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Lead Data Engineer

Remote, USA Full-time Posted 2025-05-21

At 5X our top priority is now to build out the platform. Picture every company using 5X as getting a core stack (Data Ingestion, Warehouse, Modelling & Orchestration and BI) out of the box with user permissions and Utilization insights. We are looking for Data Engineers with with a proven track record of successfully delivering end-to-end data solutions. This is a full time role.




Responsibilities


  • Lead the analysis of client's business requirements to deliver strategic data solutions that align with organizational goals.

  • Oversee the design and development of data models and advanced Power BI dashboards, ensuring actionable insights for senior business stakeholders.

  • Drive the implementation and optimization of complex data models in Power BI, leveraging Medallion architecture principles (bronze, silver, gold layers) to ensure scalability and performance.

  • Manage end-to-end project delivery, including defining project scope, timelines, and milestones, while ensuring alignment with client expectations and business objectives.

  • Establish and enforce best practices in data engineering, ensuring high-quality, reliable, and scalable data solutions that meet industry standards.

  • Proactively communicate project updates, risks, and resolutions to stakeholders, driving transparency and trust.

  • Lead and mentor a team of data engineers and analysts, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability.

  • Facilitate high-level stakeholder conversations, translating technical concepts into business value and managing expectations to ensure successful project outcomes.





Qualifications


  • 6+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics, or related fields, with a proven track record of leading and delivering complex, end-to-end data solutions.

  • Demonstrated project management experience, ensure timely delivery, and manage resources effectively.

  • Proven leadership skills, with experience managing and mentoring high-performing teams to achieve project and organizational goals.

  • Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage senior leaders, build relationships, and communicate complex technical concepts clearly.

  • Advanced proficiency in SQL and Python for data manipulation, transformation, and analysis.

  • Extensive experience with Snowflake and Power BI, including advanced dashboard development and optimization.

  • Deep expertise in medallion data architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold layers) and advanced data modeling techniques.

  • Advanced knowledge of DAX calculations and measures for sophisticated analytics and performance optimization.

  • Exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive solutions in a fast-paced environment.

  • Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, with a track record of proactive client engagement and stakeholder management.

  • Self-motivated and results-oriented, with a demonstrated ability to unblock challenges, drive progress, and deliver with minimal supervision.





Benefits


  • 100% remote company - We love to give our employees the freedom to choose where they want to work from.

  • Wellness - We have monthly wellness programmes & workshops to make sure that all our employees are happy and satisfied.

  • Competitive compensation -We offer competitive compensation and meaningful equity.

  • Parental Leave: We value and support the family planning process and we provide paid parental leave.

  • Healthcare - We cover all employees’ health benefits and their dependents.

  • Offsite- 1 team offsite a year to incredible destinations. Check out our recent offsites here: Thailand, Sri Lanka and Bali





About 5X


  • 5X is a data and AI platform focused on traditional industries (like Banking, Manufacturing, Retail, Real Estate, Healthcare, Education,Government).

  • Traditional businesses are struggling with data silos, poor data quality - slowing the entire business now. These businesses are using legacy hard to reach systems or use platforms like SAP, Salesforce, Oracle which make it complex to get data out.

  • 5X is able to extract data from hard to reach systems, centralize, clean, structure & model it and enable data & agentic Gen AI capabilities.

  • Unlike legacy data platform implementations which take months and hundreds of thousands of dollars we are able to demonstrate end to end use cases in 48 hours at a fraction of the price.

  • 5X was founded in 2020 with presence in the USA, Singapore, UK and India. Our global team is 70+ people strong and rapidly growing.

  • We're backed by Flybridge Capital and creators of popular open source projects like Airflow, Superset, Parquet & founders from companies like Datadog, Astronomer, Mode, Rudderstack.



Know about the Company


  • Website: https://5X.co/

  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/datawith5X/mycompany/

  • Glassdoor: https://www.glassdoor.co.in/Reviews/5X-Reviews-E6110869.htm

  • 5X in 2 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45Ppi00Lw70


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