IND Lead Engineer, Data

thehartford; Rangareddy; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,800,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hartford is seeking a Lead Engineer, Data to spearhead a large, intricate data ecosystem and empower AI-driven solutions. You will lead real-time streaming, data modeling, and knowledge-graph initiatives, collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate data into operational workflows.

Role emphasizes GenAI applications, synthetic data generation, and scalable data products across reporting, data science, and analytics domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, AI or related field.
• Experience in data engineering with SQL/NoSQL, Snowflake and ETL/ELT tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead data and AI engineering for a large, complex data ecosystem.
• Design and maintain real-time data streaming pipelines (Kafka, Kinesis, Spark streaming).
• Implement Data/AI pipelines to integrate structured, semi-structured and unstructured data for AI/Agentic solutions.
• Develop data domains and data products for Reporting, Analytics, AI/ML, Data Science.
• Design and apply Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate solutions into operations.
• Stay updated on GenAI advancements and run POCs and experiments.
• Model domain entities and relationships in knowledge graphs (e.g., Neo4j, Neptune).
• Generate synthetic data for testing and agent evaluation with automated data-quality frameworks.
• Explore AI-driven data pipeline automation and DevOps practices.

Skills

Data engineering

SQL/NoSQL

Cloud platforms

Python/Spark

GenAI

Data architecture

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Snowflake

CI/CD

AWS

GCP

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Neo4j

Amazon Neptune

RDF

Cypher

SPARQL

Job description

IND - Lead Engineer, Data - GCC063

We're determined to make a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes well beyond coverages and policies. Working here means having every opportunity to achieve your goals - and to help others accomplish theirs, too. Join our team as we help shape the future.

Key Responsibilities

• Data and AI Engineering lead for large and complex data ecosystem leveraging data domains, data products, cloud and modern technology stack
• Real-Time Data Streaming: Design, build and maintain scalable and robust real-time data streaming pipelines using technologies such as Apache Kafka, AWS Kinesis, Spark streaming, or similar.
• Data and AI Engineering lead responsible for Implementing Data and AI pipelines that bring together structured, semi-structured and unstructured data to support AI and Agentic solutions. This Includes pre-processing with extraction, chunking, embedding and grounding strategies to get the data ready.
• Develop Data and AI-driven systems to improve data capabilities, ensuring compliance with industry best practices.
• Develop data domains and data products for various consumption archetypes including Reporting, Data Science, AI/ML, Analytics etc.
• Implement efficient Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures and integrate with enterprise data infrastructure.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate solutions into operational processes and systems supporting various functions.
• Stay up to date with industry advancements in GenAI and apply modern technologies and methodologies to our systems. This includes designing prototypes (POCs) and conduct experiments, and recommend innovative tools and technologies to enhance data capabilities enabling business strategy.
• Model domain entities, relationships, and business logic in knowledge graphs (e.g., Neo4j, Amazon Neptune, RDF). Integrate data from multiple sources, ensuring canonical representation and semantic consistency.
• Synthetic data generation: Develop and validate synthetic data to simulate rare events and edge cases, supporting robust agent evaluation. Integrate synthetic data workflows with automated testing frameworks to ensure consistent, scalable agent performance assessment.
• Identify and Champion AI driven Data Engineering productivity improvements capabilities accelerating end-to-end data delivery lifecycle. This includes researching and implementing innovative solutions such as AI-driven auto-generation of data pipelines, advanced DevOps practices (AI augmented self-healing data pipelines) for data and automated data quality frameworks.
• Semantic layer and Real time analytics: Design and implement scalable semantic layer with dynamic query translation to deliver real time insights for conversational analytics.
• Integrate the semantic layers with AI/LLM platforms to provide low-latency, secure, and context-rich data access, optimized for high concurrency and aligned with enterprise governance standards.
• Ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of data pipelines and systems through effective monitoring, alerting, and incident management.
• Implement best practices in reliability engineering, including redundancy, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Collaborate closely with DevOps and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless deployment, operation, and maintenance of data systems.
• Mentor junior team members and engage in communities of practice to deliver high-quality data and AI solutions while promoting best practices, standards, and adoption of reusable patterns.
• Develop graph database solutions for complex data relationships supporting AI systems, this also includes developing and optimizing queries (eg Cyhper, SPARQL) to enable complex reasoning, relationship discovery, and contextual enrichment for AI agents.
• Apply GenAI solutions to insurance-specific data use cases and challenges.
• Partner with architects and stakeholders to influence and implement the vision of the AI and data pipelines while safeguarding the integrity and scalability of the environment.

Required Skills & Experience :

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or related field.
• Data engineering experience including Data solutions, SQL and NoSQL, Snowflake, ETL/ELT tools, CICD, Bigdata, Cloud Technologies (AWS/Google/AZURE), Python/Spark, Datamesh, Datalake or Data Fabric.
• Mastery level data engineering and architecture skills, including deep expertise in data architecture patterns, data warehouse, data integration, data lakes, data domains, data products, business intelligence, and cloud technology capabilities.
• Expertise with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Data engineering experience focused on supporting Generative AI technologies.
• Hands on experience with Snowflake
• Experience with building Data and AI pipelines that bring together structured, semi-structured and unstructured data. This include