[Hiring] Senior Data & Analytics Engineer @Lanter Delivery Systems LLC

Role Description

The Senior Data & Analytics Engineer supports the continued development and reliability of Lanter’s enterprise data platform. Working within an Azure and Databricks environment, this position builds and enhances data pipelines, integrates new data sources, develops reporting-ready datasets, and implements automated testing to protect the integrity of production ETL/ELT processes.

This hands-on role works across data engineering, analytics, data modeling, governance, and reporting. The position partners with business and technical stakeholders to translate complex requirements into accurate, scalable, and understandable data solutions.

Essential Duties and Key Deliverables:

• Build and operate ETL/ELT pipelines using Databricks, SQL, Python, Spark/PySpark, and Azure Data Lake.
• Develop an integrated enterprise gold-layer model spanning source systems, customers, and operating companies.
• Build dimensional serving-layer and data-mart models with deliberate decisions regarding grain, keys, conformed dimensions, historical data, and slowly changing dimensions.
• Implement automated regression testing using defined inputs and expected outputs to validate pipelines and transformations.
• Own orchestration, observability, performance, failure diagnosis, replay and recovery, root-cause fixes, and cost management for assigned production solutions.
• Partner with stakeholders to reconcile business definitions and establish data requirements, rules, ownership, and governance standards.
• Apply disciplined engineering practices, including Git, code review, reusable components, automated testing, controlled deployments, and technical documentation.
• Develop analytics and reporting solutions using Sigma, Power BI, or comparable platforms.
• Support strategic data initiatives across Lanter’s business units and industry verticals, including AI, operational visibility, and analytics enablement.
• Independently own deliverables and provide technical guidance on complex data and analytics needs.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, BI engineering, or a related field.
• Strong, recent, hands-on experience developing production pipelines with Python and Spark/PySpark.
• Advanced SQL skills and hands-on experience with Databricks, Azure Data Lake, and Azure DevOps or comparable technologies.
• Experience designing integrated enterprise models and dimensional data marts, including grain, keys, conformed dimensions, history, and slowly changing dimensions.
• Experience implementing automated testing, regression testing, data-quality controls, and pipeline validation.
• Experience operating production data solutions, including monitoring, optimization, troubleshooting, recovery, and cost management.
• Experience with Git, code review, CI/CD, reusable development practices, and technical documentation.
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable data and analytics solutions.
• Strong communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and independent ownership skills.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in logistics, transportation, supply chain, or another operationally complex environment.
• Experience supporting data governance, AI, or advanced analytics initiatives.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities but is expected to provide technical guidance and serve as a resource for complex data and analytics needs.

Position Type

This is a full-time, remote position. Proximity to Lanter’s St. Louis headquarters is preferred but not required, and there is no regular onsite work requirement.

Travel

Travel may be required periodically for company meetings, training, or other business needs.

Work Environment

This job is performed in a professional remote or office environment. The role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and other job-related technology or systems. The team member may be required to sit for extended periods of time while working at a computer and communicating with internal and external business partners.

Physical Demands

The team member is regularly required to listen, communicate verbally and in writing, sit for extended periods of time, use a computer and other office equipment, and occasionally lift up to 15 pounds at a time.

Other Duties

This job description is not designed to cover a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the team member for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may vary by location based on business needs and may change at any time with or without notice.

EEO Statement

Lanter Delivery Systems provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all team members and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Lanter Delivery Systems complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Lanter Delivery Systems expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Lanter Delivery Systems team members to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.