Nestlé Purina is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to provide technical leadership for a data product team tied to a specific data domain. In this onsite role in St. Louis, MO, you will help deliver production-grade data products by building and maintaining resilient data pipelines, aligning them to enterprise standards, and ensuring they are ready for end users and downstream applications.
Role Summary
This position serves as the technical lead for a data product team focused on a defined data domain. You will develop and maintain monitored, reliable pipelines that move, transform, and harmonize source data into data products. You will also support the integration of those data products into Purina’s enterprise data model so they can generate business value.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead a data product team for a specific data domain
- Develop, test, deploy, and maintain data pipelines for moving, transforming, and harmonizing source data into consumable data products
- Ensure work aligns with Purina data engineering and architectural standards
- Monitor pipeline performance for pipelines owned within the assigned domain
- Drive adoption of data engineering best practices within the data engineering guild
- Coach and mentor other data engineers
- Collaborate with engineers and architects to mature the data enterprise data platform
- Work with product owners and business stakeholders to shape long-term data product roadmaps
- Partner with stakeholders and the data product team to define data product requirements
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
- 7+ years of professional experience, with 5+ years in practical, hands-on data engineering
- 4+ years of experience in the Azure ecosystem
- 4+ years of experience with Databricks and Python/PySpark
Technologies
- Azure ecosystem
- Databricks
- Python
- PySpark
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range for this position is USD 137,758 to 188,424 per year (listed as $137,758.50 to $188,424.00). Final compensation may vary based on factors including knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as geographic location, and it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of the range.
- Bonus eligibility: Yes
- 401k: Company match
- Healthcare: Coverage provided
Additional incentives are performance-based, and Nestlé offers a competitive total rewards package. Incentives and/or benefit packages may vary depending on the position.
Location: St. Louis, MO (onsite)