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title: 'Lead Data Engineer at Exadel'
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# Lead Data Engineer at Exadel

- **Company:** Exadel
- **Location:** Bulgaria, Georgia, Poland, Romania
- **Posted:** 2026-06-09
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/externaljobboards/jobs/6017115004

## Job description

## Why Join Exadel

We’re an AI-first global tech company with 25+ years of engineering leadership, 2,000+ team members, and 500+ active projects powering Fortune 500 clients, including HBO, Microsoft, Google, and Starbucks.

From AI platforms to digital transformation, we partner with enterprise leaders to build what’s next.

What powers it all? Our people are ambitious, collaborative, and constantly evolving.

## What You’ll Do

- Review available data sources, access patterns, interfaces, and integration options
- Assess data availability, quality, completeness, and readiness for prioritized use cases
- Identify ingestion, ETL/ELT, API, and system integration requirements
- Validate whether proposed AI, automation, and reporting use cases are technically feasible
- Identify implementation risks, blockers, dependencies, and assumptions
- Support platform recommendation with implementation-level input
- Provide rough sizing for Phase 2 build activities
- Help distinguish what can be piloted quickly versus what requires deeper platform work
- Support technical documentation for final recommendations

## What You Bring

- Strong hands-on data engineering or backend engineering background
- Experience with ETL/ELT, data pipelines, APIs, cloud data services, and enterprise integrations
- Working knowledge of Azure, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, AWS, or comparable platforms
- Ability to assess data readiness and implementation feasibility
- Experience supporting architecture and discovery phases
- Ability to communicate technical risks clearly to non-technical stakeholders

## Nice to Have

- ERP, CRM, MES, finance, reporting, or operational systems integration
- Experience with data quality, master data, data ingestion, and platform modernization
- Exposure to AI/ML or GenAI implementation prerequisites

English level

Upper-Intermediate

Legal & Hiring Information

- Exadel is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to inclusion across minority, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, and more.
- Reasonable accommodations are available to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- Please note: this job description is not exhaustive. Duties and responsibilities may evolve based on business needs.
- Compensation details are shared with candidates at the early stage of the recruitment process.
- The offer is not binding until a signed contract is in place.

## Your Benefits at Exadel

Exadel benefits vary by location and contract type. Your recruiter will fill you in on the details.

- International projects
- In-office, hybrid, or remote flexibility
- Medical healthcare
- Recognition program
- Ongoing learning & reimbursement
- Well-being program
- Team events & local benefits
- Sports compensation
- Referral bonuses
- Top-tier equipment provision

Exadel Culture

We lead with trust, respect, and purpose. We believe in open dialogue, creative freedom, and mentorship that helps you grow, lead, and make a real difference. Ours is a culture where ideas are challenged, voices are heard, and your impact matters.

## About Exadel

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Exadel is a data and AI advisory and engineering company that helps enterprises design, build, and scale the systems at the heart of their business.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped)
- **Headquarters**: Walnut Creek, California, USA
- **Founded**: 1998
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: AI-Enabled Digital Engineering, Data Engineering & Analytics, AI Engineering, Digital Experiences, Program Delivery and Modernization
- **Target customers**: B2B, Enterprise (Fortune 500 clients including HPE, Deloitte, Home Depot, McKesson)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "We fuse engineering precision, data intelligence, and AI innovation to help our clients move with purpose and lead with certainty."

## Products & Services
- **AI Engineering**: From model design to MLOps and integration, bringing responsible AI into production.
- **Data Engineering & Analytics**: Transforming fragmented data into clean, governed, and AI-ready ecosystems.
- **AI-Enabled Product Engineering**: Embedding AI into the development process to deliver software that evolves with the business.
- **Digital Experiences**: Engineering digital experiences from mobile to enterprise.
- **Program Delivery and Modernization Leadership**: Leading complex transformations from discovery to rollout with measurable outcomes.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private, bootstrapped company)
- **Key Metric**: 2,000+ engineers worldwide; 100+ enterprise clients; 25+ years delivering enterprise software
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Clients include HPE, Deloitte, Home Depot, McKesson
- **Growth Signals**: 2,000+ engineers in 30 countries; 9/10 client satisfaction rating; expanding into GenAI era with AI strategy and advisory services

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep engineering roots**: Founded in 1998 as a pure engineering firm, evolving into data and AI advisory without losing engineering depth.
- **Outcome-based model**: "We’re not consultants who code, or coders who consult. We’re engineers who own outcomes."
- **Global scale with agility**: 2,000+ engineers across 30 countries, enabling multi-shore delivery at competitive prices.
- **Proven enterprise trust**: 25+ years serving Fortune 500 clients (HPE, Deloitte, Home Depot, McKesson) with a 9/10 client satisfaction rating.
- **Responsible AI focus**: Emphasizes ethical AI governance and responsible AI adoption, not just technical implementation.

## Strategic Focus
- **Leading the GenAI era**: Combining deep engineering roots with AI strategy to turn experimentation into adoption and pilots into platforms.
- **Expanding advisory capabilities**: Adding program leadership, data strategy, and ethical AI governance to complement engineering delivery.
- **Automation and CX optimization**: Helping clients automate core processes and reimagine customer experiences with data, design, and AI-driven insight.

## Why Work Here
- **Work where it makes sense**: Remote-first culture with 32 offices globally; employees can work from home, a local office, or somewhere in between.
- **Outcome-focused culture**: "We focus on outcomes, not hours. You’re trusted to manage your time—we’re not here to micro-manage your day."
- **Strong L&D investment**: Certifications, courses, and conferences fully covered; a "living system" designed to deepen skills and grow leaders.
- **International projects**: Build real AI solutions for global clients on modern stacks.
- **Great people**: "Work with smart, supportive people who take pride in what they do. At Exadel, great teammates aren’t the exception. They’re the norm."
- **Benefits**: Medical insurance, sports memberships, vouchers and reimbursements; health and family first.
- **Hiring process**: 5-step transparent process; AI is used to work smarter but every hiring decision is made by a human.
- **Remote/Hybrid/Office**: Remote-first with 32 offices globally; typical time on-site is "None" per Built In.

## Sources
1. [exadel.com](https://exadel.com/about/)
2. [exadel.com](https://exadel.com/)
3. [exadel.com](https://exadel.com/careers/life-at-exadel)
4. [exadel.com](https://exadel.com/careers/careers)
5. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/exadel)

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