Lead Data Engineer
Blend360
- United States, United States
- Remote
- $125,000 - $160,000 a year
- Posted Aug 10, 2026
Job description
About the role
The Lead Data Engineer will drive a large‑scale healthcare data platform on Google Cloud, modernizing data ingestion, automation and semantic layer capabilities, while providing technical leadership and mentoring to deliver scalable, reliable analytics solutions.
About the company
Blend360 is a forward‑thinking data, digital marketing and AI solutions company that serves Fortune 500 clients, focusing on advanced analytics, data proficiency, technology and digital marketing excellence.
Requirements
- 7+ years experience in data engineering or cloud data platform development
- Proven delivery of enterprise‑scale cloud data solutions on GCP
- Strong expertise in GCP services: BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Cloud Composer, Dataflow or modern ingestion frameworks
- Experience designing and building scalable data ingestion and pipeline automation frameworks
- Advanced SQL and Python development skills
- Experience with ETL/ELT pipeline design and orchestration
- Familiarity with CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and cloud engineering best practices
- Strong understanding of data quality, observability, and operational reliability principles
- Experience with AI‑driven workflows and orchestration design patterns
- Experience leading technical workstreams or mentoring engineering teams
- Consulting or client‑facing experience strongly preferred
- Preferred: experience with healthcare data ecosystems, regulated environments, and healthcare data standards
- Preferred: exposure to dbt, Looker, or semantic modeling frameworks