Lead Data Engineer – AWS / Databricks

Prior experience working with an airline is preferred. Candidates must be local to Houston, TX, and willing to attend a face-to-face interview.

Location: Houston, TX (Hybrid)
Duration: Contract
Interview: Face-to-Face (F2F)
Local Candidates: Houston, TX candidates only

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Lead Data Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in AWS, Databricks, Redshift, Spark/PySpark, Python, and SQL. The ideal candidate will have proven technical leadership experience and a strong background in modern data engineering, data lake/lakehouse architecture, and cloud data platform modernization.

Prior experience working with an Airline/Aviation client is strongly preferred. Candidates must be local to Houston, TX and willing to attend a face-to-face interview.

Required Qualifications

• 12–15 years of strong Data Engineering experience with proven technical leadership.

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS, Amazon Redshift, Databricks, Spark/PySpark, Python, and SQL.

• Proven experience leading Redshift-to-Databricks migration and modernization initiatives.

• Strong understanding of Data Lake/Lakehouse architecture, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data modeling.

• Hands-on experience with AWS services such as:

  • Amazon S3

  • AWS Glue

  • Amazon EMR

  • AWS Lambda

• Strong experience with Databricks Delta Lake, Medallion Architecture, and data platform performance optimization.

• Proven ability to lead engineering teams, mentor developers, and drive technical architecture and design decisions.

• Strong stakeholder communication skills, with experience collaborating with business teams, architects, technical leadership, and other stakeholders.

• Strong experience with data pipeline development, optimization, scalability, and cloud-based data platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Aviation / Airline / Aerospace domain experience is strongly preferred.

• Prior experience working with a major Airline client is highly desirable.

• Experience with large-scale data platform modernization and migration programs.

• Experience working in a hybrid environment with onsite collaboration.

Candidate Requirements

• Must be local to Houston, TX.

• Must be willing to work in a hybrid environment.

• Must be available for a Face-to-Face interview in Houston, TX.

• Prior Airline/Aviation/Aerospace experience is strongly preferred.