AtThe Coca-ColaCompany, we believe data is the foundation for creating personalized experiences and powering sustainable growth in today’s digital-first world. As consumers engage with our brands in more connected ways than ever before, we are investing in advanced data and analytics platforms to unlock deeper insights, accelerate decision-making, and enable seamless innovation at scale.
This senior leadership role combines deep technicalproficiency(hands-on)in modern data engineering witha strategicdirection to enable enterprise-scale integration acrossCoca‑Cola’sData and Analytics platforms. You will drive both the engineering rigor and the career development of your team.
Core Responsibilities
Provide Strategic Technical Leadership:Champion modern data engineering principles and a systems-thinking approach across multiple teams, ensuring architectural integrity and alignment with Coca‑Cola’sData Integration strategy.
Develop and Inspire High-Performing Teams:Lead and mentor a diverse team of data integration professionals, buildingcapabilities in advancedarchitectures, fostering a culture of learning, and supporting career progression.
Drive Engineering Excellence:Promote engineering practices -advancing modular design, functional programming standards, and continuous testing across all integration solutions.
Lead Design and Delivery of Scalable Data Architectures:Shape and implement distributed pipelines and Medallion architectures using technologies such as Apache Spark and Scala within the Microsoft Fabric ecosystem to enable flexible, efficient data integration.
Enhance Performance and Optimization:Apply advanced techniques for Spark workload tunin g -addressing memory, partitioning, and query planning to deploy efficient batch and streaming processes.
Drive Data FinOps and Cloud Cost Governance:Implement robust cost monitoring, workload forecasting, and capacity planning for Microsoft Fabric and associated cloud infrastructure to maximize ROI, ensure efficient computeutilization, and balance fiscal accountability with performance SLAs.
Required Qualifications & Experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
Proven experience(10+ years)directly managing, mentoring, and developing software or data engineering teams.
Strong communicationand stakeholder engagement skills, partnering effectively across business, technology, and product teams to deliver scalable solutions aligned to enterpriseobjectives
Proven experience managing, mentoring, and scaling software or data engineering teams, with a strongtrack recordof leading complex projects and developing senior engineering staff.
Software Engineering (8+ years): Extensive polyglot development experience on the JVM, with a strict requirement for deepproficiencyin Scala. Mustdemonstratea strong grasp of functional programming, concurrency models, and modularization.
Spark Expertise (6+ years): Deep, hands-on experience building,debuggingandoptimizingdistributed computing applications using Apache Spark.
DevOps & CI/CD: Proven ability to build automated release cycles. Hands-onexpertisewith Git, GitHub Actions, and build tools (Maven/SBT, UV arerequired).
Delivery: Experience in Agile development (Scrum, lean techniques) and collaborating with global engineering teams.
Preferred Qualifications
Certification in cloud platforms or data engineering (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect, Databricks Certified Professional).
Background in platform cost governance and workload performance modeling at enterprise scale.
The Coca-Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1-B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require The Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.
Skills:
Data Engineering, Data Integration, Java Virtual Machine (JVM), Software Engineering
Pay Range:
United States of America: 202,000 USD - 229,000 USD
Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.
Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:
30
Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target.
Location(s):
United States of America
City/Cities:
Atlanta
Travel Required:
00% - 25%
Relocation Provided:
No
Job Posting End Date:
August 14, 2026
Our Purpose and Growth Culture:
We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. When we collect your personal information as part of a job application or offer of employment, we do so in accordance with industry standards and best practices and in compliance with applicable privacy laws.
From our roots at the counter of a local Atlanta pharmacy, to our current portfolio of more than 200 beverages, The Coca-Cola Company is one of the most globally-recognized brands in the world. Today, our lineup features beloved beverage brands, including
Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, smartwater, Dasani, Topo Chico, BODYARMOR, Powerade, Costa, Georgia, Goldpeak, Minute Maid, Simply, fairlife and more.
The Coca-Cola Company is committed to bringing about real change – to our industry, to our local economies, and to the world around us. Through constant evolution, we continue to reimagine the way we refresh the world and make a difference.
We're innovating our portfolio with products that give people more varieties that meet our consumers where they are.
We're working with global partners to transform our business, and grow it in more sustainable ways.
And we're providing jobs and opportunities to the local economies where our people live and work, employing 700,000 people throughout our global system alongside bottling partners.
If you're a changemaker looking to make a change, come join us in our mission to refresh the world and make a difference.
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