Lead Data Engineer

Post Date

Feb 04, 2026

Location

Plano,
Texas

ZIP/Postal Code

75093
US
Apr 07, 2026 Insight Global

Job Type

Perm

Category

Software Engineering

Req #

TPA-bbcf128b-0372-49e8-84f4-17f823729f09

Pay Rate

$175k - $215k (estimate)

Job Description

Insight Global is looking for a Lead Data Engineer to come join their team. This candidate will be helping design and deliver modern data solutions using cloud-based platforms and AI-driven innovations. You will partner with business, technology, and governance teams to enable scalable, secure and compliant data platforms that power advanced analytics and AI. You will act as the enterprise expert for designing, developing, and optimizing data processing systems and pipelines used to populate data into transactional databases, data warehouses, data marts, or other data repositories. You will also coordinate with other IT teams to configure and implement security, monitoring, tooling, and related capabilities as they apply to their assigned systems.

The Day-to-Day:
• Use Agile practices to elicit and refine requirements through an iterative process of planning, defining acceptance criteria, prioritizing, developing and delivering enterprise data asset solutions in collaboration with business intelligence teams or other IT teams
• Develop, configure, customize and manage integration tools, databases, warehouses and analytical systems
• Design, build, and deploy data extraction, transformation, and loading processes and pipelines from various sources including databases, APIs, and data files
• Develop and deploy structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data storage models such as data vault or dimensional modeling on a various platforms to meet business requirements
• Coordinate security, application monitoring, development tooling, and related capabilities with responsible teams
• Provide operational support and incident management for data pipelines and data flows, including proactively updating internal clients and relevant parties on status changes and issues encountered
• Author and maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation for processes, procedures, and technical designs
• Coach junior data and business intelligence personnel across the company, including developing material and guiding junior personnel on their technical skill growth

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.To learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.

Required Skills & Experience

• 15+ years of experience as a Lead Data Engineer
o Must be very strong in Databricks
• Needs to have experience doing a migration into Databricks
• Past experience in a Technical Lead Data Engineer role
o Not just looking for a managerial lead, but a technical lead as well
• Must have strong experience with Pyspark, Python, and Databricks Notebooks
• Experience with Unity Catalog (Databricks feature)
• Strong governance experience
o There is a big move into AI at Fisher

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Graph Databases (They are using Neo4J)
• Azure Synapse

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.