Lead Data Engineer

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 1200000 - Rs 2500000 (ie INR 12-25 LPA)

Experience: 7+ yrs

Location: Pune, Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore

Job Type: full-time

We are looking for a skilled Data Engineer who is passionate about building scalable data platforms and enabling data-driven decision-making. This role involves designing, developing, and maintaining robust data pipelines, processing large-scale datasets, and ensuring the availability, reliability, and performance of data systems.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in cloud-based data engineering, backend development, and modern data processing technologies. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to create efficient data solutions that support analytics, reporting, machine learning, and business intelligence initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines for processing structured and unstructured data.
• Build and optimize cloud-based data solutions using modern data engineering best practices.
• Develop and manage data ingestion, transformation, validation, and orchestration workflows.
• Create reliable ETL/ELT pipelines to support analytics, reporting, and operational use cases.
• Work with large datasets to ensure data quality, consistency, and accessibility across systems.
• Develop and optimize backend services and data processing applications using Java.
• Implement data governance, monitoring, and performance optimization practices.
• Collaborate with product, analytics, and engineering teams to understand data requirements and deliver scalable solutions.
• Troubleshoot data pipeline issues and proactively identify opportunities for improvement.
• Ensure high availability, security, and scalability of data infrastructure.
• Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to data platform modernization initiatives.
• Support business intelligence, advanced analytics, and machine learning teams with reliable data assets.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• Strong experience in Data Engineering and building scalable data processing systems.
• Proficiency in Java and cloud-native data engineering practices.
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and its data ecosystem.
• Strong understanding of data warehousing, data modeling, and distributed data processing concepts.
• Experience building and maintaining high-performance ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Familiarity with BigQuery, Dataflow, and other cloud-based data processing technologies is highly desirable.
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with large-scale datasets.
• Understanding of data architecture, data governance, and data quality frameworks.
• Experience with workflow orchestration, monitoring, and automation tools.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders and communicate technical concepts clearly.
• Self-driven mindset with a focus on ownership, scalability, and continuous improvement.