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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Lead Data Engineer - **Company:** World Market - **Location:** Alameda, CA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $155,000.0 - $175,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Sql Data Warehouse, Airflow, Data Analysis, Cloud Computing, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Data Transformation, Data Warehousing, Software Design Patterns, DevOps, Document-Oriented Databases, Github, Python (Programming Language), Release Management, Standard Sql, DataOps, Data Streaming, Snowflake, Git, Data Delivery, Api Design, Terraform, Software Version Control, Data Pipelines, Jenkins - **Published:** July 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=8926e2c48bd49026 ## About the Role This is a fully remote position, with responsibilities that require strong communication skills and the ability to thrive in a virtual work environment. Candidates located on or near the West Coast are preferred., * 10+ years of data engineering experience maintaining data platform technologies and supporting analytical teams. * 5+ years of hands-on experience with cloud data warehouse platforms (Snowflake). * Retail experience preferred. * Expert knowledge of SQL and Python. * Hands-on experience with pipeline orchestration tools (Airflow) and data transformation tooling (dbt). * Working knowledge of Git, CI/CD practices (GitHub Actions/Jenkins), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform). * Hands-on experience with Kimball data warehouse modeling methodologies, alongside strong data modeling, data quality, and documentation practices. * Experience in API design; real-time streaming experience is a plus. * Experience providing production support, monitoring pipeline health, and triaging platform alerts to guarantee data delivery SLAs. * Experience performing root cause analysis for production issues and identifying opportunities for data platform improvement. * Passionate about writing clean, documented, and well-formed code, and performing regular code reviews. * Experience setting technical standards, mentoring engineers, and balancing platform scalability with domain-specific delivery needs. * Track record of partnering with business stakeholders in customer, product, or merchandising domains to translate requirements into robust data models. * Ability to work cross-functionally with Enterprise Architect, Security, and Cloud Infra teams, as well as collaborating with offshore teams. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to break down complex technical topics for non-technical audiences. ## Description * Design and implement scalable data pipelines and data infrastructure that support various business domains (customer, product, merchandising, and other data domains). * Design and implement data transformations, cleaning, and validation logic to produce trusted, well-documented data models for analytics use cases. * Build reusable frameworks, templates, and self-service tooling so both engineering and business teams can move faster. * Own source code management, documentation (technical and end-user), and release planning for data engineering products; lean into DataOps, DevOps, and CI/CD to deliver reliable, tested, and scalable functionality through automation. * Own end-to-end delivery and day-to-day production support of data products, actively monitoring pipeline health and troubleshooting failures to guarantee uptime and meet data delivery SLAs. * Document data definitions, transformations, and lineage for datasets you own. * Partner with the Snowflake Admin/Architect to evaluate new platform capabilities, design patterns, and storage/compute optimizations that accelerate delivery timelines. * Evaluate and adopt new tools and technologies to improve platform capability and speed of analytics delivery. * Partner with Analytics, Security, and Cloud Infra teams to ensure best practices are defined and implemented. * Partner directly with business stakeholders to translate business questions into data models and self-service datasets. * Set standards and patterns for how domain-specific data products are built on the platform; mentor engineers working across platform and analytics. ## Related Videos - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [DevOps Maturity Check – a way to balance autonomy and alignment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/58-devops-maturity-check-a-way-to-balance-autonomy-and-alignment) ## Related Articles - [Making Data Warehouses Fast: A Developer’s Story](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/107-making-data-warehouses-fast-a-developer-s-story) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk) - [Top Big Data Technologies That You Need to Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/108-top-big-data-technologies-that-you-need-to-know)