Lead Cloud Data Engineer

Job title: Lead Cloud Data Engineer

Seniority level: Senior/Lead

• Exp: 10+ years
• Experience Required: Minimum 7 years of Cloud Data Engineer experience is mandatory.
• Location: Bangalore
• Work Mode: Hybrid

Skills Required:

At Lead level for this role, we're generally looking for candidates who go beyond hands-on delivery and are already operating with broader ownership and influence. Specifically:

· End-to-end ownership of data platforms or product areas – not just building pipelines, but owning design, reliability, and outcomes

· Strong AWS data engineering depth – ability to make decisions across services (Glue, EMR, Lambda, Redshift, etc.), not just use them

· Architecture and design experience – able to define approaches, trade-offs, and patterns for scalable data platforms

· Leadership / influence – either formal team leadership or clear evidence of guiding other engineers and shaping solutions across teams

· Decision-making and problem ownership – candidates should be able to explain why something was done, not just what was implemented

· Clear communication – ability to explain complex systems simply and structure thinking clearly

Strong data engineering skills, including building and optimizing ETL/ELT pipelines.

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership:

o Provide direction and be responsible for the build out of Data Products to

service various operations and regulatory needs.

o Implement software engineering strategy, ensuring that it aligns with the

overall business and product objectives.

o Contribute to the definition of applications development policies, standards,

and procedures.

Mentoring:

o Lead and mentor junior software development team members, fostering a

culture of innovation, automation, collaboration, and excellence.

o Take active part in career development and performance of junior software

development team members.

Project Delivery:

o Execute software projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget,

and meet quality standards.

o Execute project plans and application designs to ensure projects are aligned

with standards and IT strategy.