This role is ideal for a strategic problem solver who thrives in a fast-paced environment and excels at designing scalable data solutions from the ground up. You will act as the technical backbone of the team, translating complex business requirements into robust architectural blueprints, documenting technical strategies, and guiding the team to solve complex problems through elegant code and system design.

We welcome candidates with diverse technological backgrounds who are eager to expand their knowledge, lead architectural initiatives, and tackle new challenges.

Core Responsibilities & Ideal Candidate Profile

An ideal candidate will act as a seasoned architect and technical authority, possessing the following:

End-to-End Solutioning & Architecture: Proven expertise as a Technical Lead and Architect, capable of designing scalable, secure, and highly available data platforms. Strong ability to own the technical vision and architectural blueprints.
Deep Technical Mastery: 7+ years of extensive experience in Data Architecture, Data Warehousing/Analytics, Advanced SQL, ETL design, and Python.
Performance & Optimization Design: Deep expertise in architecting high-performance data models using Databricks. Master of system optimization, performance tuning, and bottleneck resolution at an enterprise scale.
Technical Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Strong communication skills with a track record of driving technical alignment across cross-functional teams, bridging the gap between Analytics, Software Engineering, and Business Domains.
Resilient Systems Engineering: Experience in architecting for operational stability, including designing frameworks for resilient production runs, disaster recovery, and automated maintenance activities.
Advanced Data Strategy: Hands-on experience architecting data extraction, ingestion, and analysis pipelines using both relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL) databases.
Data Governance & Mapping: Familiarity with implementing enterprise data inspection tools and creating comprehensive architectural mapping documents.

Deployment Architecture: Deep knowledge of the architectural challenges, security postures, and benefits of data extraction across both On-Premise and Cloud-native deployments

Required Skills & Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field
Strong logical reasoning and problem-solving abilities
Experience with Azure Databricks, Microsoft Azure, including cloud architecture design, deployment, and management (Azure Functions, App Services, Azure SQL, etc.)
Solid understanding of database design and working experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
Ability to write efficient and secure code, following coding standards and best practices
Experience with enterprise software development

EXL never requires or asks for fees/payments or credit card or bank details during any phase of the recruitment or hiring process and has not authorized any agencies or partners to collect any fee or payment from prospective candidates. EXL will only extend a job offer after a candidate has gone through a formal interview process with members of EXL's Human Resources team, as well as our hiring managers.

Technical Lead