Marketing AI & Data Engineer

Maker Lab; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Maker Lab, Bengaluru, seeks a Junior Marketing AI & Data Engineer to support client teams in music and entertainment, applying AI, automation, and data to unlock insights and engage fans across APAC.

You will monitor data ingestion, test ML models, ensure data privacy, and maintain dashboards for marketing teams while advancing AI-driven campaign workflows.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience.
• 8–11 years of professional experience in data engineering, data analytics or predictive pipelines.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL; exposure to Databricks environments.
• Strong English communication and presentation skills.
• Understanding of data privacy and cross-border data handling.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and troubleshoot daily data ingestion routines for real-time feeds from DSPs, social networks and eCommerce platforms.
• Run, evaluate and test ML models to track product consumption velocity and trend spikes.
• Test data pipelines for localised tokenisation and anonymisation under regional data protection rules.
• Update dashboards and front-end interfaces for non-technical marketing teams.
• Manage intake from AI briefing form and map historical campaign data to new briefs.
• Execute automated bulk CSV configuration macros to accelerate ad deployments and tune Gen AI scripts.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data engineering

Data analytics

Databricks

LLMs

Education

BA/BS degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Databricks

Job description

Grounded in a talent-centric mindset, Maker Lab is a marketing agency designed to build decentralised technology-led agency teams, rooted in collaboration with clients from the ground up. Maker Lab's cross-functional teams of multidisciplinary specialists are embedded into client teams across digital marketing competencies — from measurement & analytics to content production.

Job Summary

We're looking for a Junior Marketing AI & Data Engineer to support one of our amazing clients in the music and entertainment industry. Join a team transforming the way music connects with audiences — using AI, automation, and data to unlock insights, solve real marketing challenges, and create smarter ways to engage fans across APAC.

Role

• Monitor and troubleshoot daily data ingestion routines for the unified data engine, ensuring real-time feeds from DSPs, social networks, and eCommerce platforms run without interruption
• Run, evaluate and test existing machine learning models to track product consumption velocity, supporting validation of early-stage trend spikes and real-time success probabilities
• Assist with routine technical testing of data pipelines to confirm localised data tokenisation and anonymisation filters are functioning correctly under relevant regional data protection regulations
• Update, refine and manage front-end interfaces and interactive dashboards, keeping them functional and accessible for non-technical marketing teams
• Manage daily intake spillover from the natural-language AI briefing form, resolving formatting gaps and mapping historical campaign data into new briefs
• Execute automated bulk CSV configuration macros to accelerate ad deployments for the Paid Media team, and prompt-tune Gen AI scripts to support bulk creative asset generation

You

• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience
• 8-11 years of professional experience or structural familiarity with data engineering, data analytics, or predictive pipelines within tech or digital media
• Competence writing basic Python and SQL queries, with a strong willingness to learn how production data models are structured within Databricks environments
• Eagerness to use modern AI coding assistants and LLMs to accelerate routine code management, testing cycles, and dashboard building
• Basic understanding of data privacy principles and why cross-border data handling protocols matter when working with regulated markets
• Exceptional verbal and written English communication and presentation skills

Contract Type: 12-months Fixed Term Contract