Senior Data Engineer

Ciklum; Islamabad; Hybrid; PKR 3,200,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Life insurance

Gym membership

Fuel allowance

Internet allowance

Mobile allowance

Provident fund

Education stipend

Job summary

Ciklum is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in Pakistan to join a cross-functional team on the SDT project, focusing on tax lifecycle technology transformation. You will design and deploy data pipelines, develop analytics, and build dashboards that provide actionable insights for business partners.

Ideal candidates will have 5+ years of hands-on experience with Spark, Databricks, Python, and data modeling, and will improve platform quality and performance while collaborating with global teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on software development experience.
• Strong expertise in Apache Spark, including Databricks.
• Proficient in Python with PySpark and Pandas.
• Experience developing and maintaining unit tests for Databricks workloads.
• Solid understanding of columnar storage (Parquet) and Delta Lake/Delta Tables.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy data solutions, dashboards, and reports delivering key insights.
• Design and implement data models.
• Optimize reports and dashboards for performance and efficient data modeling.
• Tune SQL and DAX queries for performance.
• Identify gaps and improve platform quality, robustness, and speed.
• Cross-train team members and share knowledge.

Skills

Spark & Databricks

Python (PySpark)

SQL & DAX

Data modeling

Performance tuning

Tools

Databricks

Delta Lake

Job description

Ciklum is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our team full-time in Pakistan.

We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

About the role:

As a Senior Data Engineer, become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow.

The Service Delivery Transformation (SDT) Project seeks to evaluate existing technology across the tax lifecycle and determine the best future state for that technology. This will include decomposing existing assets to determine functionality, assessment of those functionalities to determine the appropriate end-state and building of new technologies to replace that functionality. The goal of the SDT project is to create an integrated enterprise perspective for the deployment of new technologies throughout the project duration.
The assessment of SDT assets will be arranged by process in the Horizontal Tax Lifecycle including Initiate, Manage and Close; Collect Data; Calculate Taxable Income; Allocations; Print K1s; Focused Experience; Extract; Prep Return and Reviews; Close; and Core.

Responsibilities:

• Designing, developing, and deployingsolutions, providing advanced data analytics, and creating dashboards and reports that deliver key insights to the business


• Data models design and implementation


• Optimize reports and dashboards for better performance by improving query speed and ensuring efficient data model design


• Responsible for performance tuning of complicated SQL and DAX queries


• Identify gaps and improve the platform’s quality, robustness, maintainability, and speed


• Cross-train other team members on technologies being developed, while also continuously learning new technologies from other team members


• Contribute in the Unit’s activities and community building, participate in conferences, and provide excellence in exercise and best practices

Requirements:

• 5+ yearsof hands‑on software development experience


• Strong expertise in Apache Spark, including delivery on Databricks


• Proficient in Python with advanced data engineering skills using PySpark, Pandas, and related libraries


• Experience developing and maintaining unit tests for Databricks workloads


• Solid understanding of columnar storage(e.g., Parquet) and hands‑on experience with Delta Lake / Delta Tables


• Proven ability to handle small to large data volumes, including performance tuning and optimizations


• Familiarity with Databricks DevOps practices (nice to have)


• Demonstrated ability to build data ingestion, transformation, and analytics pipelines


• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with close attention to detail

What’s in it for you?

• Care: your mental and physical health is our priority. We offer competitive benefits package that includes but is not limited to comprehensive medical coverage, life‑insurance, gym membership, fuel, internet and mobile allowances and provident fund


• Tailored education path: boost your skills and knowledge with our regular internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy license, language courses and company‑paid certifications


• Growth environment: share your experience and level up your expertise with a community of skilled professionals, locally and globally


• Flexibility: Own your schedule – you are the one to decide when to start your working day. Just don’t miss your regular team stand‑up


• Opportunities: we value our specialists and always find the best options for them. Our Internal Mobility Program helps change a project if needed to help you grow, excel professionally and fulfill your potential


• Global impact: work on large-scale projects that redefine industries with international and fast‑growing clients


• Welcoming environment: feel empowered with a friendly team, open‑door policy, informal atmosphere within the company and regular team‑building events

About us:

At Ciklum, we are always exploring innovations, empowering each other to achieve more, and engineering solutions that matter. With us, you’ll work with cutting‑edge technologies, contribute to impactful projects, and be part of a One Team culture that values collaboration and progress.

With over 14 years of presence in Islamabad, our Pakistan team is a trusted force in redefining industries. We value every voice and invite experienced professionals to help shape tomorrow’s digital experiences.

Explore, empower, engineer with Ciklum!