Lead Data Engineer

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We need a skilled Lead Data Engineer to join our Marketing Operations & Engineering team. This role involves developing and expanding the data infrastructure supporting our B2B marketing analytics framework, providing deeper insights into account and contact engagement, campaign performance, and marketing initiatives.

• Design and uphold sturdy data pipelines and ETL processes for the ingestion and processing of B2B marketing data from various origins, including CRM systems like Dynamics and Salesforce.
• Lead engineering efforts by collaborating with cross-functional teams (marketing, analytics, data science, product) to define data requirements and ensure data quality and consistency.
• Develop scalable data models for a unified B2B Data Mart supporting targeting, marketing measurement, and planning.
• Automate contact and account data enrichment workflows using third-party data providers and internal systems.
• Develop and maintain data assets to support dashboards and reporting tools for B2B marketing performance and engagement metrics.
• Ensure high performance, reliability, and security of the B2B data infrastructure.

• 8+ years of background in data engineering, emphasizing B2B marketing data.
• Proven expertise in SQL, Python, Spark, and data pipeline orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, dbt).
• Experience with CursorAI or similar platforms for intelligent data workflows and automation.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and cloud-based analytics environments such as Databricks.
• Familiarity with CRM systems like Salesforce and Dynamics, and their data models.
• Understanding of B2B marketing operations, including campaign metadata, segmentation, and behavioral analytics.
• Experience working with Data Scientists and BI Engineers to deliver actionable insights.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical collaborators.
• Background in supporting agile marketing or growth teams is a plus.

At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans.  Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

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