1d ago

Lead Data Engineer

Buffalo, NY

$150k-$190k / year

full-timemid Remotemedia

🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll lead scalable data engineering efforts that empower cross-functional teams with reliable, timely data to fuel strategic growth. You'll own ETL pipelines and data lake infrastructure on AWS. This role offers a high-growth, remote-first culture with profit-sharing bonuses.

🎯 What You'll Do

  • Build and optimize scalable ETL and data lake processes
  • Own ingestion, modeling, and transformation of data
  • Partner with BI and Analytics to deliver query-ready datasets
  • Maintain database monitoring, anomaly detection, and quality assurance

📋 Requirements

  • 5+ years of data engineering experience in cloud-native environments
  • Deep expertise in Python, SQL, Docker, and AWS (S3, Glue, Kinesis, Athena/Presto)
  • Experience building and managing scalable ETL pipelines and data lake infrastructure
  • Familiarity with distributed systems, Spark, and data quality best practices

✨ Nice to Have

  • Experience supporting BI, analytics, and engineering teams
  • Proficiency with Looker dashboards
  • Mentoring experience

🎁 Benefits & Perks

  • 💰 Base salary $150k-$190k
  • 📈 Profit-sharing bonus
  • 🏖️ Remote-first team
  • 🏥 Competitive benefits

📨 Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks · AI estimate

  1. 1Recruiter Call· 30 min
  2. 2Technical Screen· 60 min
  3. 3Hiring Manager Interview· 60 min
  4. 4Team Interview· 45 min
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