Lead Data Engineer

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Data Engineer

In this role, you will:

• Lead complex initiatives with broad impact and act as key participant in large scale software planning for the Technology area
• Design, develop, and run tooling to discover problems in data and applications and report the issues to engineering and product leadership
• Review and analyze complex software enhancement initiatives for business, operational or technical improvements that require in depth evaluation of multiple factors including intangibles or unprecedented factors
• Make decisions in complex and multi-faceted data engineering situations requiring understanding of software package options and programming language and compliance requirements that influence and lead Technology to meet deliverables and drive organizational change
• Strategically collaborate and consult with internal partners to resolve highly risky data engineering challenges

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Database Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience in Data Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 2+ years of application development, implementation and Support experience (JAVA)
• experience in Data Ingestion, Data Curation, Data Extraction
• experience in development of data pipelines/ETL for data ingestion, data preparation, data integration, data aggregation, feature engineering, etc.
• Experience with PL-SQL scripting is required
  • strong experience in relational DBMS platforms, (DB2 or Oracle)
  • strong experience in SQL and Data Analysis
  • Strong understanding of unit testing, integration, functional and load testing.
  • Ability to conduct code reviews with a focus on testability and code coverage.
  • Should have experience working in an Agile environment using Scrum or Kanban.
  • strong experience with Hadoop
  • strong experience with Python
  • experience with Kubernetes
  • experience with Docker
  • Good knowledge of non-relational DBMS platforms, (MongoDB or Neo4j)
  • Good knowledge of real-time data streaming via Kafka
• Database certification is preferable
• Collaborate and consult with colleagues and managers to resolve data engineering issues and achieve strategic goals

Posting End Date:
23 Mar 2025
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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