Data Engineering Jobs in India
There are 2,220 open Data Engineering jobs in India on freehire right now. 747 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are sql, python and cloud.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INR | year | ₹2,500,000 | ₹3,250,000 | ₹3,700,750 | 11 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- sql 73%
- python 68%
- cloud 68%
- data-engineering 67%
- data-pipelines 65%
- analytics 59%
- etl 57%
- data-quality 53%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 300 · 14%
- Remote 177 · 8%
- Onsite 84 · 4%
Visa sponsorship offered in 37% of the 128 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 682
- Lead 223
- Principal 51
- Staff 46
- C-level 40
- Middle 23
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 632
- 501-1000 employees 138
- 51-200 employees 27
- 11-50 employees 15
- 201-500 employees 9
- 1-10 employees 1
Senior Software Engineer (Data Platform)
Build and operate Databricks’ internal Data Intelligence Platform: metrics store, ETL frameworks, orchestration, and governance tools that power the company’s analytics and AI products at global scale.
India - Senior Data Engineer (Contractual Remote Opportunity)
Senior Data Engineer on a 3–4 month contract designing and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines on Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse, implementing medallion architecture (bronze/silver/gold layers) with SQL, Python, and Spark.
Data Engineer
Data Engineer automating ETL workflows, designing data pipelines, creating Power BI dashboards, and optimizing SQL database performance for Danfoss.
Senior Data Engineer
Designs and optimizes scalable, secure data platforms for clinical research analytics, AI/ML, and regulatory compliance using cloud-native tools and distributed systems.
SDE III - Data Engineering
Build and scale large-scale data pipelines and platforms for an AI-powered e-commerce discovery engine, using Spark, Kafka, Flink, and GCP to power personalization, recommendations, and ML systems.
SDE IV - Data Engineer
Lead the design and delivery of real-time data pipelines and backend microservices for InMobi’s DSP, processing billions of bid-stream events daily to power bidding intelligence, audience targeting, and campaign analytics using Python/Java/Scala, Kafka/Flink, StarRocks, and Kubernetes.
Senior Data Engineer
The Senior Data Engineer will design data warehouse architectures, develop ETL/ELT pipelines using Databricks, and build KPI dashboards. The role also involves creating analytics plans and ensuring secure data access.
Data Engineer
The Data Engineer will design and maintain data infrastructure on Azure, focusing on building ETL solutions, medallion architectures, and metadata-driven ingestion frameworks. The role involves processing, transforming, and securing data while ensuring high data quality and performance.
Senior Data Engineer - GPM - Chennai
Designs and maintains scalable data pipelines and streaming systems for OTT/CTV advertising, using Spark, Kafka, and cloud data warehouses.
Data Engineer (GCP) - Chennai - GOM
Designs and builds scalable GCP-based data pipelines for analytics, working with BigQuery, Python, and Terraform to deliver insights and improve data quality in a hybrid Chennai office.
Data Engineer II
Design and build data pipelines and services in Python to automate financial data flows and support quarterly closing cycles using Agile and DevOps practices.
Solutions Architect - Data Engineering
Leads enterprise Data & AI architecture and client engagements, designing scalable cloud-based solutions and integrating AI tools to improve engineering workflows and business outcomes.
Staff Software Engineer - Data Platform
Design and build Databricks' internal Data Intelligence Platform, automating company-wide decision-making with tools for logging, orchestration, and data governance using distributed systems and AI techniques.
Data Engineer
Data Engineer building and maintaining scalable data pipelines, warehouses, and data services on GCP (BigQuery, Airflow, Dataform/DBT, Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions) for a multi-carrier shipping SaaS platform, with an AI-augmented insights focus.
Data Engineer — Recommendation Engine
Builds and maintains data pipelines for a real-time in-game store recommendation engine, sourcing external market signals and serving competitiveness scores via AWS and ClickHouse.
Staff Data Platform Engineer
Staff Data Platform Engineer building and scaling enterprise-grade data infrastructure, AI-based analytical tools, and self-serve data solutions at EarnIn's Bengaluru office using Kafka, Python, Scala, Spark, and cloud platforms.
Head of Forward-Deployed Data Engineering, India Center
Leads a Hyderabad-based team of data engineers to accelerate AI and agentic use cases, shaping Roche's enterprise data architecture and federated platforms.
Senior Lead Software Engineer Data Platform Python or Java, big data
Designs and builds scalable data platforms and pipelines in Python or Java, leveraging big data tools like Spark and AWS services to support JPMorgan Chase’s global financial systems.
India - Senior Data Engineer (Contractual Remote Opportunity)
Build and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines on Microsoft Fabric to ingest and transform raw data into reliable datasets for analytics and BI, using Delta Lake, Spark, and cloud platforms.