Senior Data Engineer

Job Title: Senior Data Engineer
Job Description
We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and scale data-driven systems that power advanced analytics, machine learning models, and critical business decisioning. This role combines hands-on engineering, technical leadership, and architectural ownership across modern data and ML ecosystems. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams and drive best practices in data engineering, cloud architecture, and MLOps.

Key Responsibilities
1. Lead Engineering Delivery

. Build, optimize, and maintain large-scale data pipelines, batch/streaming workflows, and distributed data systems.
. Lead design reviews, coding standards, and best practices for scalable data applications.
. Own end-to-end delivery of data engineering components, ensuring high performance and reliability.

2. Architecture & Technology Direction

. Define the technical roadmap for data engineering and MLOps capabilities.
. Evaluate modern big data, cloud, and ML tools to drive innovation and adoption.
. Ensure solutions follow strong architectural principles and are built for scale.

3. ML & MLOps Integration

. Work closely with data scientists to productionize ML models.
. Build CI/CD pipelines for ML workflows, model monitoring, and automated retraining processes.
. Implement cloud-native ML infrastructure and orchestration frameworks.

4. Collaboration & Stakeholder Partnership

. Work with business, analytics, and IT teams to translate business requirements into scalable engineering solutions.
. Communicate complex concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

5. Governance, Security & Quality

. Ensure compliance with data governance, security guidelines, and audit requirements.
. Proactively identify risks and design mitigations in architecture and delivery.
. Maintain high standards of documentation, testing, and code quality.


Required Skills & Qualifications (Must Have)
Core Software Engineering

. 10+ years experience coding in Java or Scala (strong backend engineering foundation).
. Deep understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, performance optimization, and high-throughput data processing.

Big Data & Distributed Processing (5+ years)
Hands-on experience with:

. Apache Spark (mandatory)
. Hadoop ecosystem
. Snowflake
. AWS Glue / EMR
. Azure Databricks / ADF

Cloud Platforms (AWS or Azure)

. Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures, data storage layers, messaging, networking, and scalability design patterns.
. Experience deploying workloads in either AWS or Azure.

MLOps & ML Lifecycle

. Understanding of:

Backend & Front-End Exposure

. Backend frameworks: Spring Boot, Flask, FastAPI, Node.js
. Front-end familiarity: React or Angular (basic awareness acceptable)

Soft Skills

. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to simplify and explain complex concepts.
. Ability to lead by example, mentor peers, and influence engineering direction.

Education

. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master's/PhD preferred).


Nice to Have

. Experience with AWS SageMaker or similar ML deployment platforms
. Experience deploying or tuning Large Language Models (LLMs)
. Full-stack development experience
. Cloud or data engineering certifications

Your future duties and responsibilities

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

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