Senior Data Engineer

Date: May 8, 2025

Primary Location: Radnor, PA, US

Company: Lincoln Financial

Alternate Locations: Radnor, PA (Pennsylvania); Charlotte, NC (North Carolina); Fort Wayne, IN (Indiana); Greensboro, NC (North Carolina)

 

Work Arrangement:

Hybrid Preferred : Preferred employee will work 3 days a week in a Lincoln office

 

Relocation assistance:  is not available for this opportunity.

 

Requisition #: 74555

 

The Role at a Glance

As the Data Engineering Lead, you will play a critical role in leading and contributing to our data engineering competency to ensure the highest quality, integrity, efficiency, and scalability of our data services and infrastructure. You are responsible for building and maintaining sophisticated data pipelines that ingest data from multiple sources, utilizing advanced AWS services. This position requires a hands-on leader with a passion for data excellence, a deep technical understanding, and the ability to guide and mentor a team to provide data as a platform service to the broader organization and to customers.

What you'll be doing

  • Data Architecture: Lead the design, implementation and operation of robust data architecture, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data warehousing strategies using AWS cloud services.
  • Team Leadership: Lead a team of Data engineers, fostering a collaborative and results-driven environment. Provide mentorship and encourage growth. 
  • Technical Expertise and Contribution: Be an individual contributor for our data projects. Provide hands-on guidance and expertise to the team in Python, PySpark, SQL, and AWS cloud services, ensuring high-quality code and software engineering best practices. Help manage and pay off tech debt.
  • Code Reviews: Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and knowledge sharing among team members.
  • Quality Standards: Uphold and refine data quality standards, engineering best practices, and KPIs while optimizing data pipelines for performance, scalability, and data quality.
  • Innovation: Challenge existing structures and thought processes, staying updated with the latest developments in technology and recommending innovative solutions.
  • Communication: Clearly and concisely communicate ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, sharing knowledge and expertise both upstream and downstream.
  • Cloud Infrastructure Optimization: Work closely with DevOps to optimize cloud infrastructure performance and scalability and help to save costs.
  • Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation for data processes and systems. Establish and enforce documentation best practices. 
  • Testing: Implement robust testing frameworks for data pipelines and quality assurance. Increase test coverage across all data engineering projects. Develop automated testing scripts for data integrity and performance.
  • Data Governance, Compliance, and Security: Manage and maintain internal and external security best practices. Ensure compliance with Data Usage-license agreements.

What we’re looking for

Must-have Experience (required):

  • Experience: 7+ years of experience as a Data Engineer with increasing responsibility and a strong track record of technical leadership. 
  • Technical Skills: Advanced skills in Python 3 (5+ years recent), PySpark (5+ years recent), SQL (5+ years recent), and AWS cloud services (3+ years). Extensive experience with data pipeline development (batch processing), management, data warehousing (Redshift, Postgres), and orchestration is a must. 
  • Leadership: 4+ years of experience in a team leadership role
  • Passion: Passionate about the latest developments in technology, with commitment to data quality and high personal code/development standards.
  • Team Player: A friendly, collaborative, and passionate team player who can adapt to a fast-paced environment and is experienced with Scrum/Agile methodologies. Can both give and receive respectful constructive feedback. Committed to prioritizing team success over personal gain.
  • Continuous Learning: A commitment to staying updated with industry trends and emerging technologies.
  • Communication: Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate ideas and solutions effectively.

Application Deadline

Applications for this position will be accepted through June 6, 2025, subject to earlier closure due to applicant volume

 

What’s it like to work here?

At Lincoln Financial, we love what we do. We make meaningful contributions each and every day to empower our customers to take charge of their lives. Working alongside dedicated and talented colleagues, we build fulfilling careers and stronger communities through a company that values our unique perspectives, insights and contributions and invests in programs that empower each of us to take charge of our own future. 

 

What’s in it for you:

  • Clearly defined career tracks and job levels, along with associated behaviors for each of Lincoln's core values and leadership attributes

  • Leadership development and virtual training opportunities

  • PTO/parental leave

  • Competitive 401K and employee benefits

  • Free financial counseling, health coaching and employee assistance program

  • Tuition assistance program

  • Work arrangements that work for you

  • Effective productivity/technology tools and training

 

The pay range for this position is $93,300 - $169,700 with anticipated pay for new hires between the minimum and midpoint of the range and could vary above and below the listed range as permitted by applicable law. Pay is based on non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to work experience, education, location, licensure requirements, proficiency and qualifications required for the role. The base pay is just one component of Lincoln’s total rewards package for employees.  In addition, the role may be eligible for the Annual Incentive Program, which is discretionary and based on the performance of the company, business unit and individual.  Other rewards may include long-term incentives, sales incentives and Lincoln’s standard benefits package.

 

About The Company

Lincoln Financial (NYSE: LNC) helps people to confidently plan for their version of a successful future. We focus on identifying a clear path to financial security, with products including annuities, life insurance, group protection, and retirement plan services. 

 

With our 120-year track record of expertise and integrity, millions of customers trust our solutions and service to help put their goals in reach. 

 

Lincoln Financial Distributors, a broker-dealer, is the wholesale distribution organization of Lincoln Financial. Lincoln Financial is the marketing name for Lincoln Financial Corporation and its affiliates including The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Fort Wayne, IN, and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York, Syracuse, NY. Lincoln Financial affiliates, their distributors, and their respective employees, representatives and/or insurance agents do not provide tax, accounting or legal advice. 

 

Lincoln is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. 

 

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Be Aware of Fraudulent Recruiting Activities

If you are interested in a career at Lincoln, we encourage you to review our current openings and apply on our website. Lincoln values the privacy and security of every applicant and urges all applicants to diligently protect their sensitive personal information from scams targeting job seekers. These scams can take many forms including fake employment applications, bogus interviews and falsified offer letters.

 

Lincoln will not ask applicants to provide their social security numbers, date of birth, bank account information or other sensitive information in job applications. Additionally, our recruiters do not communicate with applicants through free e-mail accounts (Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or conduct interviews utilizing video chat rooms. We will never ask applicants to provide payment during the hiring process or extend an offer without conducting a phone, live video or in-person interview.  Please contact Lincoln's fraud team at fraudhotline@lfg.com if you encounter a recruiter or see a job opportunity that seems suspicious.

 

Additional Information

This position may be subject to Lincoln’s Political Contribution Policy.  An offer of employment may be contingent upon disclosing to Lincoln the details of certain political contributions. Lincoln may decline to extend an offer or terminate employment for this role if it determines political contributions made could have an adverse impact on Lincoln’s current or future business interests, misrepresentations were made, or for failure to fully disclose applicable political contributions and or fundraising activities.

 

Any unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles submitted through our web site or to personal e-mail accounts of employees of Lincoln Financial are considered property of Lincoln Financial and are not subject to payment of agency fees.

 

Lincoln Financial is an Equal Opportunity employer and, as such, is committed in policy and practice to recruit, hire, compensate, train and promote, in all job classifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, Veteran status, or genetic information.  Applicants are evaluated on the basis of job qualifications.  If you are a person with a disability that impedes your ability to express your interest for a position through our online application process, or require TTY/TDD assistance, contact us by calling 260-455-2558.

 

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