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Job Description: Data Engineer

Location: Ahmedabad

Experience: 7+ years

Employment Type: Full-Time

We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Data Engineer to join our  team. As a Data Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing, building, and optimizing data pipelines that ensure the availability, reliability, and performance of our data infrastructure. You will collaborate closely with data scientists, analysts, and cross-functional teams to provide timely and efficient data solutions.

Responsibilities

● Design and optimize data pipelines for various data sources

● Design and implement efficient data storage and retrieval mechanisms

● Develop data modelling solutions and data validation mechanisms

● Troubleshoot data-related issues and recommend process improvements

● Collaborate with data scientists and stakeholders to provide data-driven insights and solutions

● Coach and mentor junior data engineers in the team

Skills Required: 

● Minimum 5 years of experience in data engineering or related field

● Proficient in designing and optimizing data pipelines and data modeling

● Strong programming expertise in Python

● Hands-on experience with big data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, and Hive

● Extensive experience with cloud data services such as AWS, Azure, and GCP

● Advanced knowledge of database technologies like SQL, NoSQL, and data warehousing

● Knowledge of distributed computing and storage systems

● Familiarity with DevOps practices and power automate and Microsoft Fabric will be an added advantage

● Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with outstanding communication and collaboration abilities

Qualifications

● Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a Computer related field

Data Architecture and Engineering Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead Data Architecture: Own the design, evolution, and delivery of enterprise data architecture across cloud and hybrid environments. Develop relational and analytical data models (conceptual, logical, and physical) to support business needs and ensure data integrity.
• Consolidate Core Systems: Unify data sources across airport systems into a single analytical platform optimised for business value.
• Build Scalable Infrastructure: Architect cloud-native solutions that support both batch and streaming data workflows using tools like Databricks, Kafka, etc.
• Implement Governance Frameworks: Define and enforce enterprise-wide data standards for access control, privacy, quality, security, and lineage.
• Enable Metadata & Cataloguing: Deploy metadata management and cataloguing tools to enhance data discoverability and self-service analytics.
• Operationalise AI/ML Pipelines: Lead data architecture that supports AI/ML initiatives, including forecasting, pricing models, and personalisation.
• Partner Across Functions: Translate business needs into data architecture solutions by collaborating with leaders in Operations, Finance, HR, Legal, Technology.
• Optimize Cloud Cost & Performance: Roll out compute and storage systems that balance cost efficiency, performance, and observability across platforms.

Qualifications:

• 12+ years of experience in data architecture, with 3+ years in a senior or leadership role across cloud or hybrid environments
• Proven ability to design and scale large data platforms supporting analytics, real-time reporting, and AI/ML use cases
• Hands-on expertise with ingestion, transformation, and orchestration pipelines
• Extensive experience with Microsoft Azure data services, including Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory and related technologies.
• Strong knowledge of ERP data models, especially SAP and MS Dynamics
• Experience with data governance, compliance (GDPR/CCPA), metadata cataloguing, and security practices
• Familiarity with distributed systems and streaming frameworks like Spark or Flink
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence both technical and business teams

Tools & Technologies

• Warehousing: Azure Databricks Delta, BigQuery
• Big Data: Apache Spark
• Cloud Platforms: Azure (ADLS, AKS, EventHub, ServiceBus)
• Streaming: Kafka, Pub/Sub
• RDBMS: PostgreSQL, MS SQL
• NoSQL: Redis
• Monitoring: Azure Monitoring, App Insight, Prometheus, Grafana

Job Description

Mandatory Requirements 

• Experience in AWS Glue

• Experience in Apache Parquet 

• Proficient in AWS S3 and data lake 

• Knowledge of Snowflake

• Understanding of file-based ingestion best practices.

• Scripting language - Python & pyspark

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create and manage cloud resources in AWS 

• Data ingestion from different data sources which exposes data using different technologies, such as: RDBMS, flat files, Streams, and Time series data based on various proprietary systems. Implement data ingestion and processing with the help of Big Data technologies 

• Data processing/transformation using various technologies such as Spark and Cloud Services. You will need to understand your part of business logic and implement it using the language supported by the base data platform 

• Develop automated data quality check to make sure right data enters the platform and verifying the results of the calculations 

• Develop an infrastructure to collect, transform, combine and publish/distribute customer data.

• Define process improvement opportunities to optimize data collection, insights and displays.

• Ensure data and results are accessible, scalable, efficient, accurate, complete and flexible 

• Identify and interpret trends and patterns from complex data sets 

• Construct a framework utilizing data visualization tools and techniques to present consolidated analytical and actionable results to relevant stakeholders. 

• Key participant in regular Scrum ceremonies with the agile teams  

• Proficient at developing queries, writing reports and presenting findings 

• Mentor junior members and bring best industry practices.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 5-7+ years’ experience as data engineer in consumer finance or equivalent industry (consumer loans, collections, servicing, optional product, and insurance sales) 

• Strong background in math, statistics, computer science, data science or related discipline

• Advanced knowledge one of language: Java, Scala, Python, C# 

• Production experience with: HDFS, YARN, Hive, Spark, Kafka, Oozie / Airflow, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker / Kubernetes, Snowflake  

• Proficient with

• Data mining/programming tools (e.g. SAS, SQL, R, Python)

• Database technologies (e.g. PostgreSQL, Redshift, Snowflake. and Greenplum)

• Data visualization (e.g. Tableau, Looker, MicroStrategy)

• Comfortable learning about and deploying new technologies and tools. 

• Organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple projects and priorities simultaneously and meet established deadlines. 

• Good written and oral communication skills and ability to present results to non-technical audiences 

• Knowledge of business intelligence and analytical tools, technologies and techniques.

Familiarity and experience in the following is a plus: 

• AWS certification

• Spark Streaming 

• Kafka Streaming / Kafka Connect 

• ELK Stack 

• Cassandra / MongoDB 

• CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab, Jira, Confluence other related tools