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Sr. Lead Data Engineer

Chick-fil-A, Inc. · Atlanta, GA · posted 6 days ago

In short: Sr. Lead Data Engineer at Chick-fil-A, Inc. in Atlanta, GA, posted 6 days ago.

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Chick-fil-A, Inc.employer
Atlanta, GAlocation
Data, analytics and AIsub-niche
6 days agoposted
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The job

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EmployerChick-fil-A, Inc.
LocationAtlanta, Georgia
FieldTechnology › Data, analytics and AI
LevelSenior Level
Source categoryData and Analytics
Posted2026-11-02 (6 days ago)
Work arrangementOn-site at the location listed
PayNot published in the source listing

Job description

How We Work At Chick-fil-A

Chick-fil-A, Inc. ('Chick-fil-A' or 'the Company') Staff members play a vital role in achieving our strategic goals by developing their skills, fostering inclusive teamwork, and embracing innovation. All Staff are expected to contribute to a compelling future by inspiring and motivating those around them. Growth and development are essential at Chick-fil-A. We want Staff to seek new perspectives and adopt new methods to drive continuous improvement and adaptation to evolving business needs. Lastly, we ask Staff to seek wisdom, expect the best, accept responsibility, respond with courage, and think others first.

Our Flexible Futures Model offers a healthy mix of working in person (currently a minimum of 8-10 days per month) and virtually,  strengthening key elements of the Chick-fil-A culture by fostering collaboration and community.
Overview

The Professional/Individual Contributor Staff member is responsible for performing work responsibilities, building relationships, and sharing expertise and experience as he/she contributes to specific bodies of work, builds connections, and optimizes performance.

As a Senior Lead Data Engineer, you will be responsible for leading complex project work as a part of a larger cross-functional team in support of Supply Chain. Sr. Lead Data Engineers typically design, implement, maintain, and optimize necessary analytics infrastructure on technically complex projects, focusing on developing solutions to data modeling and/or analytics technology needs. You must have a general understand of Supply Chain operations and be able to quickly develop mastery of the needed subject area across Supply Chain.

Our Senior Lead Data Engineers work with wide latitude for action or decisions on projects that are more complex and cross functional in nature. They serve as technical anchors within one or more product areas or platform capabilities, applying adv anced knowledge to outcomes of complexity and providing technical leadership and consultation to peer engineers on the design patterns, modeling standards, and testing frameworks that keep data products consistent, scalable, and aligned to enterprise standards. They act as a subject-matter-expert and resource on data and/or analytics technology, and they may represent SCDA
in external conversations. They also assist with the selection or oversight of outside vendor partners. They are expected to influence the proje ct execution of IT and analyst teams. Successful candidates for this role must have strong analytical and data modeling skills, a deep understanding of database technology and data use within analytic platforms, and they must have strong programming skills with SQL and Python.

We expect our Senior Lead Data Engineers to have demonstrated fluency in both the technology language of IT and the analyst language of Supply Chain. They bring deep experience developing and implementing data models for analytic use and strong proficiency with cloud database architecture. They apply seasoned judgment to ambiguous, multi-source data problems, balancing performance, cost, and maintainability, and they work steadfastly with cross-functional partners to create impactful change.

Responsibilities

• Exhibits wide latitude in aligning Supply Chain stakeholders and IT to translate business logic into scalable data and analytic solutions on complex projects.
• Develops ETL pipelines for Supply Chain consumption, establishing patterns for repeatable, scalable ETL work that others can leverage in their work.
• Develops tool, data, and analytics best practices for SCDA and advises on their integration into operational practices.
• Designs specific tool implementations, understanding Databricks, DBT, and cloud compute performance requirements and expectations.
• Helps design patterns for efficient use of cloud compute resources.

• Drives architecture decisions and establishes the technical approach for the product area, balancing performance, cost, and maintainability on ambiguous, multi
source data problems.

• Defines design patterns, modeling standards, and testing
frameworks for the product area, and leads design reviews to guide engineering work across the team.
• Provides technical direction and mentorship to peer engineers, building capability across the product area without requiring managerial oversight.
• Owns and is accountable for data model and code quality and any relevant documentation.
• Acts as a technical anchor for one or more product areas or platform capabilities, owning end
• Implements data governance and master data management principles across specific project execution.
• Act as a subject matter expert and resource on data and/or analytics technology issues for the larger SCDA community.
• Drives complex projects to success and enables others to own the impact.

• Manages any needed maintenance and quality control on data pipelines or data products they have built which are actively in use.

Required Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities)

• Has strong analytical and data modeling skills
• Has a deep understanding of cloud database technology
• Has a deep understanding of analytic platform data use
• Has strong programming skills in SQL and Python
• Has experience developing and implementing data models for analytic use
• Has moderate experience with cloud database architecture
• Has the skill to partner with cross functional teams using strong written and verbal communication
• Fast learner and proven problem solver
• Keen eye for system thinking and process design, especially with respect to scalability and automation
• Keen eye for detail and thoughtful investigation of data
• Has a steadfast focus on creating impactful change

Preferred Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities)

• Has some experience using the AWS big data technology stack
• Has extensive experience with Databricks, dbt, Snowflake, or similar distributed platforms
• Has extensive experience with Tableau or similar data visualization tools
• Has some experience implementing data governance principles
• Has experience defining engineering standards, design patterns, or leading design reviews for peer engineers within a product area or discipline

Required Years of Experience

5

Preferred Years of Experience

10

Travel Requirements

10%

Required Level of Education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred Level of Education

Master's Degree

Required Major/Concentration

MIS, Decision Sciences, Engineering, Business Analytics, Computer Science or other similar fields

Preferred Major/Concentration

MIS, Decision Sciences, Engineering, Business Analytics, Computer Science or other similar fields

Relocation Assistance Provided

No

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About the role

This is a Senior Level role in the Technology field (Data, analytics and AI) at Chick-fil-A, Inc.. Senior roles usually expect substantial experience, ownership of results and often the ability to guide others.

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Estimate for a wage earner: 2026 federal brackets and standard deduction (IRS), Social Security 6.2% up to $184,500, Medicare 1.45% (+0.9% above $200,000 single / $250,000 married), and a state rate you set; set your own state tax rate. It ignores credits, pre-tax deductions, local taxes and benefits. Sources: IRS: tax year 2026 inflation adjustments · SSA wage base per Federal Register notice 2025-19763.

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The city

The job is in Atlanta, GA. Below is what the official statistics say about living and working there.

How Atlanta compares. Among the 100 largest places in Georgia, Atlanta is #1 by population, #10 for remote work (#1 = most), #15 for college degrees (#1 = most), #73 for homeownership (#1 = highest). Its county, Fulton County, is #1 of 159 counties for average pay ($100,817).

The place in numbers

Atlanta has 505,268 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 4.6% of the population of Georgia. It covers 135 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 3,734 people per square mile. The median age is 34.2, 9% younger than the state median (34.2 against 37.6).

Housing

The median gross rent is $1,711 a month (rent plus utilities), 23% above the state median ($1,711 against $1,393). Over a year that is 24.0% of the median household income. US housing guidance treats housing as affordable when it takes 30% of income or less, so the typical household is under that line. The median home value is $439,600, which is 5.1 times the median household income ($85,652); a ratio above 5 usually means buying is out of reach without savings or a second income. 46.4% of households own their home, 29% below the state average (46.4% against 65.7%). A low ownership share points to a rental-heavy market with more apartments and shorter stays.

Work and pay

The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metropolitan area has 2,889,670 jobs in the BLS wage survey, and the median pay across all occupations is $51,170 a year, about the same as the national median ($51,170 against $50,980). The biggest occupation groups are office and administrative support (328,500 jobs, median $47,040); transportation and material moving (313,910 jobs, median $44,120); sales and related (277,630 jobs, median $37,550). The area is most specialised in business and financial operations (1.3 times) and legal (1.3 times), where the share of workers is above the national share. The best-paying groups with at least 5,000 jobs are management ($130,550) and computer and mathematical ($110,010). In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of Fulton County was 3.6%. 68.7% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in Fulton County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.

Getting around

Among workers, 52.9% drive alone, 5.7% use public transit, 3.9% walk, 29.7% work from home. 14.2% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, 28% below the state average (14.2% against 19.8%). Remote work is more common than in the state as a whole, which widens the set of employers a resident can work for without moving.

People and education

59.2% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 69% above the state share (59.2% against 35.0%). 9.0% of residents were born outside the United States, 19% below the state share (9.0% against 11.2%). The poverty rate is 16.9%, 27% above the state rate (16.9% against 13.4%).

Climate

The warmest month is Jul, averaging 80°F (26.5°C), and the coolest is Jan at 40°F (4.7°C). About 1,292 mm (51 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; Dec is the wettest month (133 mm) and Oct the driest (88 mm). These values come from NASA satellite-based climatology on a grid of about 50 km, so they describe the wider area, not a weather station in the city.

Nearby cities to compare

Closest cities in this guide: North Druid Hills (7 miles, rent 10% higher); East Point (7 miles, rent 20% lower); Vinings (7 miles, rent 7% higher); Decatur (7 miles, rent 3% lower). Rent differences are against Atlanta; use the Compare tab to put any two cities side by side.

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Where to live

CITY Official statistics Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year (via Census Reporter) · Data: ACS 2020–2024

Places within 50 miles (straight line) of Atlanta, GA that have a guide, with what living there costs. No pay estimate is shown because the title did not match one occupation.

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Place ⇅Distance from the job city ⇅Median rent ⇅Median home value ⇅Median household income ⇅Commute 45+ min ⇅Rent as % of occupation pay ⇅Open jobs there ⇅
Atlanta, GA0 mi$1,711$439,600$85,65214.2%n/aJobs
North Druid Hills, GA7 mi$1,874$515,900$102,7428.0%n/a—
East Point, GA7 mi$1,364$281,600$68,59817.8%n/a—
Vinings, GA7 mi$1,839$604,600$94,9829.3%n/a—
Decatur, GA7 mi$1,655$701,400$139,39715.5%n/a—
North Decatur, GA8 mi$1,913$474,600$110,87116.4%n/a—
Brookhaven, GA8 mi$1,882$692,700$117,66310.3%n/a—
College Park, GA9 mi$1,207$325,800$51,6357.2%n/aJobs
Smyrna, GA9 mi$1,739$449,500$100,06118.6%n/a—
Candler-McAfee, GA9 mi$1,498$259,300$64,69921.8%n/a—
Belvedere Park, GA9 mi$1,534$296,600$65,46220.7%n/a—
Mableton, GA10 mi$1,472$313,100$77,98022.7%n/a—
Forest Park, GA11 mi$1,189$143,400$41,21120.6%n/a—
Chamblee, GA11 mi$1,859$432,800$84,45211.9%n/a—
Clarkston, GA11 mi$1,422$302,600$48,56426.2%n/a—
Sandy Springs, GA12 mi$1,870$619,800$104,34012.6%n/a—
South Fulton, GA13 mi$1,702$309,800$82,32425.0%n/a—
Lithia Springs, GA13 mi$1,402$220,000$62,41723.6%n/a—
Riverdale, GA14 mi$1,360$178,800$63,45514.7%n/a—
Dunwoody, GA14 mi$1,859$602,900$121,90312.8%n/a—

Career paths

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Distances

CITY Calculation (straight line) Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer (coordinates) · Data: 2024

How far Atlanta, GA is from the 20 largest US cities, in straight-line miles (not driving distance). Click a column to sort.

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Charlotte, NC228 mi903,844
Jacksonville, FL287 mi977,670
Indianapolis, IN426 mi885,860
Columbus, OH437 mi914,802
Chicago, IL585 mi2,711,226
Philadelphia, PA670 mi1,579,706
Houston, TX700 mi2,328,253
Dallas, TX716 mi1,307,930
New York, NY747 mi8,483,844
Fort Worth, TX749 mi963,194
Oklahoma City, OK753 mi697,125
Austin, TX816 mi979,539
San Antonio, TX880 mi1,479,835
Denver, CO1,203 mi718,877
Phoenix, AZ1,586 mi1,642,323
San Diego, CA1,883 mi1,389,526
Los Angeles, CA1,940 mi3,857,263
San Jose, CA2,103 mi990,138
San Francisco, CA2,167 mi830,235
Seattle, WA2,177 mi754,195

Nearby cities with open jobs (within 120 miles)

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City ⇅Straight-line distance ⇅Open jobs ⇅
College Park, GA9 mi5
Alpharetta, GA23 mi55
Chattanooga, TN102 mi5

The employer

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