Data Engineering Jobs in India
There are 2,224 open Data Engineering jobs in India on freehire right now. 752 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 69%
- cloud 68%
- data-engineering 67%
- data-pipelines 65%
- analytics 60%
- etl 57%
- data-quality 53%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 302 · 14%
- Remote 178 · 8%
- Onsite 84 · 4%
Visa sponsorship offered in 36% of the 127 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 683
- Lead 221
- Principal 53
- Staff 46
- C-level 41
- Middle 25
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 624
- 501-1000 employees 139
- 51-200 employees 27
- 11-50 employees 15
- 201-500 employees 9
- 1-10 employees 1
Senior Data Engineer
Build and optimize industrial data pipelines using Python, SQL, and APIs to power AI-driven solutions for energy and manufacturing clients.
Data Engineer
Design and build scalable data pipelines and models on Cognite Data Fusion, integrating industrial data sources with Python, SQL, and APIs to enable AI-driven insights for energy and manufacturing clients.
GCP Data Engineer Lead
Lead a team to design and build scalable GCP-based ETL/ELT pipelines, data lakes, and warehouses using BigQuery, Cloud Composer, and Dataflow.
Assistant Vice President, Data Governance
Lead data governance at Barclays, building frameworks for regulatory compliance, data quality, and records management while using Python, SQL, and analytics tools to drive insights and operational reporting.
Senior Data Engineer (DATA + AI) for After-Sales Vehicle Documentation
Senior Data Engineer builds and maintains data pipelines, AI/ML integrations, and BI reports for Mercedes-Benz vehicle documentation using Databricks, Spark, SQL, and AWS.
Senior Data Engineer Consultant
Design and teach a next-gen data platform for a fintech SaaS that unifies due-diligence data from 150+ countries, migrating from SQL Server to PostgreSQL and adding AI-native features like vector search and semantic matching.
Data Engineer
Lead Azure-based data engineering projects, build ETL pipelines, and mentor teams to deliver scalable data solutions for enterprise clients.
Head of Enterprise Business Data Governance
Leads enterprise-wide data governance for Sandoz, defining standards, decision rights, and frameworks to ensure high-quality master, reference, transactional, and AI-ready datasets across business domains.

Data Engineer
Builds and optimizes cloud-based data pipelines and warehouses using Snowflake, Databricks, and AWS, then surfaces insights via BI tools like Tableau.
Data Engineer - AWS Cloud Engineer
Build and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure and data pipelines for a large fintech firm, automating deployments with Terraform and CI/CD tools while ensuring security and scalability.
Data Engineer - ETL
Build and maintain scalable data pipelines, ETL/ELT solutions, and data warehouses using PySpark, AWS, and modern data platforms to process and analyze large-scale financial data securely.
Data Engineer
Build and maintain data pipelines, warehouses, and lakes to ensure accurate, accessible, and secure data processing and analysis for a large financial institution.
Data Engineer
Build and maintain ETL pipelines, data models, and warehouses to integrate and analyze logistics data using Python, SQL, Spark, and Hadoop.
Data Steward - OT
Maintains and validates industrial sensor data streams and telemetry in Databricks, ensuring accuracy for plant operations and analytics teams.
Senior Big Data Engineer
Designs and maintains high-throughput data pipelines and platforms using Spark and Kafka to process billions of daily transactions for Qualys' TruRisk security platform.