Data Engineer

Accenture in India; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in India is seeking a Data Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and backend data services using Python across multi-cloud environments. You will work with cross-functional teams to ingest, process, and transform large data volumes, ensuring high performance and data quality.

The role focuses on building robust data workflows, leveraging cloud-native services, and maintaining data quality with a cloud-first, agile mindset. 7.5+ years of experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7.5 years of experience required.
• Must have Python frameworks experience.
• Experience with multi-cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).
• Experience with ETL/ELT frameworks and data integration patterns.
• Strong understanding of SQL/NoSQL databases and query optimization.

Responsibilities

• SME in data engineering and provide guidance to teams.
• Collaborate with multiple teams and contribute to key decisions.
• Design and develop highly scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes for large data processing.
• Build and maintain data services/APIs for data consumption across systems.
• Ensure data quality, validation, and consistency across pipelines.
• Optimize data workflows for scalability, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Mentor junior team members and foster professional growth.

Skills

Python

Proficiency in Python

Distributed data processing

Education

15 years education

Tools

Ab Initio

Job description

Project Role

Data Engineer

Project Role Description

Design, develop and maintain data solutions for data generation, collection, and processing. Create data pipelines, ensure data quality, and implement ETL (extract, transform and load) processes to migrate and deploy data across systems.

Must have skills

Python Frameworks

Good to have skills

Ab Initio

Minimum 7.5 Year(s) Of Experience Is Required

Educational Qualification

15 years full time education

Project Role Description

As a Python Data Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining highly scalable data pipelines, backend data services, and cloud-based data solutions. Your typical day will involve working with cross-functional teams to ingest, process, and transform large volumes of data across multiple systems, ensuring high performance, reliability, and data quality. You will leverage Python and multi-cloud technologies to build robust and efficient data workflows, with a strong focus on scalability, optimization, and low-latency processing. A cloud-first and agile mindset, combined with continuous improvement, will be key to delivering enterprise-grade data solutions.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Expected to be an SME.
• Collaborate and manage the team to perform.
• Responsible for team decisions.
• Engage with multiple teams and contribute to key decisions.
• Provide solutions to problems for their immediate team and across multiple teams.
• Design and develop highly scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes for large-scale data processing.
• Build and maintain data services/APIs for seamless data consumption across systems.
• Ensure data quality, validation, and consistency across pipelines.
• Optimize data workflows for scalability, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Handle high-volume and high-velocity datasets with efficient processing strategies.
• Mentor junior team members to foster their professional growth and development.
• Continuously evaluate and improve data engineering processes to enhance team productivity.

Professional & Technical Skills

• Must To Have Skills: Proficiency in Python (Programming Language).
• Strong experience in building scalable data pipelines and distributed data processing systems.
• Solid understanding of databases (SQL and NoSQL) and advanced query optimization techniques.
• Experience with ETL/ELT frameworks and data integration patterns.
• Hands-on experience with multi-cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and cloud-native data services.
• Experience with workflow orchestration tools (e.g., Apache Airflow or equivalent).
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Git, Jenkins) and containerization (Docker).
• Strong understanding of performance tuning, scalability, and distributed system design principles.
• Understanding of data quality, data lineage, and governance frameworks.
• Good To Have Skills: Exposure to programming languages such as Java or Scala in distributed environments.

Additional Information

• The candidate should have a minimum of 10 years of experience in Python (Programming Language).
• A 15 years full-time education is required.