Lead Data Engineer (1 Position)

8 - 10 years

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Posted:3 days ago| Platform: Foundit logo

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Job Type

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Job Description

About the Role

Were building a next-generation Data Analytics Engine that transforms raw market and historical data into actionable intelligence for the electronics supply chain industry. Our platform ingests, processes, and analyzes high-volume data across suppliers, parts, and trends powering real-time insights and ML-driven applications.

highly experienced Lead or Staff Data Engineer

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and optimize

    scalable ETL pipelines

    for billions of records using

    AWS-native tools

    (Glue, Step Functions, S3, PostgreSQL).
  • Migrate and evolve existing pipelines toward

    open-source orchestration tools

    such as

    Apache Airflow and Kafka

    .
  • Lead

    data lake and data warehouse architecture design

    for analytics and ML workflows.
  • Own and maintain

    CI/CD workflows

    ensuring reliability, observability, and deployment automation.
  • Implement

    data validation, schema evolution, anomaly detection, and data quality checks

    .
  • Contribute to

    Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK)

    for reproducible deployments.
  • Provide

    technical mentorship

    , make architectural decisions, and establish best practices.

Required Qualifications

  • 8+ years

    of experience as a Data Engineer or similar role with production ownership.
  • Expertise in

    AWS tools

    : Glue, Step Functions, S3, Athena, Lambda.
  • Deep knowledge of

    open-source data stack

    : Apache Airflow, Spark, Kafka, dbt.
  • Strong

    Python programming

    skills for modular workflows and automation.
  • Expert-level

    SQL

    and experience with

    PostgreSQL

    (or similar databases).
  • Experience with

    CI/CD tools

    (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.).
  • Familiarity with

    Infrastructure as Code

    : Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation.
  • Ability to

    mentor engineers and lead architectural decisions

    .

Preferred Qualifications

  • Background in

    ML/AI pipelines or feature engineering

    .
  • Experience with

    serverless technologies

    or

    containerized deployments

    (Docker, Lambda).
  • Familiarity with

    data observability tools and alerting systems

    .

Education

  • Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field

    (or equivalent practical experience).

What We Offer

  • Opportunity to work on

    impactful, real-world problems

    in supply chain intelligence.
  • Direct mentorship

    from experienced engineers and AI product leads.
  • A

    flexible, startup-friendly environment

    where your contributions matter.
  • Competitive compensation and opportunities for career growth.

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