Qualification : BE/B tech, ME/M tech, Bsc, Msc.
Location : Hyderabad, Bangalore and Mumbai
Job Description
As a Senior Data Engineer, you will own the end-to-end data platform, from raw data ingestion through transformation to trusted, business-ready datasets. You will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable, reliable, and high-quality data pipelines that power analytics and decision-making across the organization.
This role requires someone who can make sound architectural decisions, balance trade-offs, and deliver production-grade solutions in a fast-paced environment. You'll partner closely with analysts, engineers, and business stakeholders, ensuring data solutions are reliable, maintainable, and aligned with business needs. A strong bias for action, systems thinking, and expertise in modern data engineering practices are essential.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain end-to-end data pipelines from ingestion to curated, trusted data models.
- Develop scalable and maintainable data transformation layers using modern transformation frameworks.
- Design and optimize data warehouse schemas and data models to support reporting and analytics.
- Write highly efficient, production-grade SQL and optimize complex queries for performance.
- Build, maintain, and monitor orchestration workflows, ensuring proper dependency management and data lineage.
- Implement data quality, validation, monitoring, and reliability practices to ensure trusted datasets.
- Make architecture and design decisions while balancing scalability, maintainability, and delivery speed.
- Collaborate closely with analysts, engineers, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into robust data solutions.
- Proactively identify improvements in data architecture, pipeline performance, and engineering practices.
- Leverage Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and accelerate delivery.
- Build solutions that are production-ready, scalable, and resilient while maintaining high development velocity.
Must-Have Skills
Technical Skills
- Expert-level proficiency in SQL, including complex query optimization, performance tuning, and advanced data modeling.
- Strong expertise in data warehousing concepts, dimensional modeling, and analytical database design.
- Hands-on experience with modern data transformation frameworks such as:
- dbt
- SQLMesh
- Strong understanding of workflow orchestration, DAG design, dependency management, and data lineage.
- Experience designing and maintaining reliable, production-grade data pipelines.
- Strong knowledge of data quality frameworks, testing, validation, and monitoring.
- Excellent systems thinking with the ability to design scalable and maintainable data architectures.
- Proven ability to deliver high-quality solutions in fast-paced, agile environments.
AI & LLM Skills (Mandatory)
Demonstrated hands-on experience using Large Language Models (LLMs) as a core part of the software development lifecycle, including:
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
- Vector embeddings and vector search
- Token optimization and context management
- LLM evaluations and quality assessment
- Guardrails and hallucination mitigation
- Function calling, tool use, and AI workflow orchestration
Candidates should have practical experience integrating AI into engineering workflows rather than limited exposure or experimentation.
Professional Skills
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to challenge requirements constructively and provide technical guidance.
- Strong ownership mindset with the ability to make informed technical decisions independently.
- Bias toward execution, continuous improvement, and delivering business value.
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Hands-on experience building and operating data platforms on Databricks.
- Experience with AI-assisted or "vibe coding" approaches to software development.
- Exposure to fintech, banking, payments, or financial services data platforms.
- Familiarity with modern DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and observability practices.
- Experience working in high-growth startups or small engineering teams with broad ownership.