Lead Data Engineer
WPP Media
Sydney
1 week ago
Lead Data Engineer
Lead Data Engineer role at Choreograph, part of WPP, based in Sydney. This senior technical leadership position involves designing and building advanced Google Cloud Platform solutions for marketing analytics, data analytics, and marketing mix modelling. The role requires extensive experience with GCP, Python, SQL, and CI/CD, and includes mentoring a data engineering team.
Hybrid
Full-time
Lead
Google Cloud Platform
BigQuery
Salary
Not specified
Core Qualifications
Technical (Must-have)
Google Cloud PlatformBigQueryDataflowCloud ComposerPythonApache AirflowApache BeamSQLCloud StorageCloud RunCloud FunctionsCI/CDTerraformGitHub Actions
Soft Skills
communicationmentoringcoachingstakeholder managementcross-functional collaboration
Preferred Qualifications
Technical (Nice-to-have)
Google Cloud Certification (Professional Data Engineer, Professional ML Engineer, Professional Cloud Architect)digital marketing and advertising concepts and tools
Key Responsibilities
- Leads the design and build of complex cloud engineering solutions across media use cases including digital analytics, data warehousing, machine learning, generative AI and marketing mix modelling
- Collaborates across Business Intelligence, Marketing Science, architecture and project management teams to translate business needs into technical specifications and solutions
- Accountable for championing infrastructure as code, CI/CD best practices and cloud security standards across all data engineering initiatives in Australia
- Plays a central mentoring and coaching role within the data engineering team, guiding professional development and upholding high standards of collective output
- Contributes to the continuous evolution of Choreograph's engineering practice by evaluating emerging technologies, staying current with industry trends and advocating for innovation
Lead Data EngineerData EngineeringGoogle Cloud PlatformPythonBigQueryMarketing AnalyticsAdvertisingAustraliaSeniorHybrid