Lead Data Engineer 2026- US at Aimpoint Digital
Atlanta, GA
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Aug 9, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Lead Data Engineer role at a fully remote AI and data consultancy, focused on designing and building AI-optimized data platforms — cloud data warehouses, lakehouses, and ELT/ETL pipelines — for clients across multiple industries. The position involves independent client engagement delivery, data modeling, semantic layer development, and production-grade coding in SQL and Python, with an emphasis on enabling LLM-driven analytics and agent-based workflows. Suits an experienced data engineer comfortable leading small project teams and working in a consulting context.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 2,950 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 1,550–3,850
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $142,568 (middle half $111,775–$173,013).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 11, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The title 'Lead Data Engineer' appears only in the body narrative, not in a formal job title header; advertised seniority is treated as Unspecified accordingly.
Snowflake and Databricks are listed as a required pair ('Databricks or Snowflake required') — emitted as a single skill with the other as an alternative, since the role gates on at least one of them.
dbt is listed as 'preferred' with 5+ years called out, but the section heading frames it as preferred rather than a hard gate — marked accordingly.
The role sits between 15-1243 (Database/Data Architects, given the emphasis on data modeling, semantic layers, and platform architecture) and 15-1252 (Software Developers, given the production code, CI/CD, and pipeline engineering emphasis); 15-1243 was chosen as primary given the consultancy's architecture-first framing.
No compensation figures are stated in the posting.
A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics is listed but explicitly allows 'equivalent experience,' so no minimum degree is flagged as hard-required.
Willingness to travel is mentioned as a requirement but names no specific technology — omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.
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