Lead, Data Engineering

The posting, as Skillable wrote it

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Come work with us and learn what teamwork and integrity blended with an emphasis on well-being and balance can do for your career and lifestyle!

The Lead, Data Engineering, is responsible for turning data architecture vision into reliable, repeatable, and scalable data pipelines and data products as part of Skillable’s enterprise data platform. Manage a team of at least five employees and be hands-on in technical ownership of the data engineering function. Lead day-to-day engineering execution while setting strong data engineering practices across ingestion, transformation, testing, deployment, and operational support.

What You Will Do

• Manage a team by hiring and onboarding talent, setting clear expectations, conducting formal performance reviews, and coaching accountability.
• Lead the team to deliver on the enterprise data platform roadmap by translating architecture direction into sequenced execution plans, team backlogs, and measurable outcomes.
• Create a strong engineering culture across the team by setting standards for maintainability, organization, and repeatability; growing engineers via regular 1:1s, timely feedback, development plans, and formal review cycles; and being responsible for overall team performance and cohesion.
• Own day-to-day execution for the Data Engineering team by breaking work into tasks, driving sprint-level planning, delegating effectively to grow ownership, unblocking delivery, and ensuring high-quality outcomes through engineering reviews and feedback.
• Drive implementation of the Medallion architecture (Bronze → Silver → Gold) with strong enforcement of layer responsibilities, ensuring repeatable and auditable pipeline behavior leveraging Boomi, Dbt, Azure Data Bricks, Boomi/Rivery, Delta tables, and Sql Server.
• Partner closely with the Data Architect to bring the architecture to life through concrete implementation patterns, reference pipelines, and guardrails—ensuring the team can consistently execute the intended approach.
• Reduce friction by driving crisp decisions and forward motion—using lightweig

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• Reimbursement for up to $750 annually to use towards lifestyle choices that impact their wellness such as gym memberships, fitness classes or healthy meal plans,
• Stipend of $200 a month for office expenses.
• Access to pet insurance; access for employees and dependents to Skillable learning opportunities through our product and more!

Working Conditions

The job conditions for this position are in a remote home office setting, requiring a space that supports privacy and focus to attend to regular and frequent video and voice calls. Employees in this position use PC and phone on an on-going basis throughout the day. Periodic travel may be required equaling up to approximately 10% of the time.

Skillable participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work int he U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment.

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Skillable can only hire potential candidates with a primary residence in the following States: AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IN, KY, MA, ME, MI, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, NV, NY, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, UT, WA, WI.