Sustaining Engineer - Modeling Support

Aera Technology; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical plan

Vision & Dental

401K

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Aera Technology in Pune, India, seeks a Modeling Sustaining Engineer to diagnose and resolve production issues in customer decision models, data pipelines, and business logic on the Aera platform. You will collaborate with success, product, and engineering teams to identify root causes and drive permanent fixes.

The role requires a BS/MS in CS/Engineering and 4+ years in enterprise support, data analytics, or modeling, with strong SQL and experience with data pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience in enterprise application support, data analytics, business intelligence, modeling, or related areas.
• Strong SQL skills and experience analyzing large datasets.
• Experience troubleshooting data pipelines, ETL processes, data models, or analytics platforms.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and resolve complex customer production issues related to decision models, Modeling, recommendations, data ingestion, and business processes.
• Analyze model execution, recommendation generation, data transformations, and platform behavior to identify root causes.
• Triage and prioritize high-priority customer issues while ensuring timely communication and resolution.
• Work closely with Engineering and Product teams to drive permanent fixes and platform improvements.
• Develop deep expertise in customer implementations and become an SME for specific platform capabilities.
• Perform impact analysis and validate fixes before deployment.
• Create and maintain troubleshooting guides, runbooks, and knowledge base articles.
• Proactively identify recurring issues and recommend improvements to reduce support volume.
• Support root cause analysis (RCA) activities and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

SQL

Data Analytics

Troubleshooting

Distributed Systems

Stakeholder Mgmt

Education

Bachelors or Masters in CS/Engineering

Tools

Python

Java

Job description

Aera Technology is a pioneer in the growing category of Decision Intelligence Platforms and a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for 2026 – the technology to digitize, augment, and automate decision-making processes with AI and machine learning. Through our AI decision automation platform, Aera Decision Cloud™, we are helping the best-known brands in the world make smarter, faster decisions.

Privately-held and VC-funded, we have a global team of over 400 Aeranauts – and we’re growing. We deliver Decision Intelligence innovation and services that enable enterprises to automate and scale decision making with accuracy and speed. We continue to be the trusted choice of market leaders for our proven ability to generate value and unlock opportunities that were previously unattainable.

The Modeling Sustaining Engineer is a hands-on role responsible for diagnosing, troubleshooting, and resolving complex production issues related to customer decision models, data pipelines, recommendations, and business logic running on the Aera platform. This is a cross-functional role where you will partner closely with Customer Success, Product, Engineering, and Modeling teams to identify root causes, drive resolutions, and improve platform reliability.

The ideal candidate combines strong analytical skills, data modeling expertise, and a deep understanding of enterprise business processes. You will become a subject matter expert (SME) for customer implementations and platform modeling capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and resolve complex customer production issues related to decision models, Modeling, recommendations, data ingestion, and business processes.
• Analyze model execution, recommendation generation, data transformations, and platform behavior to identify root causes.
• Triage and prioritize high-priority customer issues while ensuring timely communication and resolution.
• Work closely with Engineering and Product teams to drive permanent fixes and platform improvements.
• Develop deep expertise in customer implementations and become an SME for specific platform capabilities.
• Perform impact analysis and validate fixes before deployment.
• Create and maintain troubleshooting guides, runbooks, and knowledge base articles.
• Proactively identify recurring issues and recommend improvements to reduce support volume.
• Support root cause analysis (RCA) activities and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

About You

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience in enterprise application support, data analytics, business intelligence, modeling, or related areas.
• Strong SQL skills and experience analyzing large datasets.
• Experience troubleshooting data pipelines, ETL processes, data models, or analytics platforms.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose complex production issues.
• Ability to understand business processes and translate technical findings into actionable insights.
• Experience working with logs, monitoring tools, and debugging distributed systems.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Passion for becoming a subject matter expert and driving customer success.
• Willingness to learn new technologies and business domains.
• Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and similar technologies to accelerate troubleshooting, root cause analysis, documentation, and productivity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise planning, supply chain, finance, procurement, or operational business processes.
• Familiarity with Python, Java, or scripting languages.
• Experience with cloud platforms, data warehouses, and analytics tools.
• Knowledge of decision intelligence, AI/ML, or optimization concepts is a plus.

If you share our passion for building a sustainable, intelligent, and efficient world, you’re in the right place. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, we're a series C start-up, with teams in Mountain View, San Francisco (California), Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca (Romania), Paris (France), Munich (Germany), London (UK), Pune (India), and Sydney (Australia). So join us, and let’s build this!

Aera Technology is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Aera Technology will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Aera Technology respects the privacy of your data. Please take the time to read our European GDPR privacy candidate notice available here

Benefits

• At Aera Technology, we strive to support our Aeranauts and their loved ones through different stages of life with a variety of attractive benefits, and great perks. In addition to offering a competitive salary and company stock options, we have other great benefits available. You’ll find comprehensive medical, vision and dental plans, a 401K plan, flexible paid time off, generous parental leave, and much more. We believe in a flexible working environment, to allow our Aeranauts to perform at their best, ensuring a healthy work-life balance. When you’re working from the office, you’ll also have access to a fully-stocked kitchen with a selection of snacks and beverages.