
Lead Data Engineer
St. Louis, MOJob$138–188K/yrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
The Lead Data Engineer serves as the technical lead for a data product team focused on a specific data domain. The role develops and maintains production-grade pipelines, incorporates data products into Purina’s enterprise data model, and promotes engineering best practices. It also involves mentoring engineers and collaborating with architects, product owners, and business stakeholders on platform maturity, requirements, and long-term data product roadmaps.
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Full job description
Driven by integrity and united by the people-and-pet bond, we find strong purpose in the work we do and an even greater joy in those we get to work alongside. Together, we harness the expertise of our long-standing tradition of excellence to embrace possibility and continuously push to do what's never been done before in pet care. Discover your purpose and fuel your passions when you bring your love of pets to a team that prides itself on the power of togetherness—We are Proudly Connected. Purely Driven.
Position Summary
Data Engineering is at the center of all we do. With data-driven innovators passionate about making a difference in the lives of pets, we create cutting-edge digital business models that solve complex problems. You’ll be at the forefront of digital advancements as they happen in real time, as well as ensure we remain a leader and innovator in the pet care category. Have a hand in making a lasting impact within our long-standing history.
The Lead Data Engineer will act as the technical lead for a data product team focused on a specific data domain. In this role, they will be responsible for ensuring the data products built by the team are supported by resilient, monitored, production-grade pipelines and incorporated into Purina’s enterprise data model to deliver value to the business. Through collaboration with other data engineers across Purina’s data team, they will drive adoption of engineering best practices to further the maturity of Purina’s data engineering capability.
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Serve as the technical lead for a data product team focused on a specific data domain
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Develop, test, deploy, and maintain data pipelines to move, transform, and harmonize source data into data products ready for consumption by end users, applications, and other data product teams
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Ensure adherence to Purina’s data engineering and architectural standards
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Monitor performance of data pipelines developed and owned within the assigned data domain
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Champion the adoption of best practices within the data engineering guild
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Coach and mentor other data engineers
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Collaborate with other engineers and architects to mature the data enterprise data platform
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Collaborate with product owners and business stakeholders to develop long-term data product roadmaps
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Collaborate with stakeholders and data product team to define data product requirements
Requirements
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Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
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7+ years of professional experience with 5+ of those years in practical, hands-on data engineering
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4+ years of experience in Azure ecosystem
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4+ years of experience with Databricks and Python/PySpark
Salary: $137,758.50 to $188,424.00 per year
Bonus Eligibility: Yes
The pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills and abilities as well as geographic location. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at top of range.
Nestlé offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Incentives and/or benefit packages may vary depending on the position. Learn more at https://www.nestlejobs.com/nestle-in-the-us-benefits
It is our business imperative to remain a very inclusive workplace.
To our veterans and separated service members, you're at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestlé. The skills you've gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role. In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities. Nestlé seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you’ll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestlé home.
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Job Requisition: 424013
How this job compares
Set against the 5,785 open Data Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$138–188K/yr
- Missouri median$108–208K/yr80 salary ranges
- US median$124–208K/yr4,459 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $163K, is 4% above the Missouri median midpoint ($157K) — in the middle half of Data Engineer salary ranges in Missouri.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 92 open Data Engineer jobs in Missouri and 5,785 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience; Data Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (5,025 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 2,227 of the 5,785 open Data Engineer jobs (38%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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