Role: Senior Data Engineer
Position Type: Full-Time Contract (40hrs/week)
Contract Duration: Long Term
Work Schedule: 8 hours/day (Mon-Fri)
Location: Hybrid(3x days onsite) - Pune, India
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Data Engineer with deep expertise in modern data technologies and a strong ability to design, build, and optimize large-scale data pipelines. The ideal candidate will partner closely with Product Managers, Data Scientists, and cross-functional engineering teams to turn ideas into production-ready data solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and operationalize scalable, distributed data pipelines for both batch and real-time processing.
- Collaborate end-to-end with Product Managers and Data Scientists to understand requirements, build prototypes, and deliver production-quality solutions.
- Write clean, high-quality code following engineering best practices and contribute to setting new coding standards as needed.
- Perform peer code reviews to maintain and improve quality across engineering teams.
- Facilitate diagnosis and resolution of technical or functional data issues.
- Advocate for data engineering best practices, process improvements, and developer experience enhancements.
- Build strong relationships across teams and participate in Communities of Practice.
- Engage in continuous learning to stay current with emerging technologies and business domain knowledge.
- Contribute as an active member of an agile engineering team, participating in all aspects of the workflow.
Required Skills & Experience
- 5+ years of experience working with big data technologies in enterprise environments.
- Strong expertise in designing and optimizing distributed, scalable, and reliable data pipelines.
- Hands-on experience with Databricks, Apache Spark, and Spark Structured Streaming for real-time ingestion.
- Proficiency working with Kafka in event-driven architectures.
- Strong SQL skills and practical experience with cloud data warehouses such as Snowflake.
- Experience with ETL development, data modeling, performance tuning, and data governance.
- Programming/scripting experience; Java exposure is a plus.
- Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions and work effectively in cross-functional teams.
