Oddball

Lead Data Engineer

Oddball
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5 days ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+

Base Salary

$110k - $145k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Set the technical approach for migrating legacy data warehouse data and pipelines onto an Azure and Databricks lakehouse.
  • Guide migration teams on patterns, reconciliation, and quality gates.
  • Design reusable migration pipelines using Azure Data Factory and Azure Databricks.
  • Define source-to-target reconciliation methods to confirm data accuracy.
  • Resolve complex pipeline and performance problems.
  • Mentor data engineers and review their work.
  • Partner with product, QA, and platform teams.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Leadership experience in data engineering on large migration or modernization programs.
  • Deep experience with Databricks or Spark and Azure Data Factory.
  • Strong SQL and Python skills.
  • Experience migrating legacy ETL and data warehouse workloads to the cloud.
  • Understanding of lakehouse and medallion architecture, including Delta.
  • Experience in federal or regulated data environments is a plus.
  • Bachelor's Degree.
  • Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States; certain roles may require U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a federal background investigation and/or security clearance.
  • Clear communication, collaboration, technical-direction, and mentoring abilities.

Benefits

  • Fully remote work arrangement.
  • Tech and Education Stipend.
  • Comprehensive Benefits Package.
  • Company Match 401(k) plan.
  • Flexible PTO and paid holidays.
  • Position is contingent upon contract award.
Oddball

About Oddball

201-500 employees

Oddball is a digital services firm that designs, builds, and operates scalable web and cloud software for U.S. federal agencies, with a focus on citizen-facing services. The privately held company, founded in 2015 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, delivers full-stack development, human-centered design, product management, DevOps, and cloud migration from design through deployment. Its revenue comes from government contracts and professional services engagements.

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