Lead Consultant - Data Engineer

Description

We are looking for Senior Data Engineers to join our AdTech team and build scalable, high-performance data platforms that power advertising insights and analytics. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in distributed data processing, ETL pipelines, and Big Data technologies, with hands-on expertise in Spark and Scala.

You will work on 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 pipelines for large-scale data processing.
• Build and optimize distributed data applications using Spark and Scala.
• Develop reliable, high-performance data pipelines for batch and streaming workloads.
• Work with large datasets to ensure data quality, consistency, and performance.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and analytics teams to deliver robust data solutions.
• Optimize data workflows for scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Deploy and manage data workloads in cloud and containerized environments.
• Troubleshoot production issues and continuously improve platform performance.

Requirements

Candidates who demonstrate:

• 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering or Big Data Engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Spark and Scala.
• Experience building and maintaining ETL pipelines.
• Familiarity with Google Cloud Storage (GCS).
• Experience with Kubernetes (K8s).
• Strong SQL skills and understanding of distributed data processing.
• Excellent debugging, problem-solving, and performance optimization skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Good to Have

• Experience with AWS and cloud-native data services.
• Familiarity with streaming technologies such as Kafka.
• Experience working on large-scale data platforms or AdTech systems.
• Exposure to orchestration tools such as Airflow.

Benefits

• Best-in-class salary: We hire strong talent and compensate accordingly.
• Proximity Talks: Meet and learn from designers, engineers, product leaders, and AI practitioners.
• Continuous learning: Work with a world-class team and stay close to the latest in AI, engineering, and product development.
• High-impact work: Build AI-first systems and products used at scale by global clients.

About Us

Proximity is the trusted technology, design, and consulting partner for some of the biggest Sports, Media, and Entertainment companies in the world. We’re headquartered in San Francisco and have offices in Palo Alto, Dubai, Mumbai, and Bangalore.

Since 2019, Proximity has built high-impact, scalable products used by millions of users every day. Today, we are a global team of engineers, designers, product managers, and experts solving complex problems and building cutting-edge technology at scale.

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.

Job Title : Senior Data Engineer – GCP & Apache Spark

Job Details :

• Number of Positions : 3
• Employment Type : Contract-to-Hire (C2H)
• Experience Required : 5 to 8 Years
• Location : Manyata Tech Park, Bengaluru
• Work Mode : Hybrid – 3 Days in Office per Week
• Preferred Notice Period : Immediate to 15–20 Days
• Project Duration : Initially 6–8 months, with a strong possibility of extension for long-term projects
• Relocation : Candidates from outside Bengaluru can apply if they are willing to relocate.

Role Overview :

We are looking for experienced Senior Data Engineers with strong expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Apache Spark, BigQuery, and SQL to design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and distributed data processing solutions.

The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with cloud-based data engineering, end-to-end pipeline architecture, system design, performance optimization, debugging, and CI/CD practices.

Mandatory skills :

Apache Spark (PySpark / Scala), SQL, GCP, BigQuery, GCP Dataproc, Data Pipelines, System Design, CI/CD, Debugging & Problem-Solving.

Key Responsibilities :

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines using Apache Spark, PySpark, and/or Scala.
• Build and optimize batch and distributed data processing workflows on GCP.
• Work extensively with BigQuery for data transformation, validation, analytics, and query optimization.
• Develop and maintain data workflows using GCP services, including Dataproc, BigQuery, and Cloud Storage.
• Design end-to-end data pipeline architectures with a focus on scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Write and optimize complex SQL queries for large-scale datasets.
• Troubleshoot and resolve data processing issues, pipeline failures, and performance bottlenecks.
• Implement CI/CD practices for data engineering workflows, testing, and deployments.
• Monitor pipeline performance and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and deliver reliable data solutions.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, production deployments, and production support.

Mandatory Skills :

• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Spark, including PySpark and/or Scala.
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with large-scale datasets.
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Practical experience with BigQuery and data warehousing concepts.
• Working knowledge of GCP Dataproc.
• Strong understanding of data pipelines, end-to-end workflows, and system design.
• Practical experience with CI/CD and deployment processes.
• Excellent debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Skills :

• Experience with Apache Airflow, Google Cloud Composer, or similar orchestration tools.
• Knowledge of Kafka or other streaming and messaging technologies.
• Proficiency in Python for data engineering and automation.
• Experience with Git-based development workflows.
• Knowledge of Linux/Unix environments and shell scripting.
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, data quality, and governance practices.

Required Qualifications :

• 5 to 8 years of experience in Data Engineering, Big Data Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience developing and maintaining scalable data pipelines.
• Strong understanding of distributed data processing and cloud-based data architecture.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues and optimize pipeline performance.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and ownership skills.

Interview Process :

Round 1 : AI-Based Interview

• Candidates must complete the AI interview as soon as possible after receiving the invitation.

Round 2 : Virtual Interview Drive

• Interviews are planned for the upcoming drive; exact dates will be communicated separately.

Round 3 : Online Client Interview

• Shortlisted candidates will attend the online interview.
• Candidates must be available throughout the day on the scheduled interview date.

Job Summary

We are looking for a skilled and experienced Data Engineer to join our growing data team. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Python, PySpark, Data Modeling, and Power BI, with hands-on experience in designing, developing, and optimizing scalable data solutions. The role requires working closely with business stakeholders, data architects, and analytics teams to build robust data pipelines and semantic models that enable data-driven decision-making.

Technical Skills

• Strong hands-on experience in Python and PySpark development.
• Expertise in building and optimizing Data Engineering solutions and ETL pipelines.
• Strong understanding of Data Modeling concepts (Star Schema, Snowflake Schema, Dimensional Modeling).
• Experience with Power BI Data Modeling and Semantic Layer development.
• Proficiency in DAX (Data Analysis Expressions).
• Experience designing and managing Semantic Models in Power BI.
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with large datasets.
• Knowledge of data warehousing concepts and best practices.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Exposure to modern data platforms like Databricks.
• Understanding of data governance and data quality frameworks.

We are hiring for a Data Engineer & Java scala for a full-time opportunity in Bangalore.

Experience: 4–10 Years

Must-Have Skills:

Java / Scala / Python, Data Engineering, Databricks / Snowflake, and Cloud (AWS / Azure / GCP).

We are looking for strong software engineers with hands-on experience in data platform development, scalable backend programming, data integration, and cloud technologies.

Experience in Banking, Capital Markets, Market Risk, or Regulatory Reporting will be an added advantage.

🚀 Job Title : Data Engineer – AWS, PySpark & Airflow

Experience : 5+ Years

Industry : Health Insurance / BFSI

Location : Sector 43, Gurugram, Haryana

Work Mode : Work From Office (5 Days a Week)

Employment Type : Full-Time

Role Overview :

We are looking for an experienced Data Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in AWS Data Engineering, Data Lake Architecture, Python, SQL, PySpark, and Apache Airflow.

The candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, reliable, and high-performance data pipelines using AWS cloud technologies. The role involves building end-to-end ETL / ELT workflows, implementing data transformation and processing solutions, optimizing pipeline performance, and ensuring the reliability of production data systems.

Mandatory Skills :

AWS Data Engineering | Data Lake Architecture | Amazon S3 | AWS Glue | Amazon EMR | Athena | Redshift | Python | SQL | PySpark | Apache Spark | Apache Airflow | ETL/ELT | PostgreSQL | Data Modelling | Pipeline Optimization | Production Support | Root Cause Analysis

Key Responsibilities :

• Design, develop, and maintain end-to-end data pipelines for data ingestion, staging, transformation, curation, and consumption.
• Build and manage AWS-based data lake solutions using Amazon S3, AWS Glue, Amazon EMR, Athena, and Redshift.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize ETL / ELT pipelines using Python, SQL, Apache Spark, and PySpark.
• Implement and manage workflow orchestration using Apache Airflow, including scheduling, dependency management, retries, monitoring, and failure handling.
• Integrate data from multiple structured and semi-structured sources.
• Design and maintain data models, dimensional models, and analytical data marts.
• Work with relational databases, including PostgreSQL and Amazon RDS.
• Optimize Spark jobs, SQL queries, data transformations, and cloud resource utilization.
• Implement data quality checks, validation rules, and error-handling mechanisms.
• Monitor production data pipelines, troubleshoot failures, and perform root cause analysis (RCA).
• Ensure pipeline reliability, scalability, performance, and compliance with service-level agreements (SLAs).
• Follow data security, access management, governance, and sensitive-data protection best practices.
• Collaborate with business, analytics, and application teams to deliver effective data solutions.
• Maintain technical documentation and follow established data engineering standards.

Required Technical Skills :

• AWS Data Engineering : Strong hands-on experience with AWS-based data engineering and data lake architecture.
• AWS Services : Amazon S3, AWS Glue, Glue Data Catalog, Amazon EMR, Athena, Redshift, AWS Lambda, and IAM.
• Programming : Strong proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Big Data Processing : Hands-on experience with Apache Spark and PySpark.
• Workflow Orchestration : Experience developing and managing workflows using Apache Airflow.
• ETL/ELT Development : Experience building scalable data ingestion, transformation, and processing pipelines.
• Database Technologies : Good understanding of relational databases and PostgreSQL concepts.
• Data Modelling : Experience with data modelling, data transformation, and analytical data structures.
• Production Support : Ability to monitor pipelines, troubleshoot failures, perform RCA, and resolve production issues.
• Performance Optimization : Experience optimizing SQL queries, Spark jobs, and data processing workflows.

Good-to-Have Skills :

• Experience with AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) and Amazon RDS.
• Familiarity with dbt for data transformation and modelling.
• Knowledge of Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg, or Apache Hudi.
• Exposure to Apache Kafka and real-time data streaming.
• Familiarity with GraphQL, Hasura, or similar data-serving technologies.
• Understanding of data governance and data quality frameworks.
• Experience in the BFSI, healthcare, or health insurance domain.

Candidate Requirements :

• 5+ years of relevant experience in Data Engineering.
• Proven hands-on experience building and maintaining production-grade data pipelines on AWS.
• Strong understanding of data lake architecture and large-scale data processing.
• Practical experience with Apache Airflow and Spark / PySpark-based transformations.
• Strong programming, analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience handling production incidents, pipeline failures, and performance bottlenecks.
• Ability to take ownership of deliverables and work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Good communication, collaboration, and technical documentation skills.
• Willingness to work from the Gurugram office five days a week.

Ideal Candidate :

The ideal candidate is a hands-on Data Engineer who can independently build, optimize, and maintain AWS-based data pipelines, work with large datasets using PySpark, orchestrate workflows through Airflow, and resolve production issues in a business-critical environment.

Job Description:

We are seeking a skilled Senior Data Engineer with expertise in Databricks to join our dynamic data team. The ideal candidate will design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and architectures to support our organization's data-driven initiatives and leverage Databricks to process large-scale datasets, optimize data workflows, enable advanced analytics and machine learning, and integrate Power BI for data visualization and reporting.

Key Responsibilities

·        5-8 years of professional work experience in a relevant field

·        Proficient in Microsoft Fabric platform, Azure Databricks, ADF, Delta Lake, SQL Data Warehouse, Unity Catalog.

·        Good Experience on Microsoft Dynamics 365

·        Experience/ prior knowledge on semi structure data and Structured Streaming, Azure synapse, data lake, data warehouse.

·        Proficient in creating Azure Data Factory pipelines for ETL/ELT processing; copy activity, custom Azure development etc.

·        Good knowledge of SQL and Python for data manipulation, transformation, and analysis

·        Understand business requirements to set functional specifications for reporting applications

• Data Pipeline Development: Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable data pipelines using Databricks, Apache Spark, and other cloud-based technologies.
• Data Integration: Ingest, transform, and integrate data from diverse sources, including APIs, databases, streaming platforms, and third-party systems, into Databricks for analytics and reporting.
• Power BI Integration: Develop and optimize data models and datasets in Databricks for use in Power BI, ensuring efficient data connections and high-quality visualizations.
• Performance Optimization: Optimize data workflows, API calls, and queries on Databricks and Power BI for performance, cost-efficiency, and scalability.
• Data Modeling: Build and maintain data models to support business requirements, ensuring data quality, consistency, and accessibility for analytics and reporting.
• Cloud Integration: Implement data solutions on cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) integrated with Databricks, Power BI, and API ecosystems.
• Security & Compliance: Implement data governance, security, and compliance best practices within Databricks, Power BI, and API environments.
• Technical Skills:
• Proficiency in Databricks, including Delta Lake, Spark SQL.
• Strong programming skills in Python, Scala, or Java.
• Experience with Apache Spark for big data processing.
• Knowledge of SQL for querying and transforming data.
• Proficiency in Power BI for creating data models, DAX queries, and interactive dashboards.

Preferred Qualifications

• Databricks certification (e.g., Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate/Professional).

Experience with real-time data processing and streaming

1st virtual , 2nd round F2F

Python pyspark, SQL, data engineer

5+yrs

9+yrs

Bangalore/Hyderabad

immediate to 15days.

4 - 10 years of experience in designing and buildingarchitecting highly resilient data platforms 

∙Strong knowledge of data engineering, architecture and data modeling 

∙Experience in platforms like Databricks and Snowflake 

∙Experience on building applications on cloud (AWS or Azure or Google Cloud) 

∙Strong analytical and problem-solving skills 

∙Prior experience in developing data or computation intensive (e.g. grid based) backend applications is an 

advantage 

∙OOP design skills with an understanding or at least personal interest towards the concepts of Functional 

Programming  

∙Willingness to understand and enhance other people’s code, being able to work in an environment where 

developers will oversee and work on wider components also dealing with older “legacy” code 

∙Strong programming skills (Java/ Scala / Python) skills with the willingness to pick up the other language if not 

already mastered at a sufficient level is important 

∙Spring knowledge is an advantage, but in general willingness to learn, work with and even enhance in-house 

developed frameworks is a must 

∙Prior experience in working with Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins, working with PR-s, using JIRA, following the Scrum Agile 

methodology is an advantage 

∙Prior knowledge of financial products is an advantage 

∙Bachelors or Masters in any relevant field of IT/Engineering area is an advantage  

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in Databricks, Python, PySpark, and SQL to build scalable, high-performance data engineering solutions. You’ll architect and develop large scale, high-performance data pipelines capable of handling massive real-time and batch data volumes across multiple business systems. Databricks is the core enterprise data and processing platform for this role. You will also use Apache Airflow for workflow orchestration and dbt for ELT transformations, and will contribute to designing reliable, secure, and governed data platforms that enable analytics, reporting, and AI-driven use cases.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement large-scale data pipelines using Python/PySpark, Databricks, and Microsoft Fabric.
• Develop and optimize data processing workloads in Databricks using PySpark and Spark SQL, with a strong focus on scalability, reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• Develop and maintain dbt models including layered architecture, incremental models, snapshots, macros, testing, and documentation.
• Design, develop, and maintain Apache Airflow DAGs for orchestrating reliable, scalable, and observable data pipelines.
• Design and implement data quality, observability, and governance frameworks, including automated testing, monitoring, lineage, access control, and data privacy standards.
• Partner with analytics, product, and business stakeholders to turn requirements into trustworthy datasets, and raise the engineering bar through design discussions, code reviews, and mentoring junior engineers.

Required Skills

• Strong expertise in Python for developing scalable, modular, and production-ready data engineering applications.
• Strong expertise in PySpark, including DataFrame API, Spark SQL, Structured Streaming, partitioning strategies, joins, caching, handling data skew, and Spark performance optimization.
• Strong hands-on experience with Databricks for data ingestion, transformation, processing, and optimization, including Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Databricks Workflows, notebooks, jobs, and Databricks-native data engineering capabilities.
• Strong experience in Databricks/Spark performance tuning, including query and job optimization, partitioning, file sizing, caching, join optimization, handling data skew, and efficient use of compute resources.
• Hands-on experience with Delta Lake, including transactional data processing, schema management, incremental data processing, and reliable batch and streaming data pipelines.
• Hands-on experience in developing dbt projects using layered architecture, incremental models, snapshots, macros/Jinja, testing, documentation, and deployment best practices.
• Expertise in advanced SQL and data modelling — dimensional modeling, slowly changing dimensions, schema evolution, and query optimization.
• Hands-on experience in developing and managing Apache Airflow DAGs, scheduling workflows, dependency management, retries, backfills, and operational monitoring.
• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure or GCP).
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently with business and analytics stakeholders.

Nice to Have

• Hands-on exposure to Microsoft Fabric for data integration and analytics.
• Experience using AI coding assistants (e.g. Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) as part of a development workflow.
• Familiarity with modern DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Domain expertise in financial services.