Senior Data Engineer at Financial Services Company · Pune · 4 - 8 years · ₹10L - ₹13L / yr · Posted 18 Dec 2025

Review Criteria
- Strong Senior Data Engineer profile
- 4+ years of hands-on Data Engineering experience
- Must have experience owning end-to-end data architecture and complex pipelines
- Must have advanced SQL capability (complex queries, large datasets, optimization)
- Must have strong Databricks hands-on experience
- Must be able to architect solutions, troubleshoot complex data issues, and work independently
- Must have Power BI integration experience
- CTC has 80% fixed and 20% variable in their ctc structure
Preferred
- Worked on Call center data, understand nuances of data generated in call centers
- Experience implementing data governance, quality checks, or lineage frameworks
- Experience with orchestration tools (Airflow, ADF, Glue Workflows), Python, Delta Lake, Lakehouse architecture
Job Specific Criteria
- CV Attachment is mandatory
- Are you Comfortable integrating with Power BI datasets?
- We have an alternate Saturdays working. Are you comfortable to WFH on 1st and 4th Saturday?
Role & Responsibilities
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Data Engineer with strong architectural capability, excellent optimisation skills, and deep hands-on experience in modern data platforms. The ideal candidate will have advanced SQL skills, strong expertise in Databricks, and practical experience working across cloud environments such as AWS and Azure. This role requires end-to-end ownership of complex data engineering initiatives, including architecture design, data governance implementation, and performance optimisation. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to build scalable, secure, and high-quality data solutions.
Key Responsibilities-
- Lead the design and implementation of scalable data architectures, pipelines, and integration frameworks.
- Develop, optimise, and maintain complex SQL queries, transformations, and Databricks-based data workflows.
- Architect and deliver high-performance ETL/ELT processes across cloud platforms.
- Implement and enforce data governance standards, including data quality, lineage, and access control.
- Partner with analytics, BI (Power BI), and business teams to enable reliable, governed, and high-value data delivery.
- Optimise large-scale data processing, ensuring efficiency, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and continuously improve data pipelines and platform performance.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices, standards, and documentation.
Ideal Candidate
- Proven industry experience as a Senior Data Engineer, with ownership of high-complexity projects.
- Advanced SQL skills with experience handling large, complex datasets.
- Strong expertise with Databricks for data engineering workloads.
- Hands-on experience with major cloud platforms — AWS and Azure.
- Deep understanding of data architecture, data modelling, and optimisation techniques.
- Familiarity with BI and reporting environments such as Power BI.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a focus on data quality and governance
- Proficiency in python or another programming language in a plus.

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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
Data Architect – Databricks & AWS
- Strong experience in Data Architecture, Data Engineering, Databricks, Apache Spark/PySpark, Python, and Advanced SQL.
- Design and implement scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, data platforms, and Lakehouse architectures using Medallion Architecture.
- Experience with Databricks, Databricks Workflows, Unity Catalog OR Databricks Jobs
- Strong knowledge of Delta Lake, Databricks Workflows, Delta Live Tables (DLT), and dimensional data modeling.
- Hands-on experience with AWS services such as S3, Glue, IAM, Lambda, and CloudWatch.
- Experience with Apache Airflow, Data Warehouse concepts, Git/CI-CD, performance optimization, and data quality.
- Good to have exposure to Kafka/Structured Streaming, Unity Catalog, and modern data governance.
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.
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- 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.
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Job Description: We are looking for a Senior Developer with strong expertise in PySpark, Databricks, and Snowflake to build scalable data engineering solutions and enterprise data platforms.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines using PySpark, Databricks, and Snowflake.
- Develop batch and real-time data processing solutions for structured and semi-structured data.
- Build and optimize Databricks notebooks, workflows, and Delta Lake solutions.
- Design and implement Snowflake databases, schemas, views, stored procedures, tasks, and streams.
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- Optimize PySpark jobs, Databricks workloads, and Snowflake queries for performance and cost efficiency.
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Experience: 5+ years of Data Engineering experience with strong hands-on expertise in PySpark, Databricks, and Snowflake.
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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.
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- Strong expertise in Python for developing scalable, modular, and production-ready data engineering applications.
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Data Engineer – Microsoft Fabric
Location: Pune, India
Work Mode: Hybrid
Experience: 6+ Years
Employment Type: Full-time contactor
Compensation: As per market standards, commensurate with experience and expertise
Shift Timings: 2:00 PM – 11:00 PM IST
Notice Period: 0 – 15 days
About the Role
Jade Business Services (JBS) is seeking a Data Engineer – Microsoft Fabric to join our Pune team and work on enterprise-scale data transformation and analytics initiatives.
We are looking for a hands-on Data Engineer with strong experience in Microsoft Fabric, SQL, Python/PySpark and modern data engineering practices. The candidate will be responsible for building scalable data pipelines, implementing Lakehouse and Warehouse solutions, developing data models and supporting governed, reliable and AI-ready data platforms.
The ideal candidate should be comfortable working with architects, engineering teams and client stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable and production-ready data solutions.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Design and develop data solutions using Microsoft Fabric, including OneLake, Lakehouse, Warehouse and Data Factory pipelines.
- Build and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines for batch and incremental data processing.
- Develop data ingestion and transformation pipelines using Fabric Data Factory, SQL, Python and/or PySpark.
- Implement Medallion Architecture using Bronze, Silver and Gold layers.
- Work with Lakehouse and Fabric Warehouse for enterprise data processing and analytics.
- Develop and maintain data models, tables, views and optimized SQL queries.
- Build and support semantic models for Power BI and analytical workloads.
- Implement data quality, validation, monitoring and error-handling mechanisms.
- Work with metadata, lineage and governance requirements using Microsoft Purview.
- Implement data security, access controls and role-based permissions across data platforms.
- Support Data Product and domain-oriented data architecture principles.
- Follow DataOps practices including CI/CD, deployment, monitoring and production support.
- Troubleshoot pipeline failures, performance issues and data quality problems.
- Optimize data pipelines, queries and storage for performance and cost efficiency.
- Work closely with Data Architects and business stakeholders to understand requirements and implement technical solutions.
- Participate in technical design discussions, code reviews and architecture reviews.
- Maintain technical documentation, data flow diagrams and pipeline documentation.
- Support production deployments, incident resolution and SLA-driven data platform operations.
- Identify opportunities for automation and AI-assisted improvements across data engineering processes.
Qualifications and Skills
- 6+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Integration or Data Platform development.
- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric.
- Experience with:
- Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse
- Fabric Warehouse
- OneLake
- Fabric Data Factory / Pipelines
- Semantic Models
- Strong understanding of Lakehouse and Medallion Architecture.
- Strong SQL development and query optimization skills.
- Hands-on experience with Python and/or PySpark.
- Experience developing enterprise ETL/ELT and data integration pipelines.
- Experience with batch and incremental data processing.
- Understanding of data modelling concepts including dimensional modelling.
- Knowledge of data quality, metadata, lineage and data governance.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Purview.
- Understanding of Data Mesh and Data Product concepts.
- Experience with CI/CD, version control, monitoring and DataOps practices.
- Understanding of cloud security, access controls and data privacy.
- Good troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work with distributed and client-facing teams.
Preferred Skills
- Microsoft Fabric or Azure Data certifications.
- Experience migrating workloads from Azure Synapse, SQL Server, Databricks or other data platforms to Microsoft Fabric.
- Experience implementing Medallion Architecture on Microsoft Fabric.
- Experience with Power BI and semantic modelling.
- Exposure to AI/ML, Generative AI or Agentic AI use cases on enterprise data platforms.
- Experience working with Data Products or domain-oriented data solutions.
- Experience in Energy & Utilities, Healthcare, Financial Services or Insurance.
- Experience working with US or international enterprise clients.
What We Expect
The ideal candidate should be hands-on first and capable of independently building, troubleshooting and optimizing Fabric data solutions. You should be able to explain the technical decisions behind your implementation and work effectively with architects and engineering teams to deliver production-ready solutions.
8-12 years experience on Data Engineering role working with Databricks & Azure Cloud technologies.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Strong proficiency in PySpark, Python, SQL.
• Strong experience in data modeling, ETL/ELT pipeline development, and automation • Hands-on experience with performance tuning of data pipelines and workflow
• Proficient in working on Azure cloud components Azure Data Factory, Azure DataBricks, Azure Data Lake etc.
• Experience with data modeling, ETL processes, Delta Lake and data warehousing.
• Experience on Delta Live Tables, Autoloader & Unity Catalog.
Preferred - Knowledge of the insurance industry and its data requirements.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills to work effectively with diverse teams
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work under tight deadlines.
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
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.
Sr. Data Engineer
Location: Pune
Responsibilities
· Lead the end-to-end design and development of scalable, high-performance data pipelines and ETL/ELT frameworks aligned with modern data engineering best practices.
· Architect complex data integration workflows that bring together structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data from both cloud and on-premise sources.
· Build robust real-time, batch, and on-demand pipelines with built-in observability—monitoring, alerting, and automated error handling.
· Partner with analysts, data scientists, and business leaders to define and deliver reliable data models, quality frameworks, and SLAs that power key business insights.
· Ensure optimal pipeline performance and throughput, with clearly defined SLAs and proactive alerting for data delivery or quality issues.
· Collaborate with platform, DevOps, and architecture teams to build secure, reusable, and CI/CD-enabled data workflows that align with enterprise architecture standards.
· Establish and enforce the best practices in source control, code reviews, testing automation, and continuous delivery for all data engineering components.
· Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and preventive maintenance for critical data failures, ensuring minimal business impact and continuous service improvement.
· Guide the team in establishing standards for data modeling, transformation logic, and governance, ensuring long-term maintainability and scalability.
· Design and execute comprehensive testing strategies—unit, integration, and system testing—ensuring high data reliability and pipeline resilience.
· Monitor and fine-tune data pipeline and query performance, optimizing for reliability, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
· Create and maintain detailed technical documentation, including data architecture diagrams, process flows, and integration specifications for internal and external stakeholders.
· Facilitate and lead discussions with business and operational teams to understand data requirements, prioritize initiatives, and drive data strategy forward.
Qualifications
· 7 to 10 years of hands-on experience in data engineering roles with a proven record of building scalable and secure data platforms.
· Over 5 years of experience in scripting languages such as Python for data processing, automation, and ETL development.
· 4+ years of experience with Snowflake, including performance tuning, security model design, and advanced SQL development.
· 5+ years of experience with data integration tools such as Azure Data Factory, Fivetran, or Matillion.
· 5+ years of experience in writing complex, highly optimized SQL queries on large datasets.
· Proven experience integrating and managing APIs, JSON, XML, and webhooks for data acquisition.
· Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) and orchestration tools like Apache Airflow or equivalent.
· Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and code versioning tools (e.g., Git).
· Familiarity with dbt or similar transformation tools and best practices for modular transformation development.
· Exposure to data visualization tools like Power BI for supporting downstream analytics is a plus.
· Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to lead discussions with technical and business stakeholders.
Education
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/Information technology or related field.
Equivalent academic and work experience can be considered.










