Data Engg + Databricks & PySpark-Sr Technical Lead-Data Engg

Birlasoft ( India ) Limited; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Birlasoft ( India ) Limited is looking for a Senior Azure Data Engineer / Sr. Technical Lead to guide complex data initiatives and mentor engineering teams. The ideal candidate will have skills in Azure Databricks, PySpark, and SQL, leading the design and deployment of scalable data solutions.

This role demands extensive experience in both technical leadership and data engineering practices to ensure high performance and reliability in data processing and management.

Qualifications

• Extensive expertise in data engineering practices and cloud technologies.
• Strong leadership skills and experience mentoring teams.
• Proven experience in architecting scalable data solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of data engineering solutions.
• Build and maintain high-performance ELT/ETL pipelines.
• Implement data quality frameworks and best practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to create scalable technical solutions.

Skills

Azure Databricks

PySpark

SQL

Azure Data Factory

Modern Data Engineering Practices

Job description

Title: Data Engg + Databricks & PySpark-Sr Technical Lead-Data Engg

Location: INDIA - PUNE - BIRLASOFT OFFICE - HINJAWADI

Area(s) of responsibility

We are seeking a seasoned Senior Azure Data Engineer / Sr. Technical Lead with extensive expertise in Azure Databricks, PySpark, ADF, SQL, and modern data engineering practices. This role requires strong technical leadership, hands on engineering capabilities, and the ability to design, architect, and deliver enterprise-scale data solutions. The ideal candidate will lead complex data initiatives, mentor engineering teams, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to build a robust and scalable data ecosystem on Azure.

Key Responsibilities

1. Solution Architecture & Technical Leadership
   • Lead the design, development, and deployment of large-scale data engineering solutions using Azure Databricks, PySpark, SQL, ADF, and Azure Data Lake.
   • Architect end-to-end Modern Data Warehouse (MDW) and Lakehouse solutions, ensuring scalability, performance, security, and cost optimization.
   • Define technical standards, coding best practices, reusable frameworks, and architectural guidelines for engineering teams.
   • Provide technical leadership across the project lifecycle—requirements analysis, solution blueprinting, estimation, development, and deployment.
2. Data Pipeline Engineering
   • Build, optimize, and maintain scalable, high performance ELT/ETL pipelines to process large volumes of structured and unstructured data.
   • Set up complex data ingestion frameworks, enabling seamless integration with on-premise systems, cloud services, APIs, and third-party sources.
   • Ensure high availability, data reliability, and error-resilient orchestration workflows in Azure Data Factory.
3. Azure Databricks & PySpark Expertise
   • Design and implement advanced transformation logic using PySpark on Databricks, ensuring efficient data processing and code modularity.
   • Utilize Delta Lake capabilities—ACID transactions, schema evolution, versioning, time travel—to manage enterprise-grade datasets.
   • Perform cluster-level tuning, optimization of shuffle operations, caching, partitioning, and job parallelization.
   • Manage Databricks job pipelines, notebooks, clusters, job scheduling, and integration with CI/CD pipelines.
4. Data Governance, Quality & Documentation
   • Implement data quality frameworks covering validation, reconciliation, error handling, and metadata management.
   • Enforce best practices for security, access control, encryption, data lineage, and auditability.
   • Prepare and maintain detailed documentation: technical specification documents, interface designs, architecture diagrams, and operational runbooks.
5. Stakeholder Collaboration & Team Leadership
   • Collaborate with BI, analytics, business teams, and architects to convert business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
   • Lead code reviews, provide mentoring and technical guidance to junior and mid-level engineers.
   • Work closely with Scrum Masters and Product Owners within an Agile delivery model.