Lead Data Engineer

The Gates Foundation is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to develop, deliver, and improve scalable, secure, and high-performing data solutions. The successful candidate will lead the Modern Data Platform and be responsible for ensuring the health, reliability, performance, governance, and long-term sustainability of the enterprise data ecosystem.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and a minimum of 10+ years of relevant data engineering experience in enterprise environments
• Mastery-level knowledge of the data engineering field and modern data platform technology delivery
• Deep expertise with cloud-based data platforms - Azure Data services, Databricks, Snowflake and DBT cloud
• Strong foundation in enterprise data architecture fields and the development of secure, scalable, aligned technology solutions
• Advanced experience with CI/CD pipelines for data workloads, infrastructure as code, cloud-native operational models, and modern version control strategies

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no premiums
• Generous paid time off
• Paid family leave
• Foundation-paid retirement contribution
• Regional holidays
• Opportunities to engage in several employee communities