Azure Data Platform Lead for AI & Analytics

Programmers.io; Redmond; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Programmers.io is seeking a hands-on Technical Lead for Data Platform & Services Engineering with strong Azure data engineering, backend services, APIs, analytics, and cloud architecture expertise. You will design, build, modernize, and operate enterprise-scale data platforms on Microsoft Azure.

You will lead design and implementation of scalable data platforms, lakehouse architectures, and secure API backends, while guiding modernization, reliability, and DevOps practices across the team.

Qualifications

• Experience with ETL/ELT, data warehousing, and data modeling.
• Experience with Lakehouse/Medallion architecture.
• Hands-on Azure Data Engineering with cloud architecture and data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable Azure data platforms, ETL/ELT pipelines, and analytical solutions.
• Design Lakehouse/Medallion architectures using ADLS Gen2, Delta Lake, Bronze/Silver/Gold layers.
• Design and develop REST APIs and backend services using C#, .NET, and ASP.NET Core.
• Build data and integration services using Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Kusto, Azure Functions, Event Hubs, and Service Bus.
• Implement microservices and event-driven processing patterns with secure authentication and authorization.
• Modernize legacy data pipelines, services, APIs, storage platforms, and application components.
• Support platform and data migrations while ensuring functional and data parity.
• Implement logging, telemetry, dashboards, and proactive alerting using Azure Monitor and Application Insights.

Skills

ETL/ELT

Data Warehousing

Data Modeling

Lakehouse

Medallion Architecture

Tools

Azure DevOps

Git

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes (AKS)

Azure Key Vault

Azure Monitor

Cosmos DB

ADLS Gen2

Delta Lake

Job description

Programmers.io is seeking a hands-on Technical Lead for Data Platform & Services Engineering with strong Azure data engineering, backend services, APIs, analytics, and cloud architecture expertise. You will design, build, modernize, and operate enterprise-scale data platforms on Microsoft Azure.

You will lead design and implementation of scalable data platforms, lakehouse architectures, and secure API backends, while guiding modernization, reliability, and DevOps practices across the team.