Data Engineering Lead

Greetings from IndusInd Bank!!

We are currently hiring for Lead Data Engineer

Location- Mumbai

Experience- 10 to 17 Yrs

Role Details:

Lead, design, and build a cloud-native data platform on Azure, with a strong focus on Azure Databricks and modern data engineering practices. This role requires a hands-on technical leader who can architect scalable solutions while leading a team of Data Engineers and Data Analysts to deliver high-quality data products and insights.

Overall, Job Description

Data Modeling & Architecture

• Expertise in:
• Conceptual, Logical & Physical Data Modeling
• Dimensional modeling (Star/Snowflake schemas)
• Experience building models optimized for:
• Lakehouse (Databricks)
• Analytical workloads
• Strong understanding of:
• Data partitioning, indexing, data skipping, caching techniques

Programming & Transformation

• Strong hands-on skills in:
• PySpark (mandatory)
• Python for data transformation and automation
• Experience implementing:
• Data pipelines using Databricks workflows / jobs
• Reusable transformation frameworks

Integration & Advanced Capabilities

• Experience with:
• API integration and data ingestion frameworks
• CI/CD in Azure (Azure DevOps, Git integration with Databricks)
• Infrastructure as Code (ARM templates / Terraform – good to have)

Analytics & BI

• Experience integrating data platforms with:
• Power BI (preferred)
• Ability to:
• Create semantic layers and datasets for business consumption
• Enable self-service analytics

Good to Have

• Knowledge of:
• Azure Purview / Microsoft Fabric (emerging tools)
• Data governance frameworks
• Streaming analytics and real-time pipelines

Key Responsibilities

• Hands-On Technical Leadership
• Lead by example with active hands-on development in Azure Databricks
• Design and implement:
• Scalable lakehouse architectures
• High-performance data pipelines
• Review and guide code, architecture, and best practices across the team

Team Leadership

• Manage and mentor a team of:
• Data Engineers
• Data Analysts
• Drive best practices in:
• Code quality
• Data engineering standards
• Agile delivery

Architecture & Solution Design

• Translate business needs into:
• End-to-end Azure data architecture
• Scalable and reusable data models
• Define standards for:
• Data ingestion, transformation, storage, and serving layers

Stakeholder Engagement

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to:
• Understand requirements
• Translate into technical solutions
• Deliver actionable insights
• Act as the primary data advisor for the business vertical

Data Governance & Quality

• Implement and enforce:
• Data governance policies
• Data quality frameworks
• Metadata management (cataloging, lineage)

Optimization & Innovation

• Continuously optimize:
• Databricks jobs (performance & cost)
• Data storage and query performance
• Stay current with:
• Azure and Databricks advancements
• Modern data engineering practices (Medallion architecture, DataOps)

Education and Work Experience Requirements:

EDUCATION

Essential requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Preferred certifications:
• Azure Data Engineer (DP-203)
• Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
• Databricks certifications (Associate/Professional)

Preferred: Technical Skills

Core Data Engineering (Must-Have)

• Deep expertise in Azure Data Platform, including:
• Azure Databricks (core focus) – Spark (PySpark/Scala), Delta Lake, notebooks, workflow orchestration
• Azure Data Factory (ADF) – pipeline orchestration, integration runtime, monitoring
• Azure Data Lake (ADLS Gen2) – storage design, partitioning strategies
• Azure Synapse Analytics – data warehousing and SQL analytics
• Strong hands-on experience with:
• Data lakehouse architecture (Delta Lake preferred)
• ETL/ELT frameworks and data ingestion patterns
• Streaming (good to have): Structured Streaming, Event Hub, Kafka

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 10–17 years of overall experience
• Minimum 7+ years of hands-on experience in:
• Data engineering
• Data modeling in large-scale enterprise data platforms
• Strong experience in Azure-based data ecosystems and Databricks implementations
• Proven track record of leading data engineering and analytics teams

Interested candidates kindly share your updated profile on shraddha.mankuskar@indusind.com or apply on our ATS portal link below for better tracking:

Requition No: 87628

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