1d ago

Lead Data Engineer

Chicago, IL

$150k-$190k / year

full-timelead Remotemedia

🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll lead scalable data engineering efforts that empower cross-functional teams with reliable, timely, and actionable data. You'll build and optimize ETL pipelines and data lake infrastructure to support reporting and analysis across all business units. This role offers the chance to shape a high-performance, quality-first engineering culture.

🎯 What You'll Do

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

📋 Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in data engineering within 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 or team leadership experience

🎁 Benefits & Perks

  • 💰 Competitive base salary ($150k-$190k)
  • 📈 Profit-sharing bonus
  • 🏖️ Remote-first culture
  • 🏥 Comprehensive benefits package

📨 Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-3 weeks · AI estimate

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