, and optimization of enterprise-scale data platforms using Databricks Lakehouse architecture. This role requires strong technical leadership, solution architecture expertise, stakeholder management skills, and hands-on experience building scalable cloud-native data ecosystems. The candidate will be responsible for defining data engineering standards, mentoring teams, driving modernization initiatives, and delivering high-performance data solutions that support analytics, AI/ML, and business intelligence initiatives.

Key Responsibilities Data Engineering & Architecture

Design and implement enterprise-scale data platforms using Databricks Lakehouse architecture.
Architect and develop scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines for batch and real-time processing.
Define enterprise data models, ingestion frameworks, and transformation strategies.
Lead the implementation of Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and data governance frameworks.
Build and optimize highly scalable Spark and PySpark solutions handling large-volume datasets.
Drive cloud data platform modernization and migration initiatives.

Technical Leadership

Serve as the technical lead for Databricks and Data Engineering programs.
Establish engineering best practices, coding standards, and architecture guidelines.
Conduct architecture reviews, code reviews, and solution assessments.
Mentor and guide Data Engineers, Technical Leads, and junior team members.
Collaborate with Enterprise Architects, Product Owners, Data Scientists, and Business Stakeholders.

Cloud & Platform Engineering

Design cloud-native data solutions on Azure, AWS, or GCP.
Implement secure, scalable, and resilient data architectures.
Optimize costs, performance, reliability, and availability of data platforms.
Lead CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code implementation for data workloads.
Define and implement monitoring, observability, and operational excellence practices.

Governance & Data Quality

Establish data governance, lineage, cataloging, and security controls.
Ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements.
Implement data quality frameworks and monitoring solutions.
Collaborate with security and compliance teams to enforce data protection standards.

Stakeholder & Delivery Management

Partner with business leaders to understand strategic data requirements.
Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Drive delivery planning, risk management, and resource coordination.
Present architecture decisions and technical recommendations to leadership teams.

Required Technical Skills Databricks

Databricks Lakehouse Platform
Databricks Workflows
Delta Lake
Unity Catalog
Structured Streaming
Databricks SQL
Delta Live Tables (DLT)
Databricks Asset Bundles

Big Data Technologies

Apache Spark
PySpark
Spark SQL
Kafka
Real-Time Streaming Architectures
Data Lake & Lakehouse Architectures

Cloud Platforms (Strong Experience in One or More) Azure

Azure Databricks
Azure Data Factory (ADF)
ADLS Gen2
Azure Synapse Analytics
Azure Key Vault
Event Hub

AWS

S3
EMR
Glue
Redshift
Lambda
IAM

GCP

BigQuery
Cloud Storage
Dataflow
Pub/Sub
Composer

Programming

Python
SQL
PySpark
Scala (Preferred)
Shell Scripting

DevOps & Automation

Git
Azure DevOps
GitHub Actions
Jenkins
Terraform
Docker
Kubernetes

Data Warehousing

Dimensional Modeling
Star & Snowflake Schema
Data Vault
Master Data Management
Data Governance Frameworks

Required Experience

12-15 years of overall IT experience.
Minimum 6+ years of hands-on Databricks experience.
7+ years of experience in Spark/PySpark-based data engineering.
Experience designing enterprise-scale Data Lake and Lakehouse solutions.
Strong experience leading large data transformation and modernization programs.
Experience handling structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data processing.
Experience supporting analytics, AI/ML, and reporting ecosystems.
Proven experience managing technical teams and driving architectural decisions.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional.
Azure Data Engineer Associate.
AWS Data Analytics Specialty.
Google Professional Data Engineer Certification.
TOGAF or Cloud Architecture certifications are a plus.

Nice to Have

MLOps and AI Engineering exposure.
Snowflake and Databricks integration experience.
Microsoft Fabric exposure.
Data Mesh implementation experience.
Data Governance tools such as Collibra, Alation, or Informatica.
Expertise in Data Quality frameworks such as Great Expectations or Deequ.

Key Competencies

Solution Architecture
Technical Leadership
Stakeholder Management
Program Delivery
Data Strategy & Governance
Team Mentoring & Coaching
Problem Solving & Decision Making
Communication & Executive Presentation Skills
Performance Optimization
Innovation & Continuous Improvement

Technology Classification Technology Tower: Data & AI Practice Area: Data Engineering Primary Skill: Databricks Lakehouse Engineering Secondary Skills: Apache Spark, PySpark, Cloud Data Platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP), Data Architecture, Data Governance, MLOps.

Management of DB Systems, Performance Tuning, Security, Compliance Standards, Graduate with 4 years BS or Professional Degree. 15 - 18 Years

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