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Lead data engineers at Thoughtworks develop modern data architecture approaches to meet key business objectives and provide end-to-end data solutions. They might spend a few weeks with a new client on a deep technical review or a complete organizational review, helping them to understand the potential that data brings to solve their most pressing problems. On projects, they will be leading the design of technical solutions, or perhaps overseeing a program inception to build a new product. Alongside hands-on coding, they are leading the team to implement the solution.

Job responsibilities

• You will lead and manage data engineering projects from inception to completion, including goal-setting, scope definition and ensuring on-time delivery with cross team collaboration
• You will collaborate with stakeholders to understand their strategic objectives and identify opportunities to leverage data and data quality
• You will design, develop and operate modern data architecture approaches to meet key business objectives and provide end-to-end data solutions
• You will be responsible to create, design and develop intricate data processing pipelines, addressing clients' most challenging problems
• You will collaborate with data scientists to design scalable implementations of their models
• You write clean and iterative code based on TDD and leverage various continuous delivery practices to deploy, support and operate data pipelines
• You will lead and advise clients on how to use different distributed storage and computing technologies from the plethora of options available
• You will develop data models by selecting from a variety of modeling techniques and implementing the chosen data model using the appropriate technology stack
• You will be responsible for data governance, data security and data privacy to support business and compliance requirements
• You will define the strategy for and incorporate data quality into your day-to-day work

Job Qualifications

Technical Skills

Professional Skills

Other things to know

Learning & Development

There is no one-size-fits-all career path at Thoughtworks : however you want to develop your career is entirely up to you. But we also balance autonomy with the strength of our cultivation culture. This means your career is supported by interactive tools, numerous development programs and teammates who want to help you grow. We see value in helping each other be our best and that extends to empowering our employees in their career journeys.

About Thoughtworks

Thoughtworks is a global technology consultancy that integrates strategy, design and engineering to drive digital innovation. For 30+ years, our clients have trusted our autonomous teams to build solutions that look past the obvious. Here, computer science grads come together with seasoned technologists, self-taught developers, midlife career changers and more to learn from and challenge each other. Career journeys flourish with the strength of our cultivation culture, which has won numerous awards around the world.

Join Thoughtworks and thrive. Together, our extra curiosity, innovation, passion and dedication overcomes ordinary.

Seniority level

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Software Development and IT Services and IT Consulting

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