206 lead data engineer jobs at 131 companies in Illinois

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Founding Machine Learning / AI Search Engineer
Cupertino, CA, US
$160k-$310k/yr On-SiteFull Time
HiringCafe
HiringCafe: Building a 100× better job search engine to take on Indeed and LinkedIn.
Build the ML and AI search behind HiringCafe — ranking, recommenders, retrieval, and LLM agents that surface jobs people would never find on their own.
Python, PyTorch, Elasticsearch, LLMs
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Lead Data Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$180k-$200k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Harbor Capital Advisors
Harbor Capital Advisors: Provides active asset management and fund administration services.
10+ YOELead architecture of scalable data platforms, mentor engineers, drive AI-enabled data products; strong AWS, Snowflake, Python/SQL, data governance.
Python, SQL, AWS, Snowflake, Cortex AI, Docker, Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, CI/CD, Postgres, Aurora, LLM tools
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Data Engineer Lead - Contract
Rolling Meadows, Illinois, United States
$99k-$192k/yr RemoteContract
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.NYSE: AJG: Global insurance brokerage and risk management services provider.
7+ YOE3+ MgmtLead data engineering teams; 7+ yrs data engineering; 3+ yrs leading teams; BS in Information Technology; Snowflake, Azure Data Factory, ADLS Gen2, Databricks, Spark, Synapse, SQL Server; scripting (PowerShell, Python, Scala, Java, XML); Data Lake/ETL; CI/CD; agile; strong communication.
Snowflake, Azure Data Factory, ADLS Gen 2, Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Databricks, Apache Spark, Scala, Synapse, SQL Server, PowerShell, Python, Java, XML, Data Lake, Azure Data Lake Storage, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code
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Lead Data Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$98k-$182k/yr HybridFull Time
Publicis Groupe
Publicis GroupeEuronext Paris: PUB: Global communications, advertising, and digital transformation holding.
5+ YOE5+ years in developing big data pipelines; strong Spark, Scala and Python; SQL proficiency; cloud experience (AWS); able to own issues and translate business requirements into technical solutions.
Apache Spark, Scala, Python, AWS EMR, Databricks, SQL
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Lead Consultant, Data Engineer
Arlington or Chicago or Remote
$125k-$150k/yr RemoteFull Time
Lovelytics
Lovelytics: Independent data analytics consulting firm delivering data warehousing, ETL, and data modeling solutions for enterprise clients.
3+ YOE3-5 years data engineering, client-facing, Databricks/ETL/warehousing, SAP data knowledge.
Databricks, AWS, Azure, SAP, SAP S/4HANA, SAP HANA
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Data Engineer Lead
Lake Elmo or Chicago or Evansville
$98k-$199k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Old National Bank
Old National BankNASDAQ: ONB: Regional financial services provider offering banking and wealth solutions.
7+ YOE7+ years data engineering experience, strong AWS/cloud and data warehouse background, expertise in SQL, Python, Spark/Databricks, leadership experience, BS in related field preferred.
AWS, S3, Glue, Lambda, Databricks, SQL, Python, Bash, Spark, GitOps
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Lead Data Engineer
Deerfield, Illinois, United States
$161k-$193k/yr RemoteFull Time
Fortune Brands Innovations
Fortune Brands InnovationsNYSE: FBIN: Manufactures and sells home, security, and digital building products.
5+ YOEBachelor's in CS/Information Systems or related and 5+ years in data engineering; experience with ETL/ELT, SQL, Python, cloud data warehouses, dbt, Git, CI/CD, APIs and ERP migrations.
Snowflake, Git, SQL, Python, Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, dbt, CI/CD, Oracle, SAP, Unix
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Lead Data Engineer
Plano or McLean or Chicago
$179k-$225k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Capital One
Capital OneNYSE: COF: Financial services offering credit cards, banking, and loans.
4+ YOEBachelor's degree, 4+ years application development, 2+ years big data, 1+ year cloud experience; proficiency in Python/Java/Scala, SQL, distributed data tools, and cloud data warehousing.
Java, Scala, Python, Redshift, Snowflake, MapReduce, Hadoop, Hive, EMR, Kafka, Spark, Gurobi, MySQL, Mongo, Cassandra, UNIX/Linux, SQL, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud
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Lead Data Engineer (Snowflake)
East Peoria or Irving
$128k-$193k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Caterpillar
CaterpillarNYSE: CAT: Manufactures construction equipment, mining machinery, and industrial engines.
10+ YOE10+ years data engineering experience with Snowflake expertise, strong SQL and programming (Python/Java/Scala), cloud platform experience, data modeling, ELT/ETL, governance, and leadership of small teams.
Snowflake, Snowflake Cortex AI, Python, Java, Scala, SQL, AWS, Azure, GCP, CI/CD, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
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Lead Engineer, Data Platforms
Tempe or Phoenix or Alabama or Arizona or California or Colorado or Florida or Idaho or Kansas or Kentucky or Missouri or New Mexico or Nevada or Oklahoma or Oregon or Tennessee or Texas or Utah or Washington or Wyoming or Louisiana or Illinois or Indiana or North Carolina or Ohio or Michigan or New Jersey or Arkansas or Georgia
RemoteFull Time
Dutch Bros
Dutch BrosNYSE: BROS: Operates and franchises drive-thru shops serving handcrafted beverages.
7+ YOE7+ years data/software engineering experience (4+ years on backend or data infrastructure). Bachelor\u0002s in CS or related (or 4 years experience). Expert Python and SQL, Snowflake, Airflow, Power BI, AWS services, CI/CD, DataDog, Kafka, ETL/ELT tools, data governance, and strong communication skills.
Python, SQL, Snowflake, Snowpipe, SnowSQL, Airflow, Microsoft Power BI, AWS, IAM, VPC, Glue, S3, SFTP, Lambda, CloudWatch, SNS, Gitlab CI/CD, DataDog, Kafka, Workato, ADF, Matillion, DBT, Databricks, Fivetran, pyspark
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Lead Data Engineer (P4519)
Cincinnati or Chicago
$125k-$207k/yr OnsiteFull Time
84.51°
84.51°NYSE: KR: Provides retail data analytics and targeted advertising services.
5+ YOEBachelor's degree, 5+ years professional data development experience, Databricks/Spark and Python experience, ETL and data warehousing knowledge, Kubernetes and REST API development experience, Agile/Scrum familiarity.
Azure, Databricks, Spark, SQL, PySpark, Databricks Workflows, Python, JSON, Kubernetes, REST APIs
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Lead Data Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$98k-$182k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Publicis Groupe
Publicis GroupeEuronext Paris: PUB: Global advertising and digital transformation agency holding.
5+ YOE5+ years in big data pipelines; expertise in Spark; programming in Scala/Python; strong SQL; experience in cloud (AWS) with Databricks/EMR; able to own problems end-to-end; excellent communication.
Apache Spark, Scala, Python, SQL, AWS EMR, Databricks
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Lead Data Engineer
Bloomington or United States
$153k/yr RemoteFull Time
State Farm
State Farm: Provider of auto, home, life, and health insurance.
5+ YOEBachelor's in Computer Science or related plus 5 years' experience; experience with Neo4j or Amazon Neptune and Cypher, Apache Spark, Python/Java/Scala, Docker, Kubernetes, and graph algorithms/Neo4j GDS.
Neo4j, Amazon Neptune, Cypher Query Language, Apache Spark, Python, Java, Scala, Docker, Kubernetes, Graph Algorithms Libraries, Neo4j Graph Data Science (GDS)
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Lead Data Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$112k-$160k/yr RemoteFull Time
GATX Corporation
GATX CorporationNYSE: GATX: Global provider of railcar leasing and related transportation services.
10+ YOE10+ years IT experience with deep data engineering/ETL expertise; 4-6+ years designing and scaling pipelines; hands-on Databricks and AWS experience; SQL, Python, CI/CD, DevOps; team mentoring and stakeholder communication.
Databricks, AWS, Spark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, S3, IAM, SQL, Python, CI/CD, DevOps
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Lead Data Engineer (New York) (Chicago, IL, US)
New York City or Chicago or London
$140k-$160k/yr HybridFull Time
Fitch Group
Fitch Group: Provides global credit ratings and financial market research services.
8+ YOE3+ Mgmt8+ years data engineering experience (3+ in lead role); expert Java and Springboot; hands-on with Apache Airflow, Snowflake, Databricks, AWS services, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD (GitHub Actions/ArgoCD); experience with AI/ML frameworks and Agentic AI integration.
Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, Java, Springboot, Docker, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, AWS EKS, GitHub Actions, Apache Airflow, GitHub, ArgoCD, JIRA, Confluence, LangChain, LlamaIndex, AutoGen, GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q, Playwright, Kafka, Datadog, Model Context Protocol (MCP), AWS S3, AWS Lambda, AWS Glue, AWS EMR, AWS Kinesis, AWS RDS
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Lead Cloud Data Engineer - Multi-Cloud Data Platforms
Irving or Chicago or Hopkins
$133k-$157k/yr HybridFull Time
U.S. Bank
U.S. BankNYSE: USB: Provider of personal, business, and institutional financial services.
6+ YOE6+ years experience building cloud-native data pipelines and products across Azure, AWS, Databricks, and Snowflake; strong Spark and SQL skills; experience with security, governance, and domain-oriented data architectures.
Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Synapse Analytics, AWS Glue, S3, Databricks, Snowflake, Apache Spark, Delta Lake, SQL, REST, SOAP, GraphQL, Kafka, MQ, AWS SQS, RabbitMQ, API Gateway, OAuth 2.0, TLS, mTLS, JWT, IAM, RBAC, Microsoft Power BI, Tableau
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Lead Systems Engineer (data)
Atlanta or Denver or Chicago or Washington
RemoteFull Time
Bravo17
Bravo17: A federal digital services firm that delivers improved digital products and services with a focus on customer and user experience.
7+ YOE7–10 years in data analysis or data engineering with technical leadership; experience in AI/ML, cloud-based data architectures, REST APIs and microservices; strong communication and mentoring skills; bachelor’s or master’s preferred.
REST APIs, microservices, AI, machine learning
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Staff Software Engineer Data - DC Tech Lead
United States or Alabama or Arkansas or California or Colorado or Florida or Georgia or Illinois or Kentucky or Massachusetts or Michigan or Montana or Missouri or Nevada or New Jersey or New York or North Carolina or Oregon or Pennsylvania or Texas or Washington or Utah or Virginia or Wisconsin
$168k-$273k/yr RemoteFull Time
Afresh
Afresh: AI-powered inventory management for grocery store fresh food departments.
Design and maintain large-scale ETLs; proficiency with Python, PySpark, SQL, Databricks/Snowflake/DBT; 2+ years technical lead experience; strong problem-solving, mentoring, and communication skills; experience with messy datasets.
PySpark, DBT, Python, SQL, Databricks, Snowflake
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Regional Lead Data Center Electrical Engineer, Google Data Centers
Atlanta or Austin or Council Bluffs or Chicago or Addison or Midlothian or Red Oak or Moncks Corner or Pryor or Seattle
$214k-$299k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Google
GoogleNASDAQ: GOOGL: Provides online search, advertising, cloud computing, and consumer electronics.
12+ YOE5+ MgmtBachelor's in electrical/power engineering or equivalent; 12 years mission-critical electrical design/construction and practicing engineer experience; 5 years leadership; PE preferred; medium-voltage and data center systems experience.
SCADA, TPUs, Vertex AI, Google Global Networking
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Tech Lead, Data Engineering
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$145k-$165k/yr HybridFull Time
Coates Group
Coates Group: Provides digital signage and content management for retail brands.
6+ YOE6+ years data engineering experience; strong AWS, Python, SQL; experience with data platforms, CI/CD, IaC; leadership capabilities.
AWS, Python, SQL, Airflow, Terraform, AWS CDK, Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks, Kafka
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Python & AWS Data Engineer (New York, NY, US)
New York City or Chicago or Atlanta
$86k-$127k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Capgemini
CapgeminiEuronext Paris: CAP: Provides global IT consulting and digital transformation services.
Deep expertise in Python, AWS (including RDS), relational databases, and mainframe technologies (VSAM, DB2); experience leading end-to-end data migrations, data modeling, governance, and building Python data pipelines.
Python, AWS, VSAM, DB2, RDBMS, AWS RDS