Lead Data Engineer

Staples India Business Innovation Hub Private Limited; Chennai District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Staples India Business Innovation Hub Private Limited is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to design, build, and scale our next-generation Digital Experience Analytics & Insights platform, who can guide and mentor other junior engineers to build a strong high performing team.

You will collaborate closely with data engineers, product managers, and analytics teams to create data foundations and AI-driven decision systems that maximize business impact while ensuring scalability and technical

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of relevant experience in Azure Data Engineering.
• Minimum 2 years of experience working with Adobe Analytics.
• Strong AI experience in Databricks and DBT for data transformation and processing.
• Proficiency in Python for data engineering and automation tasks.
• 6–10 years strong hands-on experience with SQL for querying and data manipulation.
• Linux scripting experience for data ingestion and manipulation.
• Experience in data architecture, data modeling, data quality and governance, Snowflake for processing and operationalization.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work independently.
• Strong communication skills to collaborate with technical and non-technical teams in onsite-offshore model.
• Collaborates with other cloud teams for deployment on Azure or GCP.
• Knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices is an advantage.
• Experience with Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, and PowerBI is a plus.
• Prior experience in e-commerce domain is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale our analytics platform for Digital Experience and Insights.
• Guide and mentor junior engineers to form a high-performing team.
• Collaborate with data engineers, product managers, and analytics teams to create data foundations and AI-driven decision systems.
• Ensure scalability, governance, and technical excellence across data systems.

Skills

Azure Data Engineering

Adobe Analytics

Databricks

DBT

Python

SQL

Linux scripting

Data architecture

Data modeling

Data quality

Governance

Snowflake

CI/CD

DevOps

IaC

Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Lake

PowerBI

E-commerce domain

Job description

Staples India Business Innovation Hub Private Limited | Permanent

We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Data Engineer to design,build, and scale our next-generation Digital Experience Analytics &Insights platform, who can guide and mentor other junior engineers to build astrong high performing team.

You will collaborate closely with dataengineers, product managers, and analytics teams to create data foundations andAI-driven decision systems that maximize business impact while ensuringscalability and technical excellence.

Requirements

ExpectedQualifications

• 6 – 10 yearsof relevant experience in Azure Data Engineering.
  
• Minimum 2years of experience working with Adobe Analytics.
  
• Strong AgenticAI Experience in Databricks and expertise in DBT framework for datatransformation and processing.
  
• Proficiencyin Python for data engineering and automation tasks.
  
• 6-10 years stronghands-on experience with SQL for querying and data manipulation.
  
• Linux scriptingexperience for data ingestion and manipulation.
  
• Strongexperience in data architecture, data modeling, data quality andgovernance, and working knowledge on data warehouses such as Snowflake,for data processing and operationalization
  
• Excellentproblem-solving skills and ability to work independently.
  
• Strongcommunication skills to collaborate with technical and non-technical teamswho can efficiently work in onsite-offshore model
  
• Collaborateswith other cloud teams for deployment on Azure or GCP
  
• Knowledge ofCI/CD, DevOps, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices is an advantage
  
• Experienceworking with Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure Data Lake, and PowerBI is aplus.
  
• Priorexperience in e-commerce domain is a plus