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Lead Data Engineer

Ravh IT SolutionsIrvine, CA🇺🇸United StatesPosted 13 Jul 2026

Quick Overview

Work Type
On Site
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Job Title: Data Engineering POD Lead
Location: Irvine, CA onsite 
 
 
 
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Data Engineering POD Lead with a strong background in Asset Management/Investment Management to lead a high-performing data engineering pod. The ideal candidate will be responsible for end-to-end delivery of data solutions, platform reliability, and alignment with business objectives across portfolio, market, and investment data domains.
Key Responsibilities
  • Lead and manage the Data Engineering POD, ensuring successful project delivery and operational excellence.
  • Own end-to-end delivery of data engineering initiatives, maintaining SLA compliance and platform performance.
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders, portfolio management teams, and technology leadership.
  • Manage cross-team dependencies, risks, and escalations across multiple workstreams.
  • Design and oversee scalable data pipelines, data quality frameworks, and data platform solutions.
  • Ensure platform stability, monitoring, incident management, and production support readiness.
  • Drive best practices for reliability, availability, scalability, and operational governance.
Required Skills
  • Strong expertise in Databricks, Apache Spark, and performance tuning.
  • Hands-on experience with Apache Airflow/Astronomer for workflow orchestration and DAG design.
  • Extensive experience in Data Engineering, ETL/ELT, data quality, and scalable pipeline development.
  • Strong knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and automation.
  • Experience with platform administration, monitoring, alerting, and operational support.
  • Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills.

 

 

Skills

ETL
Airflow
Apache
Apache Spark
Databricks
Stakeholder Management

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