Lead Data Engineer

Experience: 6.00 + years

Salary: Confidential (based on experience)

Shift: (GMT+05:30) Asia/Kolkata (IST)

Opportunity Type: Remote

Placement Type: Full time Permanent Position

(*Note: This is a requirement for one of Uplers' client - Forbes Advisor)

What do you need for this opportunity?

Must have skills required:

Google Cloud, dbt, marketing data

Forbes Advisor is Looking for:

Lead Data Engineer

Job Description

Forbes Advisor is a high-growth digital media and technology company dedicated to helping

consumers make confident, informed decisions about their money, health, careers, and everyday life.

We do this by combining data-driven content, rigorous product comparisons, and user-first design —

all built on top of a modern, scalable platform. Our teams operate globally and bring deep expertise

across journalism, product, performance marketing, and analytics.

The Role

We’re hiring a Data Engineering Lead to help scale and guide a growing team of data engineers. This

role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving technical challenges hands-on while also shaping

engineering best practices, coaching others, and helping cross-functional teams deliver data products

with clarity and speed.

You’ll manage a small team of ICs responsible for building and maintaining pipelines that support

reporting, analytics, and machine learning use cases. You’ll be expected to drive engineering excellence

— from code quality to deployment hygiene — and play a key role in sprint planning, architectural

discussions, and stakeholder collaboration.

This is a critical leadership role as our data organization expands to meet growing demand across

media performance, optimization, customer insights, and advanced analytics.

What you’ll do

• Lead and grow a team of data engineers working across ETL/ELT, data warehousing,
  
  
  

and ML-enablement

• Own team delivery across sprints, including planning, prioritization, QA, and
  
  
  

stakeholder communication

• Set and enforce strong engineering practices around code reviews, testing, observability,
  
  
  

and documentation

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Analytics, BI, Revenue Operations, and business
  
  
  

stakeholders in Marketing and Sales

• Guide technical architecture decisions for our pipelines on GCP (BigQuery, GCS,
  
  
  

Composer)

• Model and transform data using dbt and SQL, supporting reporting, attribution, and
  
  
  

optimization needs

• Ensure data security, compliance, and scalability — especially around first-party
  
  
  

customer data

• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, pairing, and technical roadmap
  
  
  

discussions

What You Bring

• 6+ years of experience in data engineering, including 2+ years of people management or
  
  
  

formal team leadership

• Strong technical background with Python, Spark, Kafka, and orchestration tools like
  
  
  

Airflow

• Deep experience working in GCP, especially BigQuery, GCS, and Composer
• Strong SQL skills and familiarity with DBT for modeling and documentation
• Clear understanding of data privacy and governance, including how to safely manage
  
  
  

and segment first-party data

• Experience working in agile environments, including sprint planning and ticket scoping
• Excellent communication skills and proven ability to work cross-functionally across
  
  
  

global teams.

Nice to have

• Experience leading data engineering teams in digital media or performance marketing
  
  
  

environments

• Familiarity with data from Google Ads, Meta, TikTok, Taboola, Outbrain, and Google
  
  
  

Analytics (GA4)

• Exposure to BI tools like Tableau or Looker
• Experience collaborating with data scientists on ML workflows and experimentation
  
  
  

platforms

• Knowledge of data contracts, schema versioning, or platform ownership patterns
  
  
  

Why Join Us

• Monthly long weekends — every third Friday off
• Wellness reimbursement to support your health and balance
• Paid parental leave
• Remote-first culture with flexibility and trust
• Leadership role in a fast-growing global data team inside a globally recognized brand
  
  
  

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