Data Engineer - Validation & quality

Data Engineer - Remote

Nearshore engineer on a team converting SAS code to Python and SQL on Databricks using generative AI. You will work with the existing accelerators, own deliverables end to end, and communicate directly with client and partner stakeholders.

Required for both:

4+ years of professional data or software engineering experience

Strong Python and SQL

Hands-on Databricks (Unity Catalog, Workflows, Databricks Asset Bundles)

GitLab CI/CD: pipelines, merge request workflows, automated testing

Git branching and code review discipline

Clear written and spoken English with client-facing partners

Demonstrated ownership: scoping, delivering, and flagging risk without prompting

Focus: Pipeline reliability, validation, and delivery of converted code.

Responsibilities:

Build and run the pipelines that process SAS inventories and converted outputs

Validate converted code for parity against SAS outputs (row counts, checksums, schema, data types)

Own deployment through DABs and GitLab CI/CD

Manage Unity Catalog objects, permissions, and environment promotion

Troubleshoot job failures and performance issues

Required:

Spark and Delta Lake performance tuning

Data validation and reconciliation experience

Infrastructure as code or DAB-based deployment experience

Nice to have:

SAS reading ability, healthcare data exposure, Azure.

Location – Hyderabad (Hybrid)

Work Experience – 5 to 7 years

CTC – upto 20 LPA

Roles & Responsibilities:

· We are looking for a Senior Data Engineering who will be majorly responsible for designing, building and maintaining ETL/ ELT pipelines.

· Integration of data from multiple sources or vendors to provide the holistic insights from data.

· You are expected to build and manage Data warehouse solutions, designing data models, creating ETL processes, implementing data quality mechanisms etc.

· Performs EDA (exploratory data analysis) required to troubleshoot data related issues and assist in the resolution of data issues.

· Should have experience in client interaction.

· Experience in mentoring juniors and providing required guidance.

Required Technical Skills

· Extensive hands on experience in Python, Pyspark, SQL, Dataiku.

· Strong experience in Data Warehouse, ETL, Data Modelling, building ETL Pipelines, Snowflake database.

· Working knowledge in Databricks, Redshift, ADF etc.

· Hands-on experience in cloud services like Azure, AWS- S3, Glue, Lambda, CloudWatch, Athena.

· Sound knowledge in end-to-end Data management, Data ops, quality and data governance.

· Familiar with SFDC, Waterfall/ Agile methodology.

· Strong domain knowledge in Pharma domain/ life sciences commercial data operations.

Qualifications

· Bachelor’s or master’s Engineering/ MCA or equivalent degree.

· 5-7 years of relevant industry experience as Data Engineer.

· Experience working on Pharma syndicated data such as IQVIA, Veeva, Symphony; Claims, CRM, Sales etc.

· High motivation, good work ethic, maturity, self-organized and personal initiative.

· Ability to work collaboratively and providing the support to the team.

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 

Job Description – QA & Data Validation Engineer

Experience: 5–6 Years

Location: Pan India

Employment Type: Full-Time

Work Mode: Pan India / Remote or Hybrid as applicable

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced QA & Data Validation Engineer with 5–6 years of hands-on experience in data quality assurance, solution analysis, data validation, SQL, Python, PySpark, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Power BI validation.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for validating large-scale data pipelines, performing source-to-target reconciliation, analyzing business rules, investigating data defects, and ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of data across source, staging, intermediate, and target systems.

The role requires strong analytical and problem-solving skills along with the ability to work closely with development, data engineering, business, and other stakeholders in an Agile delivery environment.

You will also contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of automated validation frameworks and utilities using Python, SQL, PySpark, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Synapse.

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Key Responsibilities

1. QA & Solution Analysis

- Analyze business and technical requirements to understand data processing and validation needs.

- Participate in requirement analysis sessions and clarify functional and technical requirements with stakeholders.

- Review solution designs, data flows, mapping documents, interface specifications, and business rules.

- Validate that implemented solutions meet defined business and technical requirements.

- Identify gaps, inconsistencies, ambiguities, and potential data quality issues during requirement and solution analysis.

- Translate business requirements into detailed test scenarios, test cases, and validation conditions.

- Perform end-to-end validation of data processing workflows.

- Ensure data is accurately processed from source systems through intermediate layers to final outputs.

- Validate business rules and transformation logic implemented within data pipelines.

2. Test Planning & Execution

- Prepare comprehensive test strategies, test plans, test scenarios, and test cases for data-intensive applications.

- Execute functional, integration, regression, system, and data validation testing.

- Perform positive and negative testing for different data processing scenarios.

- Validate data pipelines across multiple environments, including staging, testing, and production.

- Identify test data requirements and prepare appropriate datasets for validation.

- Execute SQL queries to validate data processing and transformation results.

- Document test results, observations, defects, and validation evidence.

- Track testing progress and communicate status, risks, issues, and dependencies to stakeholders.

3. Data Validation & Reconciliation

- Perform detailed source-to-target data validation and reconciliation.

- Validate source, intermediate, staging, and output datasets.

- Perform record count validation between source and target systems.

- Verify data completeness, consistency, accuracy, and integrity.

- Validate data transformations against defined business rules.

- Perform field-level and record-level comparisons.

- Validate data types, formats, precision, scale, and null handling.

- Verify schema structure, layout, column names, and column sequence.

- Validate mandatory and optional fields.

- Identify missing, duplicate, truncated, or incorrectly transformed records.

- Analyze invalid records, rejected records, and exception datasets.

- Verify exception and reject-handling mechanisms.

- Compare production and staging data to identify discrepancies.

- Perform reconciliation between files, databases, and reporting layers.

- Validate data across different processing stages and identify the root cause of discrepancies.

4. File & Data Processing Validation

- Validate large-scale datasets across multiple file formats.

- Perform validation of:

 - CSV files

 - Delimited files

 - Fixed-width files

 - Excel files

 - Database tables

 - Structured and semi-structured datasets

- Validate file layouts, headers, delimiters, record formats, and column sequences.

- Verify file-level and record-level counts.

- Analyze source, intermediate, and final output files.

- Validate file-to-database and database-to-file reconciliation.

- Identify incomplete, corrupted, malformed, or invalid records.

- Verify data movement and transformation between different storage locations.

- Validate Azure-to-AWS file transfer processes.

- Ensure transferred files are complete and match the expected source datasets.

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5. Defect Investigation & Root Cause Analysis

- Investigate data discrepancies and application/data pipeline defects.

- Perform detailed root cause analysis for data quality and validation failures.

- Analyze source data, transformation logic, pipeline execution, database records, and output datasets to identify defects.

- Collaborate with developers and data engineers to resolve identified issues.

- Reproduce defects and provide detailed technical evidence.

- Perform defect impact analysis.

- Conduct retesting and regression testing after defect resolution.

- Monitor recurring data quality issues and recommend preventive solutions.

- Maintain detailed defect documentation and validation results.

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6. Python Development & Automation

- Develop Python scripts and utilities for data validation and reconciliation.

- Design, develop, and maintain reusable data validation frameworks.

- Automate repetitive data comparison and validation activities.

- Build automated utilities for:

 - Record count validation

 - Data completeness checks

 - Schema validation

 - Column sequence validation

 - Source-to-target comparison

 - Duplicate detection

 - Exception identification

 - Data quality checks

 - Automated reporting

- Develop Python-based validation and reporting utilities.

- Optimize Python scripts for processing large datasets.

- Maintain and enhance existing automation frameworks.

- Implement reusable validation components to improve testing efficiency and coverage.

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7. SQL Development & Data Analysis

- Write complex SQL queries for data analysis and validation.

- Perform data extraction and comparison using SQL Server / SSMS.

- Validate source and target database records.

- Perform joins, aggregations, subqueries, CTEs, and analytical queries as required.

- Develop SQL queries to identify data mismatches, duplicates, missing records, and transformation issues.

- Validate database tables, schemas, columns, constraints, and relationships.

- Perform record count and reconciliation checks using SQL.

- Analyze SQL Server metrics databases.

- Validate data processing results against expected business rules.

- Troubleshoot data discrepancies using SQL queries.

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8. PySpark & Large-Scale Data Processing

- Develop and execute PySpark notebooks for large-scale dataset processing and validation.

- Analyze large volumes of structured and semi-structured data.

- Perform data transformation and validation using PySpark.

- Compare large source and target datasets efficiently.

- Implement data quality and reconciliation checks using PySpark.

- Analyze exception, reject, and invalid datasets.

- Optimize data validation processes for large datasets.

- Work with Azure Synapse notebooks and data processing environments.

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9. Azure Data Factory & Pipeline Testing

- Design and execute validation scenarios for Azure Data Factory (ADF) pipelines.

- Validate pipeline execution, data movement, transformations, and dependencies.

- Monitor pipeline runs and investigate failures.

- Validate source-to-target data movement through ADF.

- Develop and maintain test pipelines using Azure Data Factory.

- Verify pipeline parameters, triggers, activities, and execution results.

- Validate file ingestion and processing workflows.

- Perform end-to-end testing of data pipelines.

- Investigate pipeline-related data discrepancies and failures.

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10. Azure Synapse Analytics

- Work with Azure Synapse Analytics for data validation and analysis.

- Develop and execute Synapse notebooks using PySpark.

- Validate datasets processed through Synapse pipelines and notebooks.

- Perform data quality and reconciliation checks within Synapse environments.

- Analyze large-scale datasets and processing results.

- Validate data movement between Azure storage, Synapse, databases, and reporting systems.

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11. Azure Storage & Cosmos DB

- Validate data stored in Azure Storage Accounts and Containers.

- Verify file ingestion, processing, and output data.

- Perform file-level and content-level validation within Azure storage.

- Validate data processing workflows involving Azure Storage.

- Perform data validation in Azure Cosmos DB.

- Verify records, fields, formats, and data completeness within Cosmos DB.

- Investigate discrepancies between source files, Azure storage, databases, and Cosmos DB.

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12. AWS S3 & Azure-to-AWS Validation

- Validate files stored in AWS S3.

- Perform source-to-target validation for files transferred between Azure and AWS.

- Verify file counts, file names, sizes, formats, and record counts.

- Compare source files with transferred S3 files.

- Validate data integrity after cloud-to-cloud file transfers.

- Investigate missing, incomplete, duplicate, or corrupted files.

- Support end-to-end validation of Azure-to-AWS data movement processes.

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13. Metrics, Reporting & Power BI Validation

- Extract and validate source system metrics.

- Validate metrics stored in SQL Server databases.

- Perform reconciliation between source metrics, database metrics, and reporting outputs.

- Validate Power BI dashboards and reports against underlying source data.

- Verify report calculations, KPIs, measures, filters, and aggregations.

- Perform file-to-database-to-Power BI reconciliation.

- Validate data displayed in Power BI against SQL Server and source datasets.

- Identify discrepancies between backend data and dashboard results.

- Support reporting and analytics teams with data validation and troubleshooting.

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14. Production Support & Job Monitoring

- Monitor scheduled data processing jobs and pipelines.

- Perform production validation and health checks.

- Analyze production failures and data discrepancies.

- Support incident investigation and resolution.

- Compare production and staging environments to identify differences.

- Validate production data after deployments and pipeline executions.

- Monitor ECG jobs and provide support for job execution and data processing issues.

- Perform post-production validation and reconciliation.

- Communicate critical production issues and risks to relevant stakeholders.

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15. Agile Delivery & Stakeholder Collaboration

- Work effectively within an Agile/Scrum delivery environment.

- Participate in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

- Collaborate with Business Analysts, Developers, Data Engineers, DevOps teams, Product Owners, and other stakeholders.

- Provide timely updates on testing progress and issues.

- Participate in requirement clarification and solution discussions.

- Support release planning and production deployment activities.

- Track work items and defects using Rally.

- Ensure testing activities are aligned with sprint and release timelines.

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Required Technical Skills

Mandatory Skills

- 5–6 years of experience in QA / Data Validation / Data Testing / Data Quality Engineering.

- Strong experience in SQL and data analysis.

- Hands-on experience with Python development and automation.

- Experience with PySpark and large-scale data processing.

- Strong experience with Azure Data Factory (ADF).

- Experience with Azure Synapse Analytics / Synapse Pipelines / Notebooks.

- Strong understanding of source-to-target data validation and reconciliation.

- Experience in data completeness, record count, schema, layout, and column validation.

- Experience in defect investigation and root cause analysis.

- Experience validating large datasets and multiple file formats.

- Experience with SQL Server / SSMS.

- Experience with Power BI dashboard/report validation.

- Strong understanding of data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes.

Cloud & Data Platform Experience

- Azure Data Factory

- Azure Synapse Analytics

- Azure Synapse Pipelines

- Azure Synapse Notebooks

- Azure Storage Accounts

- Azure Storage Containers

- Azure Cosmos DB

- Azure Privileged Identity Management (PIM)

- AWS S3

- Azure-to-AWS file transfer validation

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Preferred Skills

- Experience developing automated data validation frameworks.

- Experience building automated reporting and reconciliation utilities.

- Knowledge of ETL/ELT testing methodologies.

- Experience working with very large datasets.

- Experience in production data validation and support.

- Knowledge of cloud-based data platforms.

- Experience with Power BI data reconciliation.

- Experience working in Agile environments.

- Experience with Rally or similar Agile project management tools.

- Familiarity with Microsoft Copilot and AI-assisted productivity/automation tools.

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Key Responsibilities at a Glance

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

- Requirement analysis and clarification

- Business rule validation

- Test planning and execution

- Data quality and data validation

- Source-to-target reconciliation

- Record count and completeness validation

- Schema and layout validation

- Column sequence validation

- Exception and reject data analysis

- Production vs. staging comparison

- SQL-based data analysis

- Python automation

- PySpark development

- Azure Data Factory pipeline testing

- Azure Synapse validation

- Azure Storage validation

- Cosmos DB validation

- AWS S3 validation

- Azure-to-AWS file transfer validation

- Power BI dashboard validation

- SQL Server metrics validation

- Automated reporting

- Defect investigation and root cause analysis

- Production job monitoring and support

- Agile delivery and stakeholder collaboration

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Candidate Profile

We are looking for a detail-oriented, analytical, and technically strong QA/Data Validation professional who can work independently on complex data validation assignments.

The candidate should be comfortable working with large datasets, writing SQL queries, developing Python automation, analyzing PySpark datasets, validating cloud-based data pipelines, and troubleshooting data discrepancies across multiple systems.

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills are essential, as the role requires regular collaboration with technical and business teams.

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Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field is preferred.

Experience

5–6 years of relevant professional experience in QA, Data Testing, Data Validation, ETL Testing, Data Quality, Data Engineering QA, or a similar role.

Location

Pan India

Employment Type

Full-Time

Keywords

QA Engineer, Data QA, Data Validation, Data Testing, ETL Testing, Data Quality, SQL, Python, PySpark, Azure Data Factory, ADF, Azure Synapse, Synapse Analytics, Synapse Pipelines, Azure Storage, Cosmos DB, AWS S3, Power BI, SQL Server, SSMS, Data Reconciliation, Source-to-Target Validation, Data Pipeline Testing, ETL QA, Automation Testing, Data Analytics, Root Cause Analysis, Agile, Rally, Cloud Data Testing, Data Engineering QA.

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Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in SQL, Python, Linux, and modern data engineering practices to support data integration, transformation, and analytics.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain ETL/ELT data pipelines.
• Write efficient and optimized SQL queries for data extraction, transformation, and reporting.
• Develop automation scripts using Python for data processing and workflow optimization.
• Work with Linux environments for deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and reliability across data platforms.
• Collaborate with data analysts, software engineers, and business stakeholders to deliver data solutions.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize data pipelines for performance and scalability.
• Implement best practices for data security, governance, and documentation.

Required Skills

• Strong experience in Data Engineering concepts and ETL/ELT processes.
• Proficiency in SQL, including query optimization and database design.
• Strong programming skills in Python.
• Hands-on experience with Linux commands, shell scripting, and system administration basics.
• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, or Oracle.
• Familiarity with Git/version control.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Knowledge of Apache Spark, Airflow, Kafka, or similar data engineering tools.
• Experience with data warehousing solutions and big data technologies.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Relevant certifications in cloud or data engineering are an added advantage.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Data Engineer with strong expertise in Python, ETL, SQL, CI/CD, and DevOps to design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and data processing solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines.
• Develop data processing solutions using Python.
• Write complex and optimized SQL queries, stored procedures, and data transformations.
• Build and maintain data ingestion and integration workflows.
• Implement data quality, validation, monitoring, and error-handling processes.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data engineering applications.
• Work with DevOps tools and practices for automated build, deployment, and infrastructure management.
• Collaborate with data analysts, data scientists, software engineers, and business teams.
• Optimize data pipelines for performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Troubleshoot production data issues and ensure timely resolution.
• Follow best practices for version control, code quality, testing, and deployment.

Mandatory Skills

• Python
• ETL
• SQL
• CI/CD
• DevOps
• Git / Version Control
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills

1st virtual , 2nd round F2F

Python pyspark, SQL, data engineer

5+yrs

Bang/hyderabad

immediate to 15days.

Description

We are looking for Senior Data Engineers to join our Data Platform team and build scalable, high-performance data platforms that power data processing, analytics, and downstream applications.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in distributed data processing, ETL pipelines, and Big Data technologies, with hands-on expertise in Apache Spark and Python Scala.

You will be responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing large-scale data pipelines while collaborating closely with cross-functional engineering teams to build reliable, production-grade data solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL and data processing pipelines for large-scale datasets.
• Build and optimize distributed data applications using Apache Spark and Python Scala.
• Develop reliable, high-performance data pipelines for batch and streaming workloads.
• Design and manage data workflows using Apache Airflow.
• Build and operate data workloads on AWS, with strong usage of Amazon S3 for large-scale data storage.
• Work with large datasets to ensure data quality, consistency, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, analytics, and other platform teams to deliver robust data solutions.
• Optimize data workflows for scalability, reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Troubleshoot production issues, identify bottlenecks, and continuously improve platform performance.

Requirements

Candidates who demonstrate:

• 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Big Data Engineering, or a similar role.
• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Spark and Scala.
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining large-scale ETL pipelines.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS, particularly Amazon S3.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Airflow for workflow orchestration and scheduling.
• Strong SQL skills and a solid understanding of distributed data processing concepts.
• Experience working with batch and/or streaming data pipelines.
• Excellent debugging, problem-solving, and performance optimization skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Good to Have

• Experience with Databricks and the broader Databricks data platform.
• Familiarity with streaming technologies such as Apache Kafka.
• Experience working on large-scale data platforms handling high-volume data workloads.
• Exposure to additional AWS data services and cloud-native data architectures.

role: data engineer

Python pyspark, SQL, data engineer

5+yrs

Bangalore/Hyderabad

immediate to 15days.

About Us:

The QX Impact was launched with a mission to make A.I accessible and affordable and deliver AI Products/Solutions at scale for the enterprises by bringing the power of Data, AI, and Engineering to drive digital transformation. We believe without insights; businesses will continue to face challenges to better understand their customers and even lose them. Secondly, without insights businesses won't’ be able to deliver differentiated products/services; and finally, without insights, businesses can’t achieve a new level of “Operational Excellence” is crucial to remain competitive, meeting rising customer expectations, expanding markets, and digitalization.

Job Summary:

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer who is creative, collaborative, and adaptable to join our agile team of data scientists, engineers, and UX developers. The role focuses on building and maintaining robust data pipelines to support advanced analytics, data science, and BI solutions.

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will work with internal and external data, collaborate with data scientists, and contribute to the design, development, and deployment of innovative solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, and maintain optimal data pipeline and ETL architectures.
• Map out data systems and define/design required integrations, ETL, BI, and AI systems/processes.
• Prepare and optimize data for predictive and prescriptive modeling.
• Collaborate with teams to integrate ERP data into the enterprise data lake, ensuring seamless flow and quality.
• Enhance cloud data infrastructure on AWS or Azure for scalability and performance.
• Utilize big data tools and frameworks to optimize data acquisition and preparation.
• Build architectures to move data to/from data lakes and data warehouses for advanced analytics.
• Develop and curate data models for analytics, dashboards, and reports.
• Conduct code reviews, maintain production-level code, and implement testing approaches.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve data ingestion workflows to maintain reliability and uptime.
• Drive innovation and implement efficient new approaches to data engineering tasks.

Must-Have Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience working with enterprise data platforms, including building and managing data lakes.
• 3–5 years of experience designing and implementing data warehouse solutions.
• Expertise in SQL, including developing stored procedures (SP) and applying advanced data design concepts.
• Proficiency in Spark (Python/Scala) and Spark Streaming for real-time data pipelines.
• Experience with AWS or Azure services (e.g., AWS Glue, Azure Data Factory, Redshift, Snowflake).
• Familiarity with big data tools such as Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, or Flink.
• Hands-on experience with orchestration tools (e.g., Apache Airflow, Prefect).
• Knowledge of CI/CD processes, version control (e.g., Git, Jenkins), and deployment automation.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Experience in integrating ERP data into data lakes.
• Experience with traditional ETL tools (e.g., Talend, Pentaho).

Competencies:

• Tech Savvy - Anticipating and adopting innovations in business-building digital and technology applications.
• Self-Development - Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels.
• Action Oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Customer Focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Optimize Work Processes - Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a collaborative and agile team driving cutting-edge AI and data engineering solutions.
• Work on impactful projects that make a difference across industries.
• Opportunities for professional growth and continuous learning.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.

Application Details

Ready to make an impact? Apply today and become part of the QX Impact team!