Lead Data Engineer

Job Description:

WHY CHOOSE US
Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else its as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the worlds largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional yet unassuming. Diverse yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters where success is measured in people helped communities made whole and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better.

When you choose to be a force for good youll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your lifes work with an ongoing mission thats bigger than all of us. As you care for others youre cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.


WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE JOB:
The Enterprise Data & Analytics Team is a full-stack Data Engineering team supporting mission-transforming work through data at the American Red Cross. We are seeking a Lead Data Engineer for one our highly dynamic product teams to help do this exciting work!

As a Lead Data Engineer you will be part of our team that is modernizing and transforming our data and reporting capabilities across multiple verticals by implementing a new modernized data architecture and technical stack.

The Lead Data Engineer will help develop test maintain and support an enterprise data warehouse system and corresponding data and will be responsible for database design and implementation of agreed upon standards. This position requires an innovative engineer who is passionate about data data quality & automation. The ideal candidate will possess strong data warehousing experience and the ability to develop and deploy scalable data pipelines that make data management and analytics/reporting faster more insightful and more efficient.

The work location is remote with in-person meetings as necessary. Preference for candidate to work an East coast schedule for coordination with off-shore resources and ability to come into a Red Cross office as necessary. This position also requires the ability to work a rotational weekend support schedule once every 8 weeks.

WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE FOR GOOD (Key Responsibilities):
Collaborate with analytics and business teams to improve data models that feed business intelligence tools increasing data accessibility and fostering data-driven decision making across the organization.
Build and implement scalable solutions that align to our data governance standards and architectural roadmap for data integrations data storage reporting and analytic solutions.
Design develop and test data integration solutions. Write automate and document unit/integration/functional tests.
Manage automated deployments using Git pipelines ensuring code changes are efficiently version-controlled and deployed.
Collaborate with multiple teams to streamline deployment workflows monitor and troubleshoot pipelines for reliability and performance.
Perform data analysis required to troubleshoot data-related issues by building a data quality framework and assist in the resolution of data issues.
Serve as tech lead by mentoring less experienced members of the team through code reviews pair programming and similar hands-on interactions.


Scope: Individual contributor that works under limited supervision with mentorship responsibilites. Apply subject matter knowledge. Capacity to understand specific needs or requirements to apply skills/knowledge.

Qualified candidates must be authorized to work in the United States. The American Red Cross does not sponsor employment visas.


WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED (required/minimum qualifications):
Education*: 4-year college degree in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or related technical field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
10 years of relevant work experience in data engineering business intelligence or related field.

Current hands-on experience is required with the following technologies:
o A variety of database technologies and data warehouse schema design patterns (snowflake and star in particular).
o Cloud-based databases specifically AWS technologies (e.g. Redshift (preferred) RDS S3 EC2 EKS Zero ETL)
o Advanced experience using SQL queries as well as writing and optimizing SQL queries in a business environment with large-scale complex datasets.
o Python coding
o AI-assisted tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot Duo) for code development testing and documentation across the SDLC.
o Creating ETL and/or ELT jobs.
o DevOps methodologies and tools (e.g. Git Artifactory etc.).
o Agile software development methodologies.

Preferred technical experience includes:
o DBT
o Developing integrations across multiple systems and APIs

Skills/abilities experience required include:
o Experience leading data engineering teams in an onshore/offshore model including mentoring junior engineers through code reviews pair programming and establishing team best practices.
o Leading data engineering teams in an onshore/offshore model including mentoring junior engineers through code reviews pair programming and establishing team best practices.
o Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
o Process oriented with great documentation skills.
o A sense of passion energy and eagerness to contribute to and support the mission of the Red Cross.


* Combination of candidates education and general experience satisfies requirements so long as the total years equate to descriptions minimum education and general experience years combined (Management experience cannot be substituted).



PAY INFORMATION: The annual salary range for this position is $140K - $155K. We do not offer an annual bonus for this role.

Note that American Red Cross salaries are aligned to the specific geographic location in which the work is primarily performed. Other factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. **We will review specific salary information at the time of phone screening based upon your location & experience.**

This job will be posted for a minimum of five business days and extended if the applicant pool needs to be expanded

BENEFITS FOR YOU:
As a mission-based organization we believe our team needs great support to do great work. Our comprehensive package includes:
Medical Dental Vision plans
Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
PTO: Starting at 19 days a year; based on type of job and tenure
Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays
401K with up to 6% match
Paid Family Leave
Employee Assistance
Disability and Insurance: Short Long Term
Service Awards and recognition

The American Red Cross is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religion national origin disability protected veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers San Diego Fair Chance Ordinance the California Fair Chance Act and any other applicable state and local laws.

AmeriCorps the federal agency that brings people together through service and its partners the Peace Corps AmeriCorps Alums National Peace Corps Association and the Service Year Alliance launched Employers of National Service to connect national service alumni with opportunities in the Red Cross is proud to be an EONS partner and share our employment opportunities with the network of organizations.

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