Lead software engineer Data Engineer

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Data Engineer

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Job Title: Lead software engineer Data Engineer
Location: Dallas, TX

We're seeking a Lead Software Engineer to serve as the technical anchor for our Internal Analytics platform - the enterprise's single source of truth for data and reporting. This role blends hands-on engineering with leadership across multiple data and software domains, including Databricks, ADF, SQL, ETL, data/delta lake architecture, medallion architecture, DevOps, and emerging data technologies.

As a technical lead, you'll guide the design, development, and delivery of data solutions that support self-service analytics and enterprise-scale reporting, ensuring performance, accuracy, and reliability across systems.

Qualifications:

  • 8+ years of professional software development experience, with proven technical leadership.
  • Deep understanding of Azure tech stack (Databricks, ADF, Key Vault, ASQL, ADLS Gen2, Service Principles etc.)
  • Deep experience with Databricks (design, optimization, notebooks, stored procedures, UDFs, etc).
  • Hands-on experience with ETL tools such as SSIS and Azure Data Factory.
  • Experience working with API calls and Ingesting data from external source systems
  • Experience with SQL, Python and PySpark
  • Experience with building dynamic and scalable solutions for data ingestion and curation
  • Experience in data engineering and MS SQL Server and T-SQL development.
  • Strong understanding of data lake/delta lake architectures and modern data pipelines.
  • Strong understanding of medallion architectures and design patterns.
  • Strong understanding of data modeling techniques.
  • Experience handling large-scale data volumes (millions of records).
  • Proficiency in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience with IaC technologies such as Terraform or Pulumi.
  • Exposure to big data tools (Spark, Hadoop, Kafka) preferred.
  • Experience with reporting tools such as Power BI or Tableau a plus.
  • Knowledge of .NET development beneficial for cross-team collaboration.
  • Prior experience working in an Agile development environment required.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to translate technical concepts to business partners.
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