IT Deployment, Data Engineer - Chennai

Kuehne+Nagel; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global Leader

Structured growth opportunities

Competitive compensation

Collaborative culture

Global impact

Job summary

Kuehne+Nagel is hiring a Data Engineer to design, build, and evolve data pipelines and data products across our global reporting landscape. You will work on a cloud-native stack with Dagster, dbt, Snowflake, and AWS to deliver trusted shipment data for analytics.

The role requires 2–5 years in data engineering, strong SQL/Python skills, and experience with data warehousing and ETL/ELT workflows. Collaboration with BI teams and DevOps is essential for success.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in Data Engineering or a similar role.
• Strong experience with Snowflake, SQL, Python, dbt, and AWS.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows.
• Strong knowledge of data modelling and data warehouse design.
• Experience developing and supporting data products for analytics and reporting.
• Expertise in Snowflake architecture, performance optimization, and RBAC.
• Experience integrating data from WMS, ERP, TMS, Oracle, PostgreSQL, or similar systems.
• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD, data quality, and monitoring frameworks.
• Logistics, Supply Chain, or Blue Yonder WMS experience is preferred.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Implement and model analytical output ports for our data products.
• Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines using Dagster as the primary orchestration framework.
• Build and manage data transformation layers using dbt.
• Ensure proper operation and evolution of data models and datasets as the source of truth for shipment data.
• Architect and optimise Snowflake data warehouse structures.
• Provision and manage AWS infrastructure components supporting the data platform.
• Build and operate data-centric infrastructure in collaboration with DevOps specialists.
• Integrate data from source systems including TMS, WMS, ERP, Oracle, PostgreSQL.
• Provide analytics and data quality perspective to existing shipping data products.
• Evaluate new tools and technologies to enhance the data platform landscape.
• Work with the BI development team to understand ETL processes and data models; ensure continuity during platform modernization.
• Implement data quality checks, monitoring, and alerting across pipeline stages.
• Collaborate with reporting analysts and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver models.
• Maintain CI/CD workflows for data pipeline code and infrastructure-as-code deployments; complement Jenkins.
• Contribute to data governance practices including cataloguing, lineage tracking, and documentation.
• Support and troubleshoot production data issues, performing root cause analysis and remediation.

Skills

2–5 years experience

Snowflake

SQL

Python

dbt

AWS

ETL/ELT pipelines

Data modelling

Data warehouse design

Git

CI/CD

Data quality

Monitoring

WMS/ERP/TMS data

Education

Bachelors in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Dagster

Snowflake

Job description

It\u2019s more than a job

In this IT role, you will manage, develop, and support the technology infrastructure that powers Kuehne+Nagel’s global systems and operations. This contribution is vital to making both special and ordinary moments in the lives of people a reality. In fact, your work enables our teams to deliver fresh fruit, time-sensitive healthcare products and much more to people all around the world. Working in IT at Kuehne+Nagel contributes to more than we imagine.

It\u2019s more than a job

In this IT role, you will manage, develop, and support the technology infrastructure that powers Kuehne+Nagel’s global systems and operations. This contribution is vital to making both special and ordinary moments in the lives of people a reality. In fact, your work enables our teams to deliver fresh fruit, time-sensitive healthcare products and much more to people all around the world. Working in IT at Kuehne+Nagel contributes to more than we imagine.

As a data engineer within our Contract Logistics Global Reporting team, you will implement and evolve modern data architecture and pipelines that provide the source-of-truth data regarding shipments across the company. Working within an established BI landscape and driving the evolution towards a cloud-native stack centred on Dagster, dbt, Snowflake, and AWS, you will ensure that data flows reliably from diverse source systems into curated data products, fitting the needs of a data-driven logistics enterprise. You will ensure cloud-based infrastructure is utilised as efficiently as possible across data science products and projects, enabling downstream BI consumers and analysts to make timely, data-driven decisions.

How you create impact

• Implement and model analytical output ports for our data products, ensuring they are discoverable and consumable across domains


• Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines using Dagster as the primary orchestration framework, progressively modernising existing ETL workflows


• Build and manage data transformation layers using dbt, ensuring well-tested, documented, and version-controlled models


• Ensure proper operation and evolution of data models and resulting data sets, maintaining them as the source of truth for shipment data


• Architect and optimise Snowflake data warehouse structures including schemas, tables, views, and materialisation strategies


• Provision and manage AWS infrastructure components supporting the data platform (S3, Lambda, IAM, EC2, etc.)


• Build and operate data-centric infrastructure in collaboration with DevOps specialists


• Integrate data from a variety of source systems including logistics and supply chain platforms (e.g. TMS, WMS, ERP) as well as Oracle and PostgreSQL databases


• Provide an analytics and data quality focused perspective to existing shipping data products


• Evaluate new tools and technologies to enhance the data platform landscape


• Work alongside the existing BI development team to understand current ETL processes and data models, ensuring continuity during platform modernisation


• Implement data quality checks, monitoring, and alerting across pipeline stages


• Collaborate with reporting analysts and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver appropriate models


• Maintain CI/CD workflows for data pipeline code and infrastructure-as-code deployments, complementing existing Jenkins-based automation where appropriate


• Contribute to data governance practices including cataloguing, lineage tracking, and documentation


• Support and troubleshoot production data issues, performing root cause analysis and remediation

What we would like you to bring

• 2–5 years of experience in Data Engineering or a similar role.


• Strong experience with Snowflake, SQL, Python, dbt, and AWS.


• Hands-on experience building and maintaining data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows.


• Strong knowledge of data modelling and data warehouse design.


• Experience developing and supporting data products for analytics and reporting.


• Expertise in Snowflake architecture, performance optimization, and RBAC.


• Experience integrating data from WMS, ERP, TMS, Oracle, PostgreSQL, or similar systems.


• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD, data quality, and monitoring frameworks.


• Logistics, Supply Chain, or Blue Yonder WMS experience is preferred.


• Strong communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.

What\'s in it for you

• Work with a Global Leader – Join one of the world’s top logistics companies with a strong international presence and reputation.


• Career Development – Access structured growth opportunities, professional training, and internal mobility within a global organization.


• Attractive Compensation – Competitive salary with performance-based incentives and benefits.


• Collaborative Work Culture – Be part of a supportive, ethical, and compliance-driven team environment.


• Local Role, Global Impact – Influence regional business growth while working with global tools, systems, and best practices.

Who we are

Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.

As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life‑saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.