Lead Data Engineer

Post Date

Dec 30, 2025

Location

Sandy Springs,
Georgia

ZIP/Postal Code

30328
US
Mar 09, 2026 Insight Global

Job Type

Perm

Category

Database Administrator (DBA)

Req #

ATL-0e3df84f-1801-400a-8902-80b6d2c0b2ff

Pay Rate

$128k - $160k (estimate)

Job Description

A client of Insight Global is looking for a Lead Data Engineer to join their team. This individual will be responsible for leading data transformations from source to target. This person will lead and work on various projects involving data transformations within Smurfit Westrock's newly implemented systems. The lead will be responsible for the architecture and design for continuous improvement on projects involving up to 550 data pipelines. Salary for this position is $160,000.

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Required Skills & Experience

- 7-8 years of overall experience in data engineering
○ Data modeling, creating solutions
- Experience leading senior engineers/teams of engineers
○ Making decisions on design and architecture
- Palantir Foundry experience
○ Newer tool, but needs recent experience/ a SME when it comes to pipeline building and Go/No-Go development within Palantir Foundry
- Experience in ontology
○ Creating ontology, creating workshops
- Data quality oversight experience
- PySpark experience
- Experience working in an AWS environment
- Python scripting experience

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

- Experience working on large implementations, working on big project and a lot of pipelines all at once
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric

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.