VP - Data Architect (B2B SaaS)

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 Responsibilities

Build and maintain data transformation pipelines using java Spark

Develop and optimize large-scale/CPU intensive data processing using Apache Spark

Orchestrate workflows using Airflow

Implement data quality checks, testing, and monitoring for pipeline. Good to have exposer into managing metadata, cataloguing, and lineage

Support schema evolution, backfills, and incremental processing

Ensure pipelines meet SLAs for freshness, reliability, and performance

Expertise/working knowledge in Spark and HBase(semantic layer, virtual datasets, Reflections)

Required Skills & Qualifications

Strong hands-on experience with Apache Spark

Experience with HBase/SQL or similar lakehouse query engines

Airflow 

Understanding of data catalogs and lineage (e.g., OpenLineage, DataHub, Apache Polaris , openlineage)

Proficiency in Java

Experience with Git-based development and CI/CD

Company Name – Wissen Technology

Group of companies in India – Wissen Technology & Wissen Infotech

Work Location – Whitefield, Bangalore

Website and Company profile:

www.wissen.com

LinkedIn Page:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/wissen-technology/

While you may already know about Wissen and the company history, here is a quick rundown for you.

About Wissen Technology:

·    The Wissen Group was founded in the year 2000. Wissen Technology, a part of Wissen Group, was established in the year 2015.

·    Wissen Technology is a specialized technology company that delivers high-end consulting for organizations in the Banking & Finance, Telecom, and Healthcare domains. We help clients build world class products.

·    Our workforce has highly skilled professionals, with leadership and senior management executives who have graduated from Ivy League Universities like Wharton, MIT, IITs, IIMs, and NITs and with rich work experience in some of the biggest companies in the world.

·    Wissen Technology has grown its revenues by 400% in these five years without any external funding or investments.

·    Globally present with offices US, India, UK, Australia, Mexico, and Canada.

·    We offer an array of services including Application Development, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Big Data & Analytics, Visualization & Business Intelligence, Robotic Process Automation, Cloud, Mobility, Agile & DevOps, Quality Assurance & Test Automation.

·    Wissen Technology has been certified as a Great Place to Work®.

·    Wissen Technology has been voted as the Top 20 AI/ML vendor by CIO Insider in 2020.

·    Over the years, Wissen Group has successfully delivered $650 million worth of projects for more than 20 of the Fortune 500 companies.

·    We have served client across sectors like Banking, Telecom, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and Energy. They include likes of Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, MSCI, StateStreet, Flipkart, Swiggy, Trafigura, GE to name a few.

About Role :

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data transformation pipelines using java Spark
• Develop and optimize large-scale/CPU intensive data processing using Apache Spark
• Orchestrate workflows using Airflow
• Implement data quality checks, testing, and monitoring for pipeline. Good to have exposer into managing metadata, cataloguing, and lineage
• Support schema evolution, backfills, and incremental processing
• Ensure pipelines meet SLAs for freshness, reliability, and performance
• Expertise/working knowledge in Spark and HBase(semantic layer, virtual datasets, Reflections)

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with 
• HBase
• Apache Spark
• Experience with HBase or similar lakehouse query engines
• Airflow 
• Understanding of data catalogs and lineage (e.g., OpenLineage, DataHub, Apache Polaris , openlineage)
• Proficiency in Java
• Experience with Git-based development and CI/CD

Nice-to-Have Skills

• OpenTable format/Iceberg ,Apache Arrow
• CDC-based analytics pipelines
• Cloud platforms (AWS)
• Kubernetes-based data platforms

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.

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.

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.

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.

1st virtual , 2nd round F2F

Python pyspark, SQL, data engineer

5+yrs

9+yrs

Bangalore/Hyderabad

immediate to 15days.

role: data engineer

Python pyspark, SQL, data engineer

5+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