Lead Data Engineer

Job overview

The Lead Data Engineer role is hybrid in Madison, WI, with 2–3 days in the office and a stated pay range of $85–$90 per hour. The role leads a data engineering team and supports data and analytical solutions. The position provides technical and team leadership to deliver project work while protecting data quality, security, privacy, and integrity. It also develops scalable data warehouse code and advises application and development teams on reusable, stable, and operationally efficient solutions.

What you'll do

• Lead an engineering team to meet project deadlines and priorities
• supervise assigned data engineering team members and activities
• ensure data quality, completeness, security, privacy, and integrity throughout the data lifecycle
• document workflows and operational support
• understand data sources and limitations
• advise architecture and development teams on reusable, scalable, stable solutions
• create maintainable code to load and manipulate warehouse data
• communicate with project teams and business stakeholders.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

lead data engineer

madison wi

hybrid

intelliswift software

$85–$90/hour

gcp

python

sql and nosql

etl

data warehouse

hadoop or spark

data modeling

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires GCP experience and hands-on Python, data engineering, and distributed data processing expertise; hybrid schedule is 2–3 office days.

About the employer

Intelliswift Software Inc is hiring for this role. Industry: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services. Sector: 51.