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Lead Software Engineer - Data
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years experience in software engineering; Python; PySpark/SparkSQL; data lake design; AWS Glue; SQL/BI; DevOps and CI/CD
Python, PySpark, SparkSQL, S3, AWS Glue, Delta Lake, Iceberg, Hudi, Redshift, BigQuery, Snowflake, Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK, Git
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Lead Software and Data Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$155k-$200k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years software/data engineering; strong Python; Dagster; Azure Synapse; Kubernetes; data lake; PySpark; SQL; Azure cloud; Databricks; AI tool familiarity.
Dagster, Azure Synapse, PySpark, Kubernetes, Python, Dagster Cloud, Databricks, Spark, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code
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Lead Data Engineer
Orlando, Florida, United States
HybridFull Time
6+ YOE6–10+ years in data/analytics engineering or software engineering; leading enterprise data initiatives; mentoring data engineers; Agile delivery experience
Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, Python, SQL, Scala, AWS, Azure, GCP, ETL, ELT, CI/CD, data governance
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Lead Software Engineer - Data Platform
Austin or Plano or Jersey City
$152k-$215k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years of software engineering or data platform development; strong in Spark/Flink, Python/Java/SQL; experience with data pipelines, data modeling, and SDLC; cloud services experience.
Python, Java, SQL, Apache Spark, Flink, Airflow, Kafka, Databricks, AWS
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Lead Data Engineer
Orlando, Florida, United States
HybridFull Time
6+ YOE6–10+ years in data/analytics/software engineering; lead delivery; mentoring; Agile; SQL; Python/Scala; Databricks/Snowflake/BigQuery; ETL/ELT; cloud; lakehouse; data governance; certifications.
Python, Scala, SQL, Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, AWS, Azure, GCP, Airflow, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code
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Lead Data Engineer
New York, New York, United States
$125k-$140k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years in data engineering/back-end software engineering; expert SQL; strong Python; cloud data warehouses (Redshift); good communication and leadership.
SQL, Python, Amazon Redshift, ETL/ELT, Cloud data warehousing, Data orchestration
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Lead Software Engineer
Rockville or Washington or Tysons
HybridFull Time
7+ YOELead software engineer with extensive experience in large-scale data processing, cloud services, and full stack development; strong collaboration and mentoring skills.
Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Trino, AWS, S3, EMR, Glue, Lambda, Athena, EKS, Python, Scala, SQL, Git, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, APIs, Microservices, GUI/Frontend
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Lead Software Engineer
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
$140k-$160k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years software engineering with data engineering focus; AWS data solutions; Python/Java/Scala; Spark, Kafka, Airflow, dbt, Snowflake/Redshift/BigQuery; Agile/Scrum.
Python, Java, Scala, Spark, Kafka, Airflow, dbt, Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, AWS
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Lead Software Engineer
Arlington, Virginia, United States
$161k-$266k/yr HybridFull Time
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field; senior/lead software engineering experience; strong backend with Java (preferred) or C#/Python; experience with data platforms and AWS.
Java, Python, Databricks, Airflow, Snowflake, Aws, Jenkins, Splunk
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Lead Software Engineer
Austin, Texas, United States
OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years software development; design of clean APIs in C++/Python; Python bindings for C++ (pybind11); build systems experience; data structures and algorithms; lead pipeline engine development.
C++, Python, pybind11, Make, CMake, Bazel
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Lead Data Engineer
United States
$137k-$180k/yr RemoteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years software/data engineering; strong Python and TypeScript; DB/messaging; pub-sub; containers; Git/CI; data modeling; US citizenship with eligibility for security clearance.
Python, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, RabbitMQ, Apache NiFi, Apache Pulsar, Apache Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible
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Lead Software Engineer - Healthcare Data & Audience Applications
Nashville or San Francisco
$200k-$215k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8–10 years of software engineering, regulated healthcare data experience, strong system design, hands-on leadership.
AWS, GCP, Azure, Kafka, Spark, Flink, Python, Java, Ruby, REST, gRPC, React, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Observability
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Lead Engineer, Data Platforms
Tempe, Arizona, United States
RemoteFull Time
7+ YOESenior data engineer leading modernization of data ecosystem; 7+ years in data/software engineering; Python/SQL; Snowflake, AWS, CI/CD; real-time ETL; remote work eligible.
Python, SQL, Snowflake, Snowpipe, SnowSQL, Airflow, Power BI, AWS, Kafka, Matillion, DBT, Databricks, Gitlab CI/CD, DataDog
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Lead Software Engineer
Irving or Chandler or Charlotte
OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years software engineering; 5+ years building data pipelines on GCP; 5+ years workflow orchestration; strong SQL and Python; 2+ years observability tools; data modeling and governance.
Google Cloud Platform, BigQuery, Cloud Dataflow, Cloud Dataproc, Cloud Composer, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, SQL, Python, Grafana, Jira, Confluence, PySpark, Pandas, Polars
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Lead Software Engineer
Goodlettsville, Tennessee, United States
$143k-$148k/yr OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years software development in IT; 3+ years marketing data engineering; 3+ years in AdTech; Bachelor’s in CS or related; experience with C# or Java.
Snowflake, C#, Java
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Lead Software Engineer
Irving or Chandler or Charlotte
OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years software engineering; 5+ years data pipelines on GCP; 5+ years workflow orchestration; 5+ years SQL and Python; 2+ years monitoring/observability; strong data modeling and governance.
Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Dataflow, Cloud Dataproc, Cloud Composer, BigQuery, Cloud Storage (GCS), Pub/Sub, SQL, Python, Data Fusion, Dataplex, Dataprep, Jira, Confluence, PySpark, Pandas, Polars
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Lead Software Engineer
Bay Lake, Florida, United States
$148k-$180k/yr OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years software engineering; 3+ years cross-team technical leadership; real-time data pipelines; expert Java; strong AWS expertise.
Java, Apache Flink, AWS, Kinesis, Kafka, MQTT, IoT, ECS, EKS, DynamoDB, S3, CloudWatch, Timestream, InfluxDB
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Lead Software Engineer
Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States
$113k-$193k/yr RemoteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years software engineering; 5+ years with .NET, JavaScript, or Python; 4+ years in backend/data/frontend; 3+ years SQL; 3+ years cloud (Azure); 2+ years leading design and influencing teams; strong fundamentals in testing, CI/CD, security, and operations
.NET, Python, JavaScript, SQL, Azure
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Lead Software Engineer
Bay Lake, Florida, United States
$148k-$180k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years software engineering; 3+ years cross-team tech leadership; real-time streaming data pipelines; expert in Java; strong AWS experience.
Java, AWS, Kafka, Flink, MQTT, AWS IoT Core, Kinesis, ECS, EKS, DynamoDB, S3, CloudWatch, Timestream, InfluxDB
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Lead Software Engineer (Measurement)
United States
$132k-$165k/yr RemoteFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years software engineering, backend focus, technical lead experience, strong system design and data modeling, production systems at scale, AWS/CI-CD, automation or AI features, clear communication.
AWS, CI/CD, Automated testing, Ruby on Rails
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Lead Software Engineer – Data Development for AI Applications
Alpharetta or Atlanta or Dallas or Bothell
$128k-$216k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years in data/software engineering; Python; ETL pipelines; SQL/NoSQL; Databricks; AWS/Azure; real-time and batch processing; agentic AI experience a plus.
Python, PySpark, Databricks, AWS, Azure, Kafka, SQL, NoSQL, MongoDB, Cosmos DB, BigQuery, Snowflake, GraphQL, Node.js, TypeScript, Linux, Docker, Power BI, Kibana, Grafana, Tableau, ADK
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Lead Data Engineer (Hypergiant)
United States
$137k-$180k/yr RemoteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years software/data engineering; strong Python and TypeScript; databases and messaging; data fabric with Kafka; Docker/Kubernetes; Git/CI/CD; data modeling; US citizen with security clearance.
Python, TypeScript, Java, Bash, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, RabbitMQ, Apache NiFi, Apache Pulsar, Apache Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, JSON, GeoJSON, XML, YAML
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Lead Software Engineer, Gen AI
Chicago or Peoria
$128k-$209k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Lead Software Engineer for Gen AI; Python, AWS, CI/CD, LangChain/LangGraph, FastAPI; collaboration with data scientists; production AI pipelines.
Python, GitHub Actions, AWS, SageMaker, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, FastAPI, LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, Crew.ai, Apache Airflow
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Software Engineer Lead - AML Tech
Pittsburgh or Strongsville or Birmingham or Dallas
$55k-$179k/yr OnsiteFull Time
3+ YOELead design and development of software; Spark3, Python, Hadoop; data modeling with Erwin/Alation.
Apache Spark, Python, Shell Scripting, Hadoop, Cloudera, Erwin, Alation
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Software Developer Lead
West Des Moines, Iowa, United States
OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOE6+ years in software or data-driven solutions; distributed systems; AI in workflows; leadership; production reliability.
Distributed Systems, AI/ML, Observability, CI/CD, Java, Python, Cloud
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Lead Software Engineer
United States
HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years in Java/AWS with microservices; cloud-native development; leadership of engineering teams; experience with data pipelines and DevOps.
AWS, Java, Microservices, Data Warehousing, ETL/ELT, Informatica, SnapLogic, Apache Spark, DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code
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Lead Software Engineer (AI-augmented)
New York, New York, United States
HybridFull Time
Lead software engineer to guide and grow a frontend team while remaining hands-on; collaborate with product, design, data, and backend teams; ensure quality, testing, and production readiness in AI-enabled development.
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Technical Lead - Software Developer, Data Foundry
San Francisco or San Diego or Boston or Louisville or Indianapolis
$152k-$244k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5–10+ years scientific software development; Python and another language; REST APIs, data pipelines, microservices; experience with scientific datasets.
Python, Java, C#, Go, TypeScript, Rust, SQL, REST APIs, Microservices, MLflow, Weights & Biases, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, Prefect, Airflow, Nextflow, Postgres, Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery, LIMS, ELN, Benchling, RDKit, Schrödinger, MOE, Git, Linux, Bash
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Lead Software Engineer
Owings Mills, Maryland, United States
HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years Java and AWS, microservices; cloud-native, data pipelines, DevOps, CI/CD; leadership of engineering teams; strong communication.
AWS, Java, Microservices, Informatica, SnapLogic, Apache Spark, Azure, Python, JavaScript, Kubernetes, CI/CD, DevOps
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Lead Software Engineer
Louisville, Colorado, United States
$135k-$165k/yr OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years of software development; strong Python and Go; design of databases; distributed systems and microservices; real-time data pipelines; cloud-native development; API integration; Git workflows
Python, Go, SQL, NoSQL, Kubernetes, Docker, Git, APIs
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Lead Software(Analytics) Engineer
Dublin, Ohio, United States
HybridFull Time
6+ YOEBachelor's degree in a CS-related field, 6+ years software development and data design, 4+ years in large-scale data warehouse, experience with Python/Java/Scala, data pipeline design, and leading analytics projects.
Python, Java, Scala, Data Warehouse, Kimball methodology, DataOps, SQL
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Lead Data Engineer (Bank Tech)
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
$179k-$205k/yr OnsiteFull Time
4+ YOELead data engineer with 4+ years in application development, 2+ years in big data, and 1+ year in cloud computing (AWS/Azure/GCP).
Java, Scala, Python, SQL, NoSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redshift, Snowflake, Hadoop, Hive, Kafka, Spark, Gurobi, MySQL, Unix/Linux, Shell scripting
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Palantir Data and Software Engineer
Norfolk, Virginia, United States
$87k-$198k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years in software development with Python/TypeScript, Foundry Foundry AIP, SQL/Spark, and CI/CD; experience leading a cross-functional team; ability to obtain Secret clearance; Bachelor’s in Data Science/CS/Engineering or 7+ years Palantir/engineering in lieu of degree.
Python, TypeScript, Foundry, SQL, Spark, Databricks, Git, CI/CD
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Lead AI Software Engineer
Austin, Texas, United States
OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOELead AI software engineering role focusing on AI workflow services; 6+ years Python; 3+ years LLM-based production; strong AI tooling; production data pipelines; security and CI/CD.
Python, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, MCP, A2A, GenAI LLM, Containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD
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Digital Enablement – Data Engineering Lead (Engineer Sr Lead, Software)
Atlanta or Milwaukee or Jacksonville
HybridFull Time
5+ YOE2+ MgmtLead data engineering initiatives; cloud-based data platforms on AWS; experience with analytics tools and data modeling; strong collaboration and leadership skills.
AWS, DBaaS, Celebrus, Quantum Metrics, Tealium, Agile, CI/CD, TDD, Data Modeling
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Senior Software Engineer, Data Sync
Atlanta or San Francisco or Austin or Seattle
$223k-$259k/yr RemoteFull Time
Experience leading software teams, data synchronization, CRDTs, distributed systems, and performance tuning.
CRDT, SQL-like query language, distributed systems, performance tuning
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Lead Software Engineer
Woburn or Arlington or Dayton
$157k-$224k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOE5+ MgmtBS in CS or related field; 7+ years experience; 5+ years in C++/Java; strong algorithms, data structures, and Agile practices; leadership of small engineering teams; security clearance eligible.
C++, Java, Object-Oriented Programming, JIRA, SonarQube, Test-Driven Development, CI/CD, DevSecOps, Python, ROS, MAVLINK, Unreal Engine, TAK, Algorithms, Data Structures, Concurrency, Static Analysis
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Lead Software Engineer, Director
San Francisco, California, United States
$185k-$245k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco: Provides wholesale liquidity and grants for affordable housing.
10+ YOE10+ years leading data/financial applications; expertise in data modeling, AWS, SDLC, JavaScript/TypeScript, SAFe, CI/CD; banking/regulatory experience.
AWS, RDS, Glue, S3, Lake Formation, Oracle, PL/SQL, JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, Serverless Framework, SAFe, CI/CD
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Lead Software Engineer
New York, New York, United States
$225k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years backend/data infra; strong data modeling; Python or TypeScript backend; data pipelines; LLM familiarity; DBs and GCP/CI/CD; ambiguity resilience; strong communication; Passion for mental health.
Python, TypeScript, APIs, GCP, CI/CD, NextJS
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Lead Software Developer - Infor LN
Orlando or Ogden
$103k-$178k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOEFive+ years in software development; ERP Infor LN focus; strong Infor LN tools, APIs, middleware, and data modeling; experience leading technical teams.
Infor LN, APIs, Middleware, CI/CD, DevOps, SQL, Data Modeling
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