Principal Data Engineer

Join our product development team at Planview as a Senior Software Engineer I and become a pivotal force on the Viz Core Team. This role offers the unique opportunity to shape and lead the development of data-processing pipelines and APIs that are at the heart of our software solutions. These solutions are designed to streamline and enhance the efficiency of software delivery, resonating deeply with software engineers who strive to build better and faster.

At Planview Viz, which is powered by the innovative “Flow Framework,” you will tackle complex data challenges and develop scalable solutions within an AWS cloud environment. Your efforts will be crucial in revolutionizing how businesses harness and interpret vast amounts of workflow data, transforming it into actionable insights that propel organizational efficiency and effectiveness.

Responsibilities (What you'll do)

• Create and refine powerful data-processing architectures that integrate seamlessly with a diverse array of external tools, enhancing the way software is delivered across industries.
• Drive operational excellence by critically analyzing problems, defining requirements, and devising robust solutions that push the boundaries of technology.
• Lead and inspire a team of talented engineers, promoting a culture of ownership, meticulous attention to quality, and proactive problem-solving.
• Stay at the cutting edge of technology by updating and expanding your team’s knowledge of cloud architectures, data processing, and advanced analytics, ensuring that you and your team remain leaders in technological innovation.
• Make a direct impact on the efficiency and effectiveness of software delivery worldwide through innovation and leadership.

Qualifications (What you'll bring)

Who We’re Looking For

The ideal candidate is a seasoned professional in cloud software development with a strong foundation in data processing and scalable software systems. You thrive in collaborative environments and are passionate about advancing cloud technology and data architecture to new heights. You are a leader who enjoys mentoring, guiding, and inspiring others.

Preferred Qualifications

Skills, Knowledge, and Expertise

• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience with a modern programming language, with a focus on back-end systems and cloud-based technologies.
• Strong capability in architecting and designing robust, scalable software systems.
• Proficiency in AWS or another popular cloud platform.

Additional Qualifications

• Experience with big-data technologies such as Spark and Apache Kafka.
• Experience with Java (version 17), Scala, or other JVM programming languages.
• Experience with tools such as Amazon Redshift and MongoDB.
• Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Travis CI, or similar platforms.
• Proficiency in test-driven development.
• Experience with containers and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes.
• Experience working on remote or distributed teams and projects.

Job Title : Tech Lead – Data Lake Platform

Number of Positions : 2

Experience : 7+ Years

Role Type : Technical Lead / Data Platform Lead

Domain : Data Engineering / Data Platform / AWS

About the Role :

We are looking for an experienced Tech Lead – Data Lake Platform to lead the design, development, and operations of an enterprise-scale AWS-based Data Lake Platform.

The platform will ingest data from multiple business systems, process it through structured data layers, and serve data for analytics, reporting, APIs, and operational applications.

As a Tech Lead, you will be responsible for setting the technical direction, leading data engineering teams, driving platform reliability and performance, and owning the platform's delivery, governance, and production support end to end.

Core Tech Stack :

AWS | S3 | EMR | Glue | Athena | Redshift | DMS | Lambda | RDS | IAM | Airflow | Spark/PySpark | SQL | Data Modeling | Hasura | GraphQL | DBT | PostgreSQL/Aurora | Kafka

Key Responsibilities :

• Own the overall Data Lake Platform architecture, covering data ingestion, staging, curated layers, consumption, analytics, and API/data serving.
• Lead the design and development of production-grade data pipelines using AWS Glue, EMR/Spark, Airflow, DBT, Athena, and Redshift.
• Design scalable batch and analytics pipelines with a focus on reliability, performance, data quality, and maintainability.
• Own the API/data-serving architecture from consumption data → RDS/PostgreSQL → Hasura GraphQL → Lambda/API Gateway.
• Drive improvements in platform stability, including orchestration failures, cluster sizing, pipeline SLAs, query performance, and production reliability.
• Design and implement appropriate AWS security, access control, IAM, PII handling, and data governance practices.
• Lead technical discussions, architecture decisions, code reviews, and engineering best practices.
• Mentor and guide data engineers while ensuring high-quality and scalable engineering delivery.
• Own production support, incident management, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis (RCA) for critical data platform issues.
• Develop and maintain runbooks, operational procedures, monitoring, and incident response practices.
• Collaborate with business, product, application, and analytics teams to onboard new datasets and support reporting, API, and data consumption requirements.
• Ensure the platform meets defined availability, performance, security, data quality, and compliance requirements.

Must-Have Skills :

• 7+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Platform Engineering, or related areas, including experience in technical leadership or architecture.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS Data Services, including:
• Amazon S3
• AWS EMR
• AWS Glue
• Amazon Athena
• Amazon Redshift
• AWS DMS
• AWS Lambda
• Amazon RDS
• AWS IAM
• Strong production experience with Apache Airflow.
• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Spark / PySpark.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with data modeling, including layered data architecture, data marts, and enterprise data models.
• Experience with Hasura or a similar GraphQL layer for PostgreSQL-based data/API serving.
• Strong understanding of data lake architecture and enterprise data platforms.
• Proven experience leading engineers and driving technical decisions.
• Hands-on experience with production support, troubleshooting, incident management, and RCA.
• Strong understanding of data platform performance, scalability, reliability, and SLA management.

Good-to-Have Skills :

• Experience with DBT and modern data transformation practices.
• Experience with lakehouse table formats on Amazon S3, such as Apache Iceberg or similar technologies.
• Strong knowledge of Amazon Redshift workload optimization, including :
• Distribution keys
• Sort keys
• Spectrum
• External tables
• Experience with Kafka or other streaming/data ingestion technologies.
• Experience with PostgreSQL / Amazon Aurora as a data-serving layer.
• Experience with Lambda and API Gateway for API-based data serving.
• Experience with enterprise data governance, data quality, security, and compliance.
• Experience in BFSI / Banking / Financial Services / Insurance domain.

Ideal Candidate :

The ideal candidate is a hands-on Data Platform / Data Engineering Lead who can operate at both the architecture and implementation level. You should be comfortable designing an AWS Data Lake from end to end, leading engineers, troubleshooting production issues, and working closely with business and application teams to deliver reliable data products.

Key Skills:

Python & System Design: Strong expertise in Python and system design, with proven experience architecting scalable, production-grade systems.

LLM & Agentic AI: Proven experience building LLM-based and agentic systems from the ground up and evaluating them based on reproducibility, calibration, and cost.

Cloud & Data Architecture: Deep understanding of data and cloud architecture across AWS and Azure, including multi-store data design, distributed systems, streaming, security, and cost optimization.

Azure Databricks: Hands-on production experience with Azure Databricks architecture, including Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, cluster policy design, job orchestration, and Terraform provisioning.

Supply Chain & Inventory Management: Strong domain knowledge of supply chain and inventory operations, including demand planning, MRP logic, inventory parameters, and translating business planning decisions into data requirements.

System Architecture & Technical Decision-Making: Ability to make sound architectural decisions based on first principles, evaluate technical trade-offs, and avoid unnecessary complexity and abstraction.

LLM & Agentic AI: Proven experience building LLM-based and agentic systems from the ground up and evaluating them based on reproducibility, calibration, and cost.

Technical Leadership: Ability to influence teams without direct authority, establish technical standards, prepare technical specifications and documentation, and mentor team members.

Experience in pharmaceutical or regulated industries is highly valued.

Job Title : Senior Data Engineer – Databricks

Experience : 14 to 20 Years

Location : HSR Layout, Bangalore

Work Mode : Hybrid – 3 Days WFO

Shift : 11:30 AM – 07:30 PM IST

Positions : 2

Notice Period : Immediate Joiners Only

Interview : 1 Technical Round + 2 Client Rounds

Role Overview :

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to build and lead enterprise-scale data platforms for a Switzerland-based commodity client.

The role requires a strong hands-on Data Engineering professional with expertise in Databricks, PySpark, Python, SQL, and AWS, along with technical leadership and stakeholder management experience.

Must-Have Skills :

• 14 to 20 years of Data Engineering experience
• Databricks & Apache Spark / PySpark
• Python & SQL
• AWS Cloud
• Lakehouse Architecture
• ETL / ELT & Distributed Data Processing
• Batch & Streaming Pipelines
• Data Pipeline Optimization & Data Modeling
• CDC & Incremental Processing
• Git, CI/CD & Testing
• Data Quality, Monitoring & Observability
• Technical Leadership & Stakeholder Management

Key Responsibilities :

• Design and build scalable data pipelines using Databricks, PySpark, Python, SQL, and AWS.
• Own data products from design through production.
• Develop batch / streaming pipelines and reusable ETL / ELT frameworks.
• Optimize pipelines for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost.
• Design scalable data architectures and data models.
• Implement data quality, monitoring, lineage, and CI/CD practices.
• Lead technical discussions and mentor engineering teams.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, product owners, and engineering teams.
• Remain hands-on while providing technical leadership.

Ideal Candidate :

A 14 to 20 years experienced, hands-on Data Engineering leader with strong Databricks + PySpark + AWS expertise, excellent communication, stakeholder management, and experience delivering enterprise-scale data platforms.

🔴 Super Urgent : Only Bangalore-based immediate joiners.

Location: Bangalore

Department: Engineering

Reports to: SVP

Experience required: 6+ years

About Tracxn:

Tracxn (Tracxn.com) is a Bangalore-based product company providing a research and deal sourcing platform for Venture Capital, Private Equity, Corp Dev, and professionals working around the startup ecosystem.

We are a team of 600+ working professionals serving customers across the globe. Our clients include Funds like Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, GGV Capital, and Large Corporations such as Citi, Embraer & Ferrero.

Founders

• Neha Singh (ex-Sequoia, BCG | MBA - Stanford GSB)
• Abhishek Goyal (ex-Accel Partners, Amazon | BTech - IIT Kanpur)

About Technology Team: 

Tracxn's Technology team is 60+ members strong and growing. The technology team is subdivided into multiple smaller teams, each owning one or more services/components of the technology platform. Ours is a young team of motivated engineers with a minimal management structure where almost everyone is actively involved in technical development and design activities. We have a team-centric culture where the ownership and responsibility of a feature or module lie with a team compared to an individual.

We value ownership, continuous learning, consistency, and discipline as a team.

Our Tech Stacks:

We work on an array of technologies, including but not limited to backend and frontend systems such as Java, Python, Spring Boot, Node.js, ReactJS, Next.js, Webpack, and Storybook; cloud and serverless platforms like AWS, etc; data and infrastructure technologies such as Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch), MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, Kafka, and Ansible; large-scale web crawling solutions; modern data pipelines and ETL workflows; and AI/ML-driven projects.

Job Overview:

We are looking for experienced software engineers with 6+ years of overall software development experience, including backend development and proven people-management skills. The ideal candidate will lead the engineering team(s), drive technical excellence, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality software solutions.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of software engineers
• Own technical planning, architecture discussions, and execution
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders
• Drive best practices in software development, testing, and deployment
• Conduct code reviews and ensure high engineering standards
• Manage delivery timelines, resource planning, and technical risks
• Support hiring, onboarding, and performance management of engineers

Job Requirements :

Professional Experience

•  Proven experience leading or managing software engineering teams
• Track record of delivering complex, scalable software systems
• Experience driving technical initiatives and influencing architectural decisions
• Strong collaboration experience with product, design, and cross-functional teams.

Technical Leadership & Management

•  Ability to mentor, coach, and grow engineers across different experience levels
• Experience conducting performance reviews and providing technical feedback
• Strong ownership of team delivery, timelines, and quality
• Experience balancing hands-on technical work with people management

Backend & System Architecture Expertise

• Strong proficiency in modern backend architectures, design patterns, and microservices architecture.
• Proficiency in at least one server-side programming language (e.g., Java, Python, etc.)
• Solid understanding of API design principles and implementation
• Hands-on experience with relational and non-relational databases and knowledge of data pipelines and data warehousing concepts.

Technical Competencies

• Strong system design and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of caching strategies, performance optimization, and scalability
• Understanding of data modeling and query optimization
• Familiarity with search and indexing technologies
• Understanding of security best practices in backend systems

Culture:

• Work with performance-oriented teams driven by ownership and passion.
• Learn to design systems for high accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
• No strict deadlines, focus on delivering quality work.
• Meritocracy-driven, candid culture. No politics.
• Very high visibility regarding which startups and markets are exciting globally.

We are hiring experienced Data Engineers for a permanent opportunity in Bangalore.

Job Description

Role: Data Engineer

Location: Bangalore

Experience: 6+ Years

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data processing pipelines using Amazon EMR.
• Develop data engineering solutions using Python and Scala.
• Process and transform large volumes of structured and unstructured data.
• Build and optimize distributed data processing workflows for performance and scalability.
• Work with big data technologies and cloud-based data processing environments.
• Perform data integration, validation, transformation, and quality checks.
• Troubleshoot data pipeline issues and optimize processing performance.
• Collaborate with data architects, analysts, and development teams to deliver reliable data solutions.

Required Skills:

• Strong hands-on experience with Amazon EMR.
• Proficiency in Python and Scala.
• Experience in big data processing and data pipeline development.
• Good understanding of distributed computing and data transformation techniques.
• Experience in performance tuning and troubleshooting data processing jobs.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

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 Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Data Engineer to the architecture, development, Data migration, ETL pipeline in cloud and optimization of a next-generation data platform. This is a development role for an individual with over 4 years of deep data engineering and data migration, data pipeline in AWS expertise, capable of driving technical direction, and delivering high-impact solutions in a fast-paced

4+ Years of hands-on, progressive experience in Cloud Data Engineering, cloud ecosystems AWS, Data Architecture

• Deep conceptual understanding of core data engineering principles, ETL/ELT patterns, and metadata management

•  Ability to translate complex business needs into actionable technical requirements.

•  Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in distributed systems.

•  Agile/Scrum teamwork capabilities and version control practices

• Insurance industry experience preferred but not mandatory

• Tools:

o Cloud Environment: AWS (S3, IAM, VPC, Glue, Lambda etc.)

o Experience with dbt Core, Iceberg, AWS Glue Catalog, AWS lambda, Redshift, Athena, Splunk, AmazonQ, AWS streaming services, Git

o Strong SQL, Pyspark and Python

Strong Data Engineer (AWS) Profile

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Mandatory (Experience 1) – Must have minimum 6+ years of experience in Data Engineering, with strong experience designing, developing, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and ETL processes.

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Mandatory (Experience 2) – Must have 3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS data engineering services, particularly S3, AWS Glue, EMR, Lambda, and Redshift.

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Mandatory (Experience 3) – Must have strong programming experience in Python, Java, or Scala, with hands-on development of data processing and pipeline solutions.

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Mandatory (Experience 4) – Must have strong expertise in SQL, data warehousing, and database technologies, including experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases.

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Mandatory (Experience 5) – Must have hands-on experience working with Big Data technologies and distributed data processing, including designing and optimizing large-scale data pipelines.

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Mandatory (Experience 6) – Must have experience with data pipeline troubleshooting, monitoring, data quality, governance, and security best practices.

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Mandatory (Education) – B.Tech / B.E./ M.Tech

Strong Data Engineer (AWS) Profile

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Mandatory (Experience 1) – Must have minimum 6+ years of experience in Data Engineering, with strong experience designing, developing, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and ETL processes.

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Mandatory (Experience 2) – Must have 3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS data engineering services, particularly S3, AWS Glue, EMR, Lambda, and Redshift.

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Mandatory (Experience 3) – Must have strong programming experience in Python, Java, or Scala, with hands-on development of data processing and pipeline solutions.

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Mandatory (Experience 4) – Must have strong expertise in SQL, data warehousing, and database technologies, including experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases.

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Mandatory (Experience 5) – Must have hands-on experience working with Big Data technologies and distributed data processing, including designing and optimizing large-scale data pipelines.

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Mandatory (Experience 6) – Must have experience with data pipeline troubleshooting, monitoring, data quality, governance, and security best practices.

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Mandatory (Education) – B.Tech / B.E./ M.Tech