We are seeking an experienced Lead Data Engineer to architect and build scalable data infrastructure that powers data-driven insights and predictive and generative models. The ideal candidate will be a product-minded technologist, practiced in translating business needs into elegant technical solutions. They will have broad purview to establish best practices, and lay the foundation for a world-class data organization. As a lead engineer, they will get to work cross-functionally with stakeholders across the agency, have significant autonomy in technical decision-making, and play a pivotal role in shaping our data strategy and data engineering team culture.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
- 5+ years experience in data engineering, with demonstrated experience designing, building, and scaling data pipelines and infrastructure from the ground up
- Strong product orientation, with proven ability to identify opportunities, prioritize initiatives, and deliver data solutions that drive measurable business value
- Deep expertise in cloud data platforms
- Proficiency in Python and SQL both for data processing and ETL, as well as for closely collaborating with the Machine Learning Engineering team
- Track record of mentoring engineers and establishing engineering standards, documentation, and best practices
- Familiarity with marketing data ecosystems (GA4, advertising platforms, CRMs, CDPs)
- Great communication, and an ability to communicate with the spectrum of technical levels present at an organization like Code and Theory, which is 50/50 Tech/Creative
NICE TO HAVE
- Experience with data governance, privacy compliance, and security best practices
- Experience integrating AI/ML capabilities into data pipelines; exposure to GenAI applications
ABOUT US
Born in 2001, Code and Theory is a digital-first creative agency that sits at the center of creativity and technology. We pride ourselves on not only solving consumer and business problems, but also helping to establish new capabilities for our clients. With a global client roster of Fortune 100s and start-ups alike, we crave the hardest problems to solve. We have teams distributed across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. The Code and Theory global network of agencies is growing and includes Kettle, Instrument, Left Field Labs, Create Group, Current, and TrueLogic.
Striving never to be pigeonholed, we work across every major category: from tech to CPG, financial services to travel & hospitality, government and education to media and publishing. We value the collaboration with our client partners, including but not limited to Adidas, Amazon, Con Edison, Diageo, EY, J.P. Morgan Chase, Lenovo, Marriott, Mars, Microsoft, Thomson Reuters, and TikTok.
The Code and Theory network is comprised of nearly 2,000 people with 50% engineers and 50% creative talent. We’re always on the lookout for smart, driven, and forward-thinking people to join our team.
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What We Do
Code and Theory is a strategically driven, digital-first creative agency that lives at the intersection of creativity and technology. We solve consumer and business problems across the entire customer journey that flex to meet the ever-changing needs of consumer expectations. We put the user, their behaviors and needs, at the center of everything we do — from our proprietary research methodologies, to product development processes, to how we create brand, channel and messaging strategies. Our goal is simple: to solve our clients business problems.
We bring big ideas to life by looking holistically at brand ecosystems where digital plays a prominent role in driving the consumer from first-touch through to conversion to relationship deepening over time. We identify gaps in the consumer journey and opportunities in culture that require products, services or communications to fill. We work across categories, ranging as far and wide as health care (Pfizer, Sanofi, Reach MD, Bioreference Laboratories) to financial services (JP Morgan Chase, Prudential, Morgan Stanley, First Data) to cpg (Mars, Unilever, Johnson & Johnson) to technology companies (Facebook, Xerox, Samsung, Comcast) to culture brands (adidas, H&M). And because our DNA is in publishing — we’ve embedded in over 135 newsrooms in the past decade — we bring unique expertise in understanding how content is created, distributed and optimized, including our work with CNN, NBC News, NBC Sports, and Bustle Digital Group.
At Code and Theory, we strive to only be limited by our own ambition and creativity. We believe in pushing our creativity beyond the easy and obvious answers in order to deliver the solutions that are right for our clients, their businesses, and their consumers.
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