Senior Data Engineer

Lead / Senior Data Engineer

NOTE: This is a 100% remote role.

Work Hours: PST HOURS

(Rate dependent on leadership experience and scope of ownership)

• Lead Data Engineer: $80-$90/hr- Depending on experience
• Senior Data Engineer: $70-$80/hr-Depending on experience

Overview
Seeking a Lead Data Engineer (or strong Senior Data Engineer) to support a large-scale data platform modernization initiative. This role blends hands-on engineering with technical leadership, focusing on building and improving scalable data pipelines, enforcing engineering standards, and driving data platform consistency.

Must Haves

• Strong hands-on experience with Databricks and Apache Spark
• Advanced data pipeline development experience (design, build, optimization)
• Proven experience in data engineering within production environments
• Experience with data governance frameworks (e.g., Unity Catalog or similar)

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• Strong understanding of data quality, monitoring, and reliability best practices
• Experience working with cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Google Cloud, or similar)
• Ability to review code, enforce standards, and guide other engineers
• Strong stakeholder collaboration across engineering and platform teams

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and oversight across data engineering efforts
• Review and guide data pipeline development to ensure quality, scalability, and consistency
• Support and unblock engineers during development and migration activities
• Drive migration of data assets into modern data platforms (Databricks / governed environments)
• Establish and enforce data governance standards (naming, ownership, structure)
• Design and implement data quality, monitoring, and alerting frameworks
• Enable integration of data platforms with downstream systems and analytics environments
• Partner with platform and infrastructure teams to support data accessibility and performance

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Interested candidates may submit their resumes online or call at 310-906-4780 for further information regarding the position.

Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

California residents: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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Company Profile:

Beacon Hill Technologies, a premier National Information Technology Staffing Group, provides world class technology talent across all industries utilizing a complete suite of staffing services. Beacon Hill Technologies' dedicated team of recruiting and staffing experts consistently delivers quality IT professionals to solve our customers' technical and business needs.

Beacon Hill Technologies covers a broad spectrum of IT positions, including Project Management and Business Analysis, Programming/Development, Database, Infrastructure, Quality Assurance, Production/Support and ERP roles.

Learn more about Beacon Hill and our specialty divisions, Beacon Hill Associates, Beacon Hill Financial, Beacon Hill HR, Beacon Hill Legal, Beacon Hill Life Sciences and Beacon Hill Technologies by visiting www.bhsg.com.

Benefits Information:

Beacon Hill offers a robust benefit package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, and federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility. Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings.

We look forward to working with you.

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