Technical Team Lead

Data Services team is looking for a Technical Leader for our Cross-Functional Team of data engineers and QA experts in designing a scalable data architecture, enhancing data storage and retrieval with focus on automation, quality and innovation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of 3 engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Provide technical guidance and direction, ensuring team members are aligned with business goals and best practices.
• Manage the hiring process, onboarding, and professional development of team members.
• Conduct regular performance reviews and establish clear career development plans.
• Ensure smooth migration from legacy systems to newer architectures, including subsystems refactoring and optimization.
• Work closely with product managers, technology managers, and cross-functional teams to define technical requirements and project timelines.
• Define and enforce engineering best practices, including code quality standards, version control, and pipelines.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement within the team, fostering a learning culture and openness to adopting new technologies.
• Facilitate clear communication between teams, ensuring alignment with business goals and product strategies.
• Assemble large, complex data sets that meet functional / non-functional business requirements.
• Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions and effectively convey progress and risks to leadership.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years experience with Python
• 2+ years experience with .NET (any .NET Framework or .NET Core) database domain models, n-layered design, OOP Experience
• Relevant experience with SQL query language  (PostgreSQL or other SQL databases )
• Working experience debugging unfamiliar code Deep understanding of software solutions performance, scalability, and maintainability
• Working experience writing code per coding standards.
• Understanding of concepts like design patterns and threading.
• Working experience with GIT.
   

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of basic Linux commands is considered a plus
• Experience with Pentaho is considered a plus
• Experience with PostgresSQL/Athena is considered a plus
• Experience with JupyterNotebook  is considered a plus

Morningstar’s hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to work remotely and collaborate in-person each week. We’ve found that we’re at our best when we’re purposely together on a regular basis, at least three days each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you’ll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.