Job Title:
Lead Data Engineer
Company: remoterocketship
Location: New York City, NY
Created: 2026-05-13
Job Type: Full Time
Job Description:
Job Description: Lead and mentor a team of data engineers, providing guidance, support, and technical expertise Collaborate with business and technical leaders to set and execute both strategic and tactical initiatives Stay current with emerging trends and technologies in data engineering Identify and evaluate new platforms and tools to enhance the tech stack and improve data infrastructure and processes Design, develop, and maintain robust data pipelines from various TMS and other data sources Design and implement new data structures or extend existing structures to support evolving business requirements Ensure the accuracy, reliability, and completeness of data through effective data validation and monitoring processes Develop and maintain our Data Vault, Data Warehouse, and Data Marts to deliver key metrics to operational and business stakeholders Collaborate with a wide variety of users, including internal stakeholders, executives, clients, engineers, and external vendors Improve and harden processes like code deployments, data validation, error handling/alerting, data democratization, and modernizing tech debt Requirements: Bachelors Degree required (or equivalent experience); preference in Business Administration, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field Creative thinker who is intellectually curious, with a passion for solving puzzles and continuous learning 8+ years technology experience with one or more of the following: Amazon Relational Database Service (Aurora, MySQL), Microsoft SQL Server, Snowflake Exceptional SQL development and performance tuning skills Strong experience with Python language, libraries, applications, and concepts: Pandas, Streamlit, NumPy Understanding of JSON and CSV Requests Experience with the following is a strong plus: TMS, WMS, or other enterprise logistics platforms, Data Vault 2.0, Fivetran, Azure Data Factory, REST API Proficiency in clouds platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Coalesce.io, YAML Experience with git, DevOps, and CI/CD is a strong plus Self-starter, entrepreneurial, highly adaptable who can take initiative in a fast-moving environment. Strong communication and leadership skills Benefits: Access to experts and resources for your Learning & Development journey Opportunity for internal mobility Employee referral bonus program Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) Annual fundraising and volunteer events to give back to communities Paid time off, floating holidays, time off to volunteer and rollover Paid parental leave Medical, dental, vision and 401k plans (with match) Flexible spending account, mass transit and dependent care plans available Health savings account, with a annual company contribution for plan participants Short-term and long-term disability; life insurance policies subsidized by company Additional benefits including pet insurance, accident care, access to legal advice and more