Lead Data Engineer

Ready for a challenge? Then Just Eat Takeaway.com might be the place for you. We’re a leading global online delivery platform, and our vision is to empower everyday convenience. Whether it’s a Friday-night feast, a post-gym poke bowl, or grabbing some groceries, our tech platform connects tens of millions of customers with hundreds of thousands of restaurant, grocery and convenience partners across the globe. About this role The Lead Data Engineer is a pivotal technical leadership role within the Canadian Data & Analytics (DNA) organization. You will own the design, development, and governance of CA's data infrastructure — with a primary mandate to build and optimize our semantic layer from scratch, establishing gold-tier data resources that serve as the single source of truth across the Canadian org.You will act as the technical bridge between Global DNA, Skip , Product and Platform Engineering, driving alignment on architecture standards, best practices, and data quality. This is not a heads-down engineering role — you'll be an active voice in shaping how we build and scale data products, while mentoring and elevating the engineers around you. Location: Remote ( Winnipeg /Toronto) Reporting to: Senior Manager, Data Engineering These are some of the key components to the position: Semantic Layer & Data Architecture Architect the Semantic Layer: Lead the design and development of gold-tier DBT models and BigQuery resources to ensure a reusable, consistent, and governed data warehouse architecture. Provide Technical Leadership: Act as the senior technical authority on the team, partnering with the Senior Manager to shape the data engineering roadmap and architectural decisions. Bridge Global & Local Teams: Serve as the primary liaison between local and global engineering teams, translating global architecture patterns into local implementations. Drive Pipeline Excellence: Design, build, and optimize scalable, high-performance batch and streaming ELT pipelines using Airflow, DBT, and BigQuery. Advance Streaming Strategy: Support AWS-hosted production systems and spearhead the adoption of real-time ingestion patterns (e.g., Kafka, Datastream). Champion Data Governance: Establish robust data quality frameworks, testing standards, and observability practices to ensure enterprise-wide consistency and compliance. Mentor & Coach: Foster a culture of engineering excellence by mentoring data and analytics engineers, conducting code reviews, and driving continuous improvement. What will you bring to the team? Proven Experience: 6+ years in data engineering with a track record of leading architectural decisions for complex, large-scale data platforms. Advanced Tech Stack Expertise: Expert-level proficiency in BigQuery, DBT, and Airflow, with the ability to defend choices and mentor others in modeling and orchestration. Modern Data Architecture: Deep understanding of dimensional modeling, semantic layer design, and medallion/lakehouse architecture patterns. Data Pipeline Mastery: Hands-on experience building and managing both batch and streaming pipelines, alongside familiarity with AWS data services (S3, Glue, Kinesis, RDS). Quality & Governance Focus: Demonstrated experience establishing or contributing to organizational data governance and data quality frameworks. Strong Communication & Leadership: Exceptional technical communication skills, with a proven ability to translate complex architecture for stakeholders and raise the team's technical bar. Bonus Qualifications (Nice-to-Have): Experience with Kafka, federated/hub-and-spoke organizational models, or high-velocity marketplace/food delivery platforms. At JET, this is on the menu: Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment. Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth and about celebrating every aspect of our JETers. Thanks to them we stay one step ahead of the competition. Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging No matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, or where you are from, you can find your place at Just Eat Takeaway.com. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity of people and thinking, in which all employees feel they truly belong and can bring their most colourful selves to work every day. What else is cooking? Want to know more about our JETers, culture or company? Have a look at our career site where you can find people's stories, blogs, podcasts and more JET morsels Are you ready to take your seat? Apply Now Compensation range: $95,000 - $124,000 Final compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and internal equity.