Lead Data Engineer

As Lead Data Engineer

Job description
Are you passionate about building solid data foundations? At Better Collective, we’re looking for a Lead Data Engineer to help us take our data platform to the next level. In this role, you’ll lead the development of our core data infrastructure, making sure data flows smoothly, securely, and reliably across the company.

You’ll work with a strong team of data professionals, collaborating with teams across the business and data domains — Finance, Affiliate, Subscription and more.

Innovation is a big part of our culture, so if you're excited about shaping the future of our data platform and experimenting with new technologies, you’ll feel right at home here.

Your Key Responsibilities

Build and improve data pipelines that move and transform data from different sources

Design and manage our cloud data infrastructure so it’s secure, scalable, and easy to use

Work closely with data analysts and business teams to make sure they have the data they need

Set and improve best practices for version control, testing, and monitoring of our data systems

Help the team stay up to date with new tools and technologies

Guide and mentor other data engineers

Contribute to big-picture planning of our data platform, including support machine learning

Job requirements
Strong experience with cloud data tools (e.g. Snowflake, Redshift, or similar)

You’re comfortable writing SQL and Python and have built production ready data pipelines

You’ve used tools like dbt, Dagster, or similar for data modeling and orchestration

You understand how to build scalable systems and think about performance and reliability

You’re structured, hands-on, and like working with others to solve problems

Experience with machine learning pipelines is a nice bonus, but not required

Strong communication and leadership skills.

Not sure you meet every single requirement?

That’s okay—your unique experience might be exactly what we’re looking for.

Your colleagues say you

Break down complex systems into simple, understandable parts

Take ownership and follow through - especially when things get tricky

Are both practical and thoughtful when solving technical challenges

Are someone they can count on for technical advice - and enjoy building with