Lead Data Engineer — AWS Data Platform (Hybrid, Pakistan)

NorthBay Solutions; Karachi Division; Hybrid; PKR 3,200,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

NorthBay Solutions is seeking a Lead Data Engineer (AWS Data Platform) with 5 to 8+ years of experience to design, develop, and optimize large-scale data platforms and ETL/ELT pipelines.

The role focuses on PySpark, AWS Glue, EMR, and Redshift, with strong SQL skills and data governance, collaborating with a UAE-based client and distributed teams while aligning with UAE working hours.

Qualifications

• 5 to 8+ years of experience in Data Engineering and Data Warehousing.
• Strong hands-on experience with PySpark.
• Extensive experience with AWS Glue.
• Experience building and managing workloads on Amazon EMR.
• Strong expertise in Amazon Redshift.
• Excellent SQL development and query optimization skills.
• Strong understanding of Data Warehousing concepts, dimensional modeling, and ETL/ELT processes.
• Experience in performance tuning of Spark jobs, SQL queries, ETL pipelines, and data warehouse workloads.
• Experience handling large-scale datasets and distributed data processing.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines using PySpark, AWS Glue, and Amazon EMR.
• Build and optimize data ingestion, transformation, and processing frameworks for structured and semi-structured data.
• Develop and maintain enterprise data warehouse solutions using Amazon Redshift.
• Write complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and data transformations to support analytics and reporting requirements.
• Implement ETL/ELT processes to move data efficiently across multiple systems and platforms.
• Perform performance tuning and optimization of Spark jobs, ETL pipelines, SQL queries, and Redshift workloads.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, security, and governance across data platforms.
• Troubleshoot production issues and perform root cause analysis for data-related incidents.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, analysts, architects, and engineering teams to understand data requirements.
• Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, and best‑practice implementation.
• Monitor data pipelines and proactively identify opportunities for performance improvements and automation.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, data models, and operational procedures.

Skills

PySpark

AWS Glue

Amazon EMR

Amazon Redshift

SQL

Data warehousing

ETL/ELT

Performance tuning

Data processing

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT

Tools

S3

IAM

CloudWatch

Lambda

Step Functions

Job description

NorthBay Solutions is seeking a Lead Data Engineer (AWS Data Platform) with 5 to 8+ years of experience to design, develop, and optimize large-scale data platforms and ETL/ELT pipelines.

The role focuses on PySpark, AWS Glue, EMR, and Redshift, with strong SQL skills and data governance, collaborating with a UAE-based client and distributed teams while aligning with UAE working hours.