Lead Data Engineer at high-growth fintech scale-up

Lead Data Engineer

Company Description: High-growth fintech scale-up

Job Description

As a Lead Data Engineer, you will set the technical direction for a mission critical data function. You will lead a squad of engineers to build scalable data products that empower lending and analytics teams. This role balances strategic architecture with hands on development to drive technical excellence across a modern data ecosystem.

Why this role is remarkable

• Lead technical strategy and architectural decisions for a high impact data platform during a period of significant scale.
• Join a well funded financial technology company backed by top tier VCs that is fundamentally changing business lending.
• Enjoy a high ownership environment where you build and run your own products with a focus on greenfield innovation.

What you will do

• Lead a squad of 4-6 engineers and mentor them to foster a culture of technical excellence and continuous growth.
• Design and implement robust data pipelines and models using a modern stack including DBT, BigQuery, and Airflow.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and product managers to translate complex business priorities into reliable, self serve data products.

The ideal candidate

• Has 7+ years of data or backend engineering experience with at least 2 years in a leadership or decision making role.
• Is deeply experienced with modern data infrastructure including GCP/AWS, DBT, BigQuery, and Terraform.
• Values simplicity and automation while bringing strong software engineering foundations in Python, SQL, and DevOps practices.