1d ago
Lead Data Engineer
Kansas City, KS
$150k-$190k / year
full-timelead Remotemedia
🛠 Tech Stack
💼 About This Role
You'll lead scalable data engineering efforts for a data-driven digital media company that reaches over 30M monthly visitors. You'll own data infrastructure and empower cross-functional teams with reliable, actionable data to drive strategic growth.
🎯 What You'll Do
- Build and optimize scalable ETL and data lake processes
- Own ingestion, modeling, and transformation of structured/unstructured 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 fast-paced, 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 with Looker dashboards
- Mentoring peers and shaping engineering culture
🎁 Benefits & Perks
- 💰 Base salary $150,000-$190,000
- 📈 Profit-sharing bonus
- 🏖️ Remote-first culture
- 🏥 Competitive benefits package
📨 Hiring Process
Estimated timeline: 2-3 weeks · AI estimate
- 1Recruiter Phone Screen· 30 min
- 2Technical Interview· 60 min
- 3Hiring Manager Interview· 45 min
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