Director – Data Engineering

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Director of Data Engineering at Waylin Partners providing data consulting services. Leading data initiatives to modernize reporting and improve decision-making for clients’ portfolio companies.

Responsibilities:

  • Design, build, and optimize data warehouses, pipelines, and ETL/ELT processes to support enterprise reporting and analytics
  • Translate ambiguous business questions into scalable, data-driven solutions that help leaders make informed decisions
  • Develop automated reporting and analytics workflows, ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and timeliness
  • Build and maintain dashboards and visualization tools that synthesize complex data for finance and operational leadership
  • Partner with finance, accounting, and operational teams across portfolio companies to understand data needs and implement effective solutions
  • Implement best practices for data governance, data quality, and system architecture
  • Support integration efforts during acquisitions, system migrations, and new tool onboarding
  • Designing and deploying a new cloud-based data warehouse (Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, etc.)
  • Optimizing an existing warehouse or data architecture to improve performance and reduce cost
  • Developing enterprise-grade dashboards (Power BI, Tableau, Looker, etc.) for monthly reporting, KPIs, and operational visibility
  • Automating reporting processes previously done in Excel or manual systems
  • Building financial and operational data models used for forecasting, profitability analysis, or executive dashboards
  • Supporting process improvement and system enhancement initiatives across finance, accounting, and operations
  • Managing ad-hoc technical projects such as API integrations, data migrations, or master data restructuring

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, Analytics, or a quantitative field
  • 8+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or related roles
  • Strong SQL proficiency and experience building ETL/ELT pipelines
  • Experience with cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, Azure Synapse, etc.)
  • Experience with BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Looker, or similar
  • Proficiency in Python or another scripting language is a plus
  • Experience working with finance, accounting, or operational data strongly preferred
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to work directly with stakeholders and translate technical concepts into business impact.