Senior Foundry Data Engineer

Cognizant; Manurewa; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant in Auckland is seeking a Senior Developer with 10–12 years of experience to join our data engineering team. The role focuses on building and optimizing data pipelines using SQL, Spark, PySpark and Python for enterprise projects.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor juniors, and drive best practices in data management, security, and performance. Familiarity with Palantir Foundry and AWS is a plus, contributing to scalable, reliable data solutions.

Qualifications

• 10–12 years of experience in software development and data engineering.
• Proficient in SQL, Spark, PySpark and Python for data processing pipelines.
• Experience with Palantir Foundry, AWS and data governance practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize complex data pipelines using SQL, Spark, PySpark and Python.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements for data solutions.
• Mentor junior developers and perform code reviews to ensure quality and standards.
• Ensure data integrity, security and scalable architecture across pipelines.
• Provide documentation and support for deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting.

Skills

PySpark

Python

SQL

Palantir Foundry

AWS

Data Pipelines

ACE

EBard

Tools

ACE

EBard

OneView

Product MD M

Job description

What makes Cognizant a unique place to work? The combination of rapid growth and an international and innovative environment! This is creating many opportunities for people like YOU: people with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make a difference in this world.

At Cognizant, together with your colleagues from all around the world, you will collaborate on creating solutions for the world’s leading companies and help them become more flexible, more innovative, and successful. Moreover, this is your chance to be part of the success story.

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Sr. Developer with 10 to 12 years of experience to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in SQL Developer, Spark, PySpark, and Python. Experience in Research and Development is a plus. The Developer will play a crucial role in developing and optimizing our data processing pipelines, contributing to innovative projects that drive the company’s mission forward.

Mandatory Skills

• Palantir Foundry
• PySpark
• Python
• SQL
• AWS
• Should have extensive knowledge of the Data Pipelines
• Should have experience working in ACE and EBard

Roles And Responsibilities

• Should be proficient in working on the NBA and Veeva suggestions and related country activations.
• Should have experience in working on ACE, E-Bard, OneView and Product MDM.
• Develop and optimize complex data processing pipelines using SQL Developer, Spark, PySpark, and Python.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and analyse requirements for data solutions.
• Implement best practices for data management, ensuring data integrity and security.
• Provide technical expertise in the design and implementation of scalable data architectures.
• Troubleshoot and resolve performance issues in data processing workflows.
• Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality and adherence to coding standards.
• Mentor junior developers, providing guidance and support in their professional growth.
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies to continuously improve our data solutions.
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, from concept and design to testing and deployment.
• Contribute to the development of technical documentation and user guides.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify opportunities for data-driven improvements.
• Ensure compliance with data governance and regulatory requirements.
• Drive innovation by exploring new tools and techniques to enhance data processing capabilities.
• System monitoring: Monitoring of global jobs and data health checks, issue communications, root cause identification and remediation and performance optimizations.
• Issue management: Attend triage calls, analysis and resolution of the issues, ticket updates and interaction with users.
• Demand management: Work on minor enhancements, bug fixes to the existing code. Clarify requirements with the team. Remediate upcoming impacts on existing global pipelines as per release change process.
• Operational reporting: Providing statistics about pipeline monitoring, issues, health checks and system usage.
• Documentation: Create team knowledge documents and keep it updated. Ensure adherence to standards, policies and quality compliance, enterprise metadata definition.
• Support user acceptance testing.
• Interaction with business stakeholders for seeking or providing clarifications.

Salary Range: >$100,000
Date of Posting: 23-Oct-26

Cognizant is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities. Successful candidates will be required to undergo a background check.