Lead Data Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 1, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 15, 2026.
Lead Data Engineer
We are Lennar
Lennar is one of the nation's leading homebuilders, dedicated to making an impact and creating an extraordinary experience for their Homeowners, Communities, and Associates by building quality homes and providing exceptional customer service, giving back to the communities in which we work and live in, and fostering a culture of opportunity and growth for our Associates throughout their career. Lennar has been recognized as a Fortune 500® company and consistently ranked among the top homebuilders in the United States.
Join a Company that Empowers you to Build your Future
The primary mission of the Lead Data Engineer role is to help our business evolve into a data and insights-driven organization. This position sits in our Enterprise Data and Analytics team, which aims to drive improved business outcomes using insights gleaned from data and analytics, infusing them into Lennar’s corporate fabric.
The Lead Data Engineer will provide technical leadership to our data platform engineering team. This is done by helping design and implement our next generation data and analytics platforms and products using Data engineering best practices. The Lead Data Engineer also will implementing engineering solutions along with the team. In addition, this person focuses on empowering and enabling our business users through self-service and automation. The Lead Data Engineer is a key role in operationalizing Lennar’s enterprise data fabric.
- A career with purpose.
- A career built on making dreams come true.
- A career built on building zero defect homes, cost management, and adherence to schedules.
Your Responsibilities on the Team
- Design, build, and operationalize data engineering solutions for Lennar’s data and analytics platforms and products.
- Architect and implement ETL, ELT and streaming data ingestion data delivery processes across multiple sources.
- Experience in data modeling, cloud data lake, cloud data warehouse
- Instrument data analytics platforms with robust metrics and monitoring.
- Improve data ingestion architecture, emphasizing data quality, maintainability, and extensibility.
- Support process improvement on the team to enable rapid development of data products.
- Define and Implement standards and best practices for data analytics team, including code modularization, versioning, testing, automation of CI/CD workflows, code reviews etc.
- Gain an understanding of core business processes and align data development with business strategy.
- Wrangle and integrate data from disparate systems to allow data analysts and data scientists to leverage end-to-end data and information.
Requirements
Technical Requirements
- Expertise (At least 8+, prefers 12+ years) in:
- Data Architecture design
- Data modeling & Data warehousing concepts
- Data transformations and standardizations
- ETL processes & strategies
- Monitoring and error handling
- SDLC & workflow best practices
- Code Reviews
- QA/Testing methodologies
- Strong experience (At least 3+, prefers 6+ years) with the following technologies and platforms:
- AWS platform: S3, EC2, EMR, EKS, Glue, Lambda, AppFlow, Cloudwatch etc.
- AWS certification is big plus
- Snowflake Data Cloud
- Account Administration
- Virtual warehouse strategies
- Snowflake feature implementation: Data Sharing, Time Travel, and Zero-copy cloning
- Role-based Access Control strategies
- Dbt
- Managing dbt cloud environment
- Managing multi-repository dbt projects
- Creating and managing dbt models
- Creating and leveraging dbt macros
- Version control & branching strategies (Github a plus)
- Proficient in languages: SQL, Python
- Data governance, security, and compliance concepts
- Data Ingestion
- Incremental and CDC ingestion methods
- REST APIs
- Familiarity (At least 1+ years of experience) with:
- Orchestration & scheduling tools (Prefect, Airflow is a plus)
- Qlik Replicate
Other Requirements:
- Ability to work collaboratively and productively with other team members to achieve Lennar’s objectives.
- Thirst to help transform Lennar into an insights-driven organization.
- Demonstrated some experience in all aspects of development including, but not limited to, gathering requirements, development of technical components related to process scope and supporting testing and post implementation support.
- Ability to work and partner with users and stakeholders to gather solution requirements.
- Experience working with business users to understand how to optimally deliver insights within their operational workflows & decision-making processes.
- Ability and willingness to quickly learn new technologies.
- Ability and willingness to learn about the business, its strategy, objectives, and core business processes.
Additional Requirements:
- Travel up to 10% of the time to Divisions within the Lennar family.
- Interact well with co-workers.
- Cross train for position(s) within the team organizational structure from time to time, as required by the Leadership Team.
- Comply with and implement company policies and procedures.
- Accept constructive criticism.
- Strong work ethic.
- Team player.
Life at Lennar
At Lennar, we are committed to fostering a supportive and enriching environment for our Associates, offering a comprehensive array of benefits designed to enhance their well-being and professional growth. Our Associates have access to robust health insurance plans, including Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage, ensuring their health needs are well taken care of. Our 401(k) Retirement Plan, complete with a $1 for $1 Company Match up to 5%, helps secure their financial future, while Paid Parental Leave and an Associate Assistance Plan provide essential support during life's critical moments. To further support our Associates, we provide an Education Assistance Program and up to $30,000 in Adoption Assistance, underscoring our commitment to their diverse needs and aspirations. From the moment of hire, they can enjoy up to three weeks of vacation annually, alongside generous Holiday, Sick Leave, and Personal Day policies. Additionally, we offer a New Hire Referral Bonus Program, significant Home Purchase Discounts, and unique opportunities such as the Everyone’s Included Day. At Lennar, we believe in investing in our Associates, empowering them to thrive both personally and professionally. Lennar Associates will have access to these benefits as outlined by Lennar’s policies and applicable plan terms. Visit Lennartotalrewards.comto view our suite of benefits.
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