Senior Data Architect & Engineering Lead

TechSurge Inc.; Karachi Division; On-site; PKR 6,500,000 - 12,500,000; Full time

Job summary

TechSurge Inc. is seeking a Senior Lead Data Engineer in Karachi to design and maintain scalable data architectures, pipelines, and data models. You will lead a team of data engineers, guide governance and security, and drive data solutions across Wholesale, Risk, and CX digitalization initiatives.

The role requires extensive hands-on experience with Azure, Spark, SQL, Python, and data governance, with a proven track record delivering end-to-end data platforms in complex environments.

Qualifications

• 12-15 years of experience in Big Data, data lakes/meshes, and cloud platforms (Azure and AWS).
• Proven track record delivering production-grade data pipelines and data models.
• Experience with data governance, security, and compliance in financial domains.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable data architectures, pipelines, models, and integration strategies.
• Lead a team of data engineers; mentor and manage delivery across projects.
• Develop and optimize ETL/ELT processes and ensure data quality, lineage, and security.
• Monitor pipelines, troubleshoot issues, and optimize performance and cost.
• Evaluate and integrate new data tools and platforms.

Skills

Big Data

Data Architecture

SQL

Python

Spark

Azure

Java/C#

Data Governance

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Azure Databricks

Kafka

Hive

Pyspark

Job description

TechSurge Inc. is seeking a Senior Lead Data Engineer in Karachi to design and maintain scalable data architectures, pipelines, and data models. You will lead a team of data engineers, guide governance and security, and drive data solutions across Wholesale, Risk, and CX digitalization initiatives.

The role requires extensive hands-on experience with Azure, Spark, SQL, Python, and data governance, with a proven track record delivering end-to-end data platforms in complex environments.