Senior Data Engineer
Summary
Senior Data Engineer builds and maintains scalable data pipelines and infrastructure for analytics and ML using SQL, Python, and cloud platforms in a hybrid role based in Hyderabad or Pune.
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines.
- Build and optimize data warehouses, data lakes, and data models.
- Integrate data from multiple sources, including APIs, databases, and third-party systems.
- Ensure data quality, consistency, security, and governance.
- Monitor and troubleshoot data pipelines and resolve performance issues.
- Optimize SQL queries and database performance.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and deliver solutions.
Requirements
Core Data Engineering
& Architecture
- Design
and build end-to-end data pipelines (ETL/ELT) for structured and
unstructured data
- Develop
scalable data platforms handling terabytes of data with high reliability
and low latency
- Strong
expertise in data modeling, warehousing, and lakehouse architectures
- Own
data quality, lineage, governance, and observability frameworks
- Hands-on
experience with Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, Flink (batch + real-time processing)
- Build
and optimize high-throughput, distributed data systems
- Experience
in streaming + event-driven architectures for large-scale financial data
- Deep
expertise in AWS / Azure / GCP (Data Lakes, Warehouses, Compute, Storage)
- Tools:
Databricks, Snowflake, Redshift, Synapse, BigQuery
- Pipeline
orchestration using Airflow, Prefect, or similar frameworks
- Strong
coding in Python, SQL, Scala
- Focus
on performance optimization, reliability, and production-grade systems
- Experience
with CI/CD, DevOps, and infrastructure-as-code
- Ability
to design architectures and make technology decisions at scale
- Strong
understanding of:
- Trade
lifecycle, transactions, risk, compliance, regulatory reporting
- Customer
360, payments, lending, capital markets data and Wealth Management
Business
- GenAI
/ LLM integration (RAG, embeddings, vector stores)
- Lead
legacy-to-cloud data platform migrations
- Drive
data re-engineering, system decomposition, and modernization initiatives
- Drive
resilience, failover, and incident response frameworks
- Work
across engineering, data science, risk, compliance, and product teams
- Ability
to translate business needs (risk, reporting, revenue) into data solutions
- Mentor
engineers and drive engineering best practices and standards