Sr Python Developer & Lead

Title: Sr Python Developer & Lead

Location: Auburn Hills, MI

Overall Experience: 8+ years of relevant experience

Mandatory Skills: Data Engineering, Python, PySpark, CI/CD, Airflow, Workflow Orchestration

Job Requirements

The Sr. Architect & Technical Lead (SDET Lead) will play a pivotal role in delivering major data engineering initiatives within the Data & Advanced Analytics space. This position requires hands-on expertise in building, deploying, and maintaining robust data pipelines using Python, PySpark, and Airflow, as well as designing and implementing CI/CD processes for data engineering projects

Key Responsibilities
1. Data Engineering: Design, develop, and optimize scalable data pipelines using Python and PySpark for batch and streaming workloads.
2. Workflow Orchestration: Build, schedule, and monitor complex workflows using Airflow, ensuring reliability and maintainability.
3. CI/CD Pipeline Development: Architect and implement CI/CD pipelines for data engineering projects using GitHub, Docker, and cloud-native solutions.
4. Testing & Quality: Apply test-driven development (TDD) practices and automate unit/integration tests for data pipelines.
5. Secure Development: Implement secure coding best practices and design patterns throughout the development lifecycle.
6. Collaboration: Work closely with Data Architects, QA teams, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
7. Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation, including process/data flow diagrams and system design artifacts.
8. Mentorship: Lead and mentor junior engineers, providing guidance on coding, testing, and deployment best practices.
9. Troubleshooting: Analyze and resolve technical issues across the data stack, including pipeline failures and performance bottlenecks.

Cross-Team Knowledge Sharing: Cross-train team members outside the project team (e.g., operations support) for full knowledge coverage.Includes all above skills, plus the following;

• Minimum of 7+ years overall IT experience
• Experienced in waterfall, iterative, and agile methodologies

Technical Experience:

Hands-on Data Engineering : Minimum 5+ yearsof practical experience building production-grade data pipelines using Python and PySpark.
2. Airflow Expertise: Proven track record of designing, deploying, and managing Airflow DAGs in enterprise environments.
3. CI/CD for Data Projects : Ability to build and maintain CI/CD pipelinesfor data engineering workflows, including automated testing and deployment**.
4. Cloud & Containers: Experience with containerization (Docker and cloud platforms (Google Cloud Platform) for data engineering workloads. Appreciation for twelve-factor design principles
5. Python Fluency : Ability to write object-oriented Python code manage dependencies, and follow industry best practices
6. Version Control: Proficiency with **Git** for source code management and collaboration (commits, branching, merging, GitHub/GitLab workflows).
7. Unix/Linux: Strong command-line skills** in Unix-like environments.
8. SQL : Solid understanding of SQL for data ingestion and analysis.
9. Collaborative Development : Comfortable with code reviews, pair programming and usingremote collaboration tools effectively.
10. Engineering Mindset: Writes code with an eye for maintainability and testability; excited to build production-grade software
11. Education: Bachelor s or graduate degree in Computer Science, Data Analytics or related field, or equivalent work experience.

Unique Skills

• Graduate degree in a related field, such as Computer Science or Data Analytics
• Familiarity with Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• A high tolerance for OpenShift, Cloudera, Tableau, Confluence, Jira, and other enterprise tools.