Lead Data Engineer

Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Engineering / Product Development

Lead Data Engineer

Manager - Non People LeaderCan work remotely but need to live in the specified city, state, or region

Yes, 5% of the time

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $106,700.00 - $177,900.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

The Lead Data Engineer within Consumer Solutions supports the most complex data engineering initiatives enabling web performance and marketing optimization insights for internal stakeholders. This role arms analysts with exploratory data assets that accelerates time to market for critical business insights and recommendations.

As a Lead Data Engineer, the individual contributor will be responsible for delivering on new projects, processes, standards, and the continuous improvement of data and analytics solution delivery across the Consumer Solutions portfolio. This role will be recognized as a thought leader and subject matter expert having authoritative technical and functional expertise and critical thinking skills to provide complete solutions to source required data from enterprise systems and to configure business intelligence platforms to support business and operational data requirements.   

What You’ll Do

 Responsibilities

• Deliver scalable data assets that requires in-depth data evaluation by demonstrating thought leadership and utilizing innovative approaches to design custom database objects and reporting solutions to support business needs

• Participate in architectural reviews, identify architectural issues, and propose alternative solutions
• Adhere to business intelligence and data warehousing best practices
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation
• Construct, manage, monitor, and support data integration between multiple systems
• Incorporates understanding of stakeholder’s requirements to creatively design, implement, and deploy scalable data objects and solutions
• Develop an understanding of Cox applications and their interdependencies with source applications, customers, and business processes
• Work closely with data architects, data engineers, analysts, and others to estimate levels of effort and review with leadership and stakeholders to set priorities
• Know how to identify and mitigate risks and escalate potential business issues with urgency
• Facilitate and encourage innovative solutions and recommendations through intentional collaboration to drive novel solutions through various approaches
• Perform gap analysis related to data processes and database table structures that populate reporting and analytics requirements

Characteristics of Success

• Mix of architectural and engineering expertise
• Broad business acumen and context to align with key stakeholders to determine business and technical requirements
• Critical strategic thinking to resolve problems with cross-organizational impact
• Visionary that can anticipate future state designs and implement practical solutions
• Background in leading large, complex engagements

Who You Are 

Minimum

Required Experience & Specialized Knowledge and Skills

• 6+ years of experience in a complex enterprise data warehouse, business intelligence, and data analytics development environment
• Cox Contractor experience in GA4/Pixall preferred
• Bachelors degree or Masters degree (preferred) in related field and/or equivalent combination of education and work-related experience
• Proven track record of deploying large-scale data warehouse and business intelligence solutions
• Extensive experience with digital (web) analytics and related software preferred (e.g. Google Analytics, BigQuery, Adobe Analytics, and/orOmniture)
• Experience in application design and implementation, distributed architecture and concepts, data manipulation and analysis using PL/SQL and SQL
• Intermediate knowledge of Master Data Management (MDM), Data Quality (IDQ), and data catalog solutions
• Strong expertise and knowledge of SQL, data warehousing, and data lakes (e.g. Snowflake, Hadoop, Hive, and/or AWS Redshift, etc)
• Strong organizational skills in a matrix environment with the ability to effectively multi-task and prioritize backlog in a deadline-driven atmosphere

Cox Core Competencies Alignment

• Champion Change
• Drive for Results
• Focus on Customers

What’s In It For You 

Here’s a sneak peek of the benefits at your disposal as a Cox employee:​​

• A competitive salary and top-notch bonus/incentive plans. ​
• Exceptional work-life balance, flexible time-off policies and accommodating work schedules. ​
• Comprehensive healthcare, with multiple options for individuals and families. ​
• Generous 401(k) retirement plans with up to 8% company match. ​
• Mental health support, including counseling and access to virtual wellness resources such as CALM.
• Access to Care.com, with up to 10 days of subsidized care for children, seniors and pets.

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Check out all our benefits. ​

To be employed in this role, you’ll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, parental leave, and COVID-19 vaccination leave.Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.