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McGraw Hill · 1 hour ago

Lead Data Engineer

McGraw Hill is a company focused on building meaningful enterprise learning solutions. The Lead Data Engineer will enhance the company's intelligence and data capabilities by transforming various data into actionable insights and overseeing platform performance while architecting scalable solutions.

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Responsibilities

Develop and deliver scalable data solutions using AWS and/or Oracle technologies, leveraging strong data modeling skills, SCD practices, and modern cloud architecture
Translate business requirements into technical designs, creating detailed specifications, solution documentation, and end-to-end integration models (facts, dimensions, star schemas, aggregations)
Build optimized, parallel-processing ETL pipelines using Informatica and advanced transformations, supported by Unix scripting for workflow automation, cleanup, and file management
Manage and enhance cloud platform performance to meet daily runbook SLAs, ensuring reliable, efficient data operations across financial and operational systems like Oracle ERP and Oracle DB
Provide technical leadership through the full software development lifecycle, offering guidance from requirements through implementation while supporting Agile/Kanban delivery practices
Utilize Git, Jira, and other engineering tools to maintain version control, collaborate effectively, and support continuous improvement in data engineering processes

Qualification

AWSInformatica/IICSOracle DBData warehousingPythonUnix shell scriptingDatabricksCloud environmentsAgile/KanbanGitJiraTableauAlteryxFinancial datasetsIBM Planning Analytics

Required

8+ years of data engineering experience using Informatica/IICS, Oracle DB, Oracle packages, AWS data services such as Athena with Iceberg, Lambda, EMR, Glue, and platforms like Databricks
Expertise in data warehousing, modern data lake architectures, and large-scale data engineering practices
Strong programming skills in Python, Scala, Java, or Node, along with at least 1 year of Unix shell scripting
5+ years working with cloud environments including OCI, AWS, or Azure with a focus on data technologies
Experience working with financial datasets such as sales, revenue, COGS, and manufacturing, and familiarity with Tableau or Alteryx

Preferred

Preferred experience in the publishing or education domain
Preferred experience with IBM Planning Analytics (TM1)

Benefits

A full range of medical and/or other benefits may be provided, depending on the position offered.

Company

McGraw Hill

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We are a leading global education company that partners with millions of educators, learners and professionals around the world.

H1B Sponsorship

McGraw Hill has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (27)
2024 (13)
2023 (23)
2022 (37)
2021 (27)
2020 (28)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
unknown
2025-07-24IPO
2021-09-30Private Equity
2021-06-15Acquired

Leadership Team

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Lloyd G. Waterhouse
CEO & President
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Simon Allen
President & CEO
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