Data Engineering Leader

Description

As a Data Engineering Leader for Koch Capability Company, you will create value by leveraging your accumulated skillset and ability to get results through others. You will lead a team of data and software engineers to create modern, sustainable solutions that accelerate the realization of Koch’s Transformation vision through technical solutions which maximize the value of our data assets. The opportunities for development and advancement are abundant in this role!

You are self-driven, passionate, enjoy developing engineering strategies and have a strong execution track record for delivering high-quality applications. You thrive in a fast-paced development environment with an ability to guide and make rapid decisions. You can disambiguate situations, driving clear action plans for your team to develop the right engineering solutions. You are adept at solving complex technical problems and removing roadblocks so your team can focus on delivering the projects. You enjoy coaching, mentoring and developing a strong engineering team and do not shy away from having the tough feedback conversations when needed. You have experience working with a diverse group of cross functional peers - product, design, data science, and business stakeholders influencing and driving overall technical direction and decision making.

What You Will Do In Your Role

• Lead, Inspire, Coach and Develop a high performing capability of engineers through peer development, training, workshops, etc.
• Partner with Data Product Owners and Scrum Masters to provide effective resourcing strategy for delivery of product roadmaps
• Partner with DME Leadership to define quantitative and qualitative measures of success in talent development
• Own talent acquisition and development strategy, roadmap, and execution, including insourcing/outsourcing strategy, leveraging scrum analytics (ex. velocity, body of work estimates, etc)
• Own engineering standards, frameworks, practices, processes, etc. and drive team alignment and execution
• Build relationships across Koch with other engineering capabilities to share knowledge, drive communities of practice, and evangelize engineering strategy
• Contribute to architecture, platform strategy (POCs, POVs, Pilots, etc.) on behalf of engineering through a collaborative challenge process and hands on development
• May include limited travel to Wichita, Kansas

The Experience You Will Bring

Requirements:

• Technical competence equivalent to the expectations of a Senior Engineer
• Demonstrated knowledge of modern architecture patterns, data warehousing methodologies, cloud solutioning, ETL/ELT, DevOps, DataOps, etc. principles/frameworks, semantic layers, access management patterns, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to develop technical talent (of small teams of 4-8 engineers) by providing performance feedback and mentorship while removing roadblocks and cultivating a positive team culture

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience working with large data sets (terabytes and larger) in a complex data ecosystem with emphasis on data reliability and availability
• Experience working in an agile environment
• Experience in learning and applying new technology and concepts
• Experience in development process optimization
• Experience in technologies such as AWS, TypeScript, Node.js, React

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Equal Opportunity Employer.
Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test.
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JOB DETAILS

Wichita, Kansas

Koch Industries

Information Systems & Technology

116411