Lead Data Engineer
We're Hiring: Technical Anchor – Databricks on AWS
Locations: Mumbai | Bangalore | Hyderabad | Pune
Experience: 8+ Years
Mandatory Experience: 4+ Years of hands-on experience with Databricks on AWS
🔹Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced Technical Anchor to lead the architecture, development, and delivery of our enterprise Data Lakehouse platform.
This role combines technical leadership with hands-on engineering expertise. The ideal candidate will drive technical strategy, design scalable data solutions using Databricks on AWS, and mentor a team of data engineers.
🔹 Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable cloud data architectures using Databricks Lakehouse on AWS, following the Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers).
- Build and manage robust batch and real-time data pipelines using PySpark, SQL, Delta Lake, and Delta Live Tables.
- Implement data governance, access controls, and cross-account integrations using Databricks Unity Catalog.
- Ensure compliance with AWS security standards, including IAM, KMS, VPC Peering, and PrivateLink.
- Establish engineering best practices, conduct code reviews, and mentor data engineering teams.
- Lead technical design discussions and collaborate with product owners and client stakeholders.
- Optimize Apache Spark performance using Photon, serverless compute, and pipeline tuning techniques.
- Monitor and optimize data processing costs while ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability.
🔹 Required Skills & Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in Data Engineering, with at least 4+ years of hands-on experience building production solutions using Databricks on AWS.
- Strong expertise in PySpark, Apache Spark, Python, and complex SQL queries.
- Extensive knowledge of AWS services, including S3, EMR, Athena, Glue, and CloudWatch.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and cloud automation.
- Practical experience implementing and managing Databricks Unity Catalog across multiple environments.
- Strong understanding of Medallion Architecture, Delta Lake, and Delta Live Tables.
- Proven experience in technical leadership, architecture design, code reviews, and mentoring data engineering teams.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
🎯 Ideal Candidate: A hands-on technical leader with deep expertise in Databricks on AWS, cloud data architecture, performance optimization, and team leadership.
📩 Interested candidates can share their updated CV along with their current CTC, expected CTC, and notice period.