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Dallas / $175000 - $210000 annum

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Salary

SALARY:

$175000 - $210000

Location

LOCATION

Dallas

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

Lead Data Engineer

Current Salary: Remote

Salary: $175,000 - $210,000

Looking for a role where you can influence architecture, lead technical direction, and remain hands-on with complex data engineering challenges?

This is an opportunity to join a growing SaaS business where data is central to both the product and customer experience. You'll take ownership of critical platform decisions, mentor other engineers, and help shape the future of a customer-facing analytics environment that processes large and complex datasets.

The Company
This fast-growing technology company develops data-driven products that help organisations make smarter, faster decisions through analytics and workflow automation. With a strong customer focus and a collaborative engineering culture, they are investing heavily in the evolution of their data platform and are looking for a senior technical leader to help drive that journey.

The Role
As Lead Data Engineer, you'll combine deep technical expertise with architectural thinking and technical leadership.
Your responsibilities will include:
  • Designing and optimising scalable ELT pipelines and data processing frameworks
  • Leading architecture discussions and making recommendations based on technical trade-offs
  • Building robust data models that support customer-facing analytics products
  • Improving automation, observability, reliability, and data quality across the platform
  • Solving complex customer data challenges and driving long-term solutions
  • Working closely with Engineering, Product, Analytics, and Customer-facing teams
  • Mentoring engineers and helping establish best practices across the function
  • Contributing to the long-term data platform roadmap and modernisation strategy
Your Skills & Experience
You'll bring strong commercial experience with:
  • SQL and Python for Data Engineering
  • Building and supporting large-scale ELT pipelines
  • Data modelling and data architecture
  • Airflow, Dagster, Astronomer, or similar orchestration technologies
  • Working with complex datasets and varying levels of data quality
  • Technical leadership, mentoring, and engineering best practices
  • Evaluating architectural approaches and communicating trade-offs effectively

What They Offer

  • Salary of $175,000 - $210,000
  • Fully remote working model
  • The opportunity to influence architecture, engineering standards, and data platform strategy
  • Clear progression towards broader technical leadership and future people management opportunities
  • Collaborative environment with close interaction across engineering, analytics, and customer-facing teams
  • Comprehensive benefits package including healthcare coverage, retirement contributions, generous paid time off, and additional wellbeing benefits

How to Apply

If you're an experienced Lead Data Engineer who enjoys solving complex data challenges, influencing technical direction, and building scalable customer-facing data solutions, apply today to learn more about this opportunity.

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