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