Senior Big Data Engineer

Objectways; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Objectways in Chennai, India, is seeking a Senior Big Data Engineer to lead the development of enterprise-scale Big Data platforms. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of software development experience, strong expertise in GCP, and hands-on skills in Scala, Spark, and Hive.

This role involves designing scalable data solutions and optimizing ETL pipelines while mentoring engineering teams to adopt best practices. The candidate should also possess advanced SQL skills and exceptional leadership abilities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience.
• Strong expertise in GCP, BigQuery, and Cloud Storage.
• Hands-on experience with Scala, Spark, Hive, and Data Lakes.
• Extensive ETL and Data Warehousing experience.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools, Git, Maven, and Jenkins.
• Experience in architecture design and system modeling.
• Advanced SQL and database expertise.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and engineering direction to development teams.
• Design and develop scalable Big Data applications and data platforms.
• Lead architecture discussions and technology decisions.
• Build and optimize ETL pipelines and large-scale data processing systems.
• Mentor engineering teams and drive development best practices.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and product teams.
• Design and develop enterprise reporting and analytics solutions using Power BI.

Skills

GCP

BigQuery

Cloud Storage

Scala

Spark

Hive

ETL

Data Warehousing

CI/CD tools

Advanced SQL

Tools

Git

Maven

Jenkins

Power BI

Job description

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Big Data Engineer with extensive experience in designing and implementing enterprise‑scale Big Data platforms and cloud‑native data solutions. The ideal candidate will provide technical leadership while driving innovation and best practices across engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and engineering direction to development teams.
• Design and develop scalable Big Data applications and data platforms.
• Lead architecture discussions and technology decisions.
• Build and optimize ETL pipelines and large‑scale data processing systems.
• Develop solutions using Scala, Spark, Hive, and GCP technologies.
• Mentor engineering teams and drive development best practices.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and product teams.
• Design and develop enterprise reporting and analytics solutions using Power BI.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience.
• Strong expertise in GCP, BigQuery, and Cloud Storage.
• Hands‑on experience with Scala, Spark, Hive, and Data Lakes.
• Extensive ETL and Data Warehousing experience.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools, Git, Maven, and Jenkins.
• Experience in architecture design and system modeling.
• Advanced SQL and database expertise.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Power BI, DAX, and Data Modeling.
• Strong communication and mentoring abilities.