Lead Software Engineer

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Project Execution

• Provide technical thought leadership, compare different technologies to meet business requirements and cost control drivers.
• Work with Business and IT groups to design and deliver a data lake platform.
• Produce & maintain the overall solution design for the entire Data Lake Platform.
• Execution of data strategy, help in the design and architecture of solutions on the platform
• Enforce technical best practices for Big Data management and solutions, from software selection to technical architectures and implementation processes.
• Document and publish best practices, guidelines, and training information.
• Ensures all functional solutions and components of the Data Lake platform service are designed and implemented in a way to always meet SLAs.
• Contributes to the continuous improvement of the support & delivery functions by maintaining awareness of technology developments and making appropriate recommendations to enhance application services.
• Focus on data quality throughout the ETL & data pipelines, driving improvements to data management processes, data storage, and data security to meet the needs of the business and customers

Required Skills and Experience

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years’ experience working in Data Engineering

• 8+ years’ experience in building massively scalable distributed data processing solutions
• 8+ years’ experience of database design & development.
• Experience in building and optimizing/fine tuning complex transformations in data pipelines
• Building Data Pipelines & ETL jobs using cloud-native technologies & design patterns
• Experience in designing resilient systems & creating disaster recovery plans
• Working in Agile Scrum or Kanban teams & deploying solutions using Continuous Delivery best practices
• Using automated database migration tools & have strong opinions on version control best practices for SQL scripts.

Technical Skills

• Big Data
  • Apache PySpark
  • Databricks
  • Snowflake
  • AWS Glue
  • AWS EMR
• Tables formats: Delta table, Iceberg
• File formats: Parquet
• RDBMS - PostgreSQL
• Languages
  • Proficient in: Python
  • Proficient in SQL
  • Proficient in PySpark

• Cloud Technologies and Tools
  • Experience in designing cloud-based data pipelines & solutions
  • AWS: EMR, AWS Glue, S3, EC2, RDS, Aurora PostgreSQL, Lambda.

Preferred/Desirable Skills

• AI
  • Exposure to GenAI technologies is an added advantage.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum environments and collaboration with distributed teams across regions.
• Ability to manage and coordinate work with other team members

Soft Skills

• Proven leadership and mentoring capabilities.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams.
• Self-driven and proactive with a high degree of ownership and accountability.
• Adaptable to fast-paced, dynamic work environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset with a focus on delivering quality outcomes.

What will you be doing in this role?

• You will interact with Product and the Technology Development leads and Managers directly to understand the business problem.
• Define and implement our test platform strategy on Cloud, have a meaningful impact on our customers, and working in our high energy, innovative, fast-paced Agile culture.
• You will be key member in architectural decisions, and application workflows.
• You will also create technical documentation for the broader team.
• You will drive effective feedback gathering from customers and translate into clear technical requirements for their solutions.

About the Team

RWD DRG Fusion team operates on a global scale, working seamlessly with Product team and delivering solutions upfront. We believe in the power of collaboration and diversity to drive success. As a part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to impactful projects, exchange ideas with talented individuals, and be at the forefront of exciting challenges.

At Clarivate, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified persons with respect to hiring, compensation, promotion, training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. We comply with applicable laws and regulations governing non-discrimination in all locations.