Lead Business Intelligence Engineer

S&P Global, Inc.; India; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness

Flexible Time Off

Continuous Learning

Retirement Planning & student loan

Family Benefits

Job summary

S&P Global, Inc. is seeking a Lead Business Intelligence Engineer to own a cloud-based data platform, partner with senior stakeholders, and drive growth through data-enabled decision making.

You will shape data use, build scalable solutions, and lead data modeling, pipelines, and semantic layers for self-service analytics. In this role, you will influence data use across the organization, ensure trusted and accessible information, and support business growth with faster, better-informed

Qualifications

• A degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Strong experience in Data Engineering/Analytics Engineering with end-to-end data solutions.
• Hands-on with AI-ready data and metadata management.
• Advanced SQL skills and BigQuery experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead scalable data solutions delivering actionable insights.
• Evolve data model to support current and future needs.
• Architect and oversee data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and serving.
• Define best practices in data modeling, quality, and performance across BI platform.
• Develop and optimize semantic layers for self-service analytics and consistent reporting.
• Guide dashboard and analytics product design for clarity and business relevance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align data solutions with goals.
• Identify opportunities to add AI/advanced analytics value.

Skills

SQL

BigQuery

Data Modeling

Medallion Architecture

Data Warehousing

ETL/ELT

Data Pipelines

GCP

AI-ready data

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Terraform

dbt

Dataform

Orchestration tools

Job description

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use): 11 Lead Business Intelligence Engineer Work directly with senior stakeholders across technology and business to shape how data is used in the organization. You will take ownership of a cloud based data platform and drive its next stage of growth. This role is about building solutions that are actually used and making data a core part of decision making.

The Team:

We are a Business Intelligence team focused on turning complex data into clear and actionable insights. We work closely with the business, move fast, and take ownership of what we build. Collaboration is at the core of how we work, and we take pride in building solutions that have a real impact.

The Impact:

In this role, you will influence how data is used across the organization. You will help move the company towards a more mature and structured approach to data, where information is trusted, accessible, and actively used in decision making. Your work will directly support business growth by enabling faster and better informed decisions.

What's in it for you:

• Professional Growth: You’ll have the opportunity to join a high-performing team, growing your technical skills, and contribute to strategic decisions
• Global Exposure: Collaborate with cross-functional teams across different geographies, gaining exposure to diverse perspectives and markets
• Innovation: Shape the future of data integration by working on cutting-edge technologies and solving complex challenges

Responsibilities:

• Design and lead the development of scalable data solutions that deliver reliable and actionable insights across the organization
• Drive the evolution of the data model to ensure it supports both current and future business needs
• Architect and oversee data pipelines that efficiently ingest, transform, and serve data for analytical use cases
• Define and drive best practices in data modeling, data quality, and performance optimization across the BI platform
• Develop and optimize semantic layers that enable self-service analytics and consistent reporting
• Guide the design of dashboards and analytical products to ensure clarity, usability, and business relevance
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to align data solutions with strategic goals
• Identify opportunities to enhance the platform with advanced analytics and AI where it adds real value

What we are looking for:

• Strong experience in Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, or similar roles, with a proven track record of delivering end-to-end automated data solutions
• Deep understanding and hands-on experience with "AI-ready" data. You know what it takes to feed AI models for automated reporting, including managing high-quality metadata, writing excellent field descriptions, and defining clear, robust relationships between tables
• Proven experience designing scalable data models and building production-grade data platforms using the Medallion architecture (Bronze / Silver / Gold)
• Advanced SQL skills and confidence working with large and complex datasets
• Hands-on experience with modern data warehouses, ideally BigQuery
• Experience building, automating, and maintaining ETL or ELT pipelines in production environments
• Experience with data transformation tools such as dbt or Dataform
• Experience working with orchestration tools
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or similar
• Solid understanding of cloud environments, preferably Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• A degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work directly with other engineering teams to onboard data, as well as technical and business stakeholders

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business.

Our Values:

• Integrity
• Discovery
• Partnership

Benefits:

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body
• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on
• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills
• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs
• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families
• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law.

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