Senior Associate Data Engineering

The Opportunity

To design and implement real-time data streaming pipelines ensuring 24×7 availability of high-volume transactional data. Your role includes building fault-tolerant, scalable systems using modern big data technologies, integrating data from multiple sources into data lakes/lakehouses, and enabling downstream analytics. You will collaborate with internal teams (Data Science, Product, and Technology) to deliver reliable data solutions, optimize performance, and maintain compliance with NPCI standards.

Job Details

• Job Title: Data Engineer (Streaming)
  
• Division: Data Analytics
  
• Years of Experience: 3–8 years
  
• Education: Graduation in Computer Science/IT (preferably BE/B.Tech) or equivalent; advanced degrees are a plus
  
• Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
  
• Location: Mumbai & Hyderabad
  

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop real-time data pipelines using Apache Kafka and stream processing frameworks (Spark Structured Streaming / Apache Flink).
  
• Ensure 24×7 data availability with fault-tolerant, highly reliable systems.
  
• Implement ingestion, transformation, and load (ITL) patterns for data lakes/lakehouses (S3/MinIO, HDFS).
  
• Work with table formats like Iceberg, Hudi, or Paimon for ACID transactions and schema evolution.
  
• Optimize SQL queries on Trino/Hive for large-scale analytics.
  
• Develop orchestration workflows using DBT, Dagster, or Airflow for data transformations.
  
• Write efficient code in Python, Scala, and Java for data processing and automation.
  
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and deliver high-quality data solutions.
  
• Monitor pipeline health, manage checkpoints, and implement observability for streaming jobs.
  
• Ensure compliance with security, governance, and audit standards.
  

Key Skills and Experience Required

• Mandatory Technical Skills:
  • Apache Kafka (topics, partitions, offsets, reliability)
    
  • Stream processing (Spark Structured Streaming or Apache Flink)
    
• Preferred Technical Skills:
  • Data Lake / Lakehouse (S3, MinIO, HDFS)
    
  • Table formats: Iceberg, Hudi, Paimon
    
  • SQL engines: Trino, Hive
    
  • Orchestration tools: DBT, Dagster, Airflow
    
  • Programming: Python, Scala, Java
    
  • NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis)
    
  • CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions), Linux basics
    
  • BI tools: Superset, Tableau
    
  • Data Quality frameworks and observability practices
    
• Other Requirements:
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
    
  • Ability to work in 24×7 environments
    
  • Quick adaptability to new technologies