MDM Lead Engineer needed to become a technical owner of the MDM platform and drive initiatives from design through execution. This is a senior, hands-on technical leadership role. The qualified candidate must have significant Semarchy xDM and Master Data Management expertise, combined with solid data engineering, data analysis, team leadership, and business-facing communication skills.
The qualified candidate must have the following skills/experience:
· At least 10 years of relevant engineering and data experience
· Strong hands-on expertise with Semarchy xDM
· Deep understanding of Master Data Management concepts, including match/merge, survivorship, golden records, hierarchies, data quality, stewardship, workflows, and publishing/integration patterns
· Proven experience implementing enterprise MDM solutions end-to-end, from requirements and data analysis through production implementation and support
· Strong SQL, data profiling, and data analysis skills, with the ability to investigate anomalies, identify patterns, and drive root-cause analysis
· Strong understanding of the underlying data domain and the ability to go beyond application configuration to understand source data, business processes, and downstream consumption
· Solid data engineering background with experience building and supporting production-grade data pipelines
· Experience with technologies such as Snowflake, Azure, ADF, dbt, Fivetran, Python, APIs, or comparable modern data technologies
· Strong understanding of data modeling, data quality, data governance, metadata, lineage, and stewardship concepts
· Ability to manage multiple priorities and switch effectively between architecture, engineering, analysis, team leadership, and stakeholder engagement
· Comfortable operating in a high-expectation, fast-moving environment with competing priorities and tight delivery timelines
· Ability to provide hands-on technical leadership to onshore and offshore engineering teams
· Experience reviewing and guiding technical designs, data models, SQL, pipelines, implementation approaches, and code
· Strong ownership mindset — someone who can take ambiguous problems, bring structure, make sound technical decisions, and drive them through completion
· Strong curiosity about data and a genuine passion for solving difficult data problems
· Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on identifying and addressing root causes rather than implementing short-term fixes
· Outcome-driven, dependable, and committed to delivery
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills
· Strong presentation skills and the ability to communicate effectively with Product Owners, Data Stewards, business stakeholders, architects, engineering teams, and senior technology leaders
· Ability to translate business requirements into scalable and maintainable technical solutions
· Financial Services, Asset Management, Wealth Management, or Capital Markets experience
· Experience with Client, Customer, Organization, Contact, Account, Party, or similar master data domains.
This long-term contract opportunity is based in Midtown NYC and requires the selected candidate to work on-site three days a week. We cannot sponsor or take over sponsorship for an employment visa. We cannot work with third-party companies. For additional information and immediate consideration, please email your resume and LinkedIn profile.
