Contractor job Technical Lead Data Engineer (h/f)

The Technical Lead Data Engineer plays a crucial role in guiding multiple engineering teams, ensuring that data engineering practices are effectively implemented while managing high-level technical decision-making within the Azure ecosystem.

• Serve as the technical authority for Data Engineers within a data team.

• Conduct pull request validations, peer reviews, and ensure full compliance with data engineering standards.

• Provide coaching and guidance to junior Data Engineers.

• Contribute to the continuous improvement and maturity of data engineering practices within the organization.

• Act as the single point of contact between Data Platform Architects and engineering teams.

• Translate architectural guidelines into actionable technical instructions for engineering teams.

• Recommend alternative technical solutions depending on the targeted Data Warehouse (DWH) layer (ingestion, transformation, consumption).

• Participate in the definition, evolution, and continuous improvement of the data platform and data engineering standards.

• Provide structured feedback from field experience to refine practices and tooling.

• Contribute to performance optimization, data quality, and operational reliability.

• Natural leadership and ability to guide multiple teams.

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, adapted to technical and non-technical audiences.

• Technical expertise in designing, developing, and optimizing data pipelines within the Azure ecosystem.

• Proficiency in Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory (ADF), Mapping Data Flow (MDF), Databricks, PySpark, and SQL.

• Expertise in dimensional modeling (star schema, DWH concepts).

• Experience using Power BI.

• Experience with semantic data modeling.

Autonomous working style with high attention to detail, analytical mindset, and pedagogical attitude.