Lead Data Software Engineer

We are looking for a Lead Data Software Engineer to build and optimize an Apache Iceberg-based data lakehouse on AWS while strengthening automation and platform tooling. You will partner with senior engineers to improve reliability and governance and help scale tenant onboarding—apply to make a measurable impact.

Responsibilities

• Build and optimize an Apache Iceberg lakehouse on AWS for performance and reliability
• Execute Iceberg optimization including partitioning, compaction, snapshot retention, orphan-file removal, and schema evolution
• Improve data quality and reliability across Bronze-layer landing zones
• Enhance configuration-management tooling used across the lakehouse platform
• Build self-service tenant-onboarding automation for landing zones, IAM, and monitoring
• Maintain the automated GitHub-to-S3 deployment pipeline
• Contribute to PR-based validation workflows and uphold code review standards
• Evaluate Iceberg-to-Snowflake integration options and document trade-offs
• Collaborate with senior engineers to align implementations with platform architecture

Requirements

• 5+ years of data engineering experience with cloud platforms
• Hands-on Amazon Web Services experience
• Advanced Apache Iceberg expertise including optimization and schema evolution
• Advanced data lakehouse architecture knowledge across landing zones and layers
• Strong leadership skills to guide delivery under senior oversight
• Proven project experience improving reliability and data quality in production systems
• Strong automation skills for configuration management and CI/CD deployment pipelines
• Strong collaboration skills for PR-based workflows and cross-engineering alignment
• Upper-Intermediate English proficiency (B2)
• Clear written communication skills for technical documentation and trade-off analysis

Nice to have

• Snowflake integration experience
• AWS Glue development experience

Benefits

• International projects with top brands
• Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
• Healthcare benefits
• Employee financial programs
• Paid time off and sick leave
• Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses
• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses
• Global career opportunities
• Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
• EPAM Employee Groups
• Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn