Senior Data Engineer

SOTI
Kochi, Kerala, India

SOTI is committed to providing its employees with endless possibilities; learning new things, working with the latest technologies and making a difference in the world.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain production grade ETL/ELT pipelines using SQL, Python, PySpark, and Spark SQL.
  • Own end to end data pipelines from ingestion through curated, analytics ready datasets.
  • Maintain and enhance existing integrations to ensure stability, performance, and scalability.
  • Troubleshoot complex pipeline failures and act as a key escalation point for production support.
  • Collaborate with Lead Engineers and Data Architects on on-prem to cloud migration initiatives.
  • Assess legacy pipelines and integrations, contributing to migration sequencing, refactoring, and risk mitigation.
  • Ensure continuity of business-critical data flows during phased migrations and platform transitions.
  • Build and operate solutions across hybrid data platforms, including SQL Server, Azure Synapse, and Microsoft Fabric.
  • Develop and maintain Fabric Lakehouses, Warehouses, Pipelines, and Notebooks aligned with architectural standards.
  • Optimize workloads for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.
  • Implement data validation, reconciliation, monitoring, logging, and alerting to ensure trusted data products.
  • Apply disciplined engineering practices: version control, CI/CD, testing, and documentation.
  • Improve the operational maturity and production readiness of data solutions.
  • Mentor junior data engineers through code reviews, guidance, and best practice sharing.
  • Promote consistent engineering standards and support team onboarding.
  • Collaborate closely with BI teams, data owners, and governance stakeholders to ensure alignment with analytics needs.
  • Identify and drive improvements in pipeline efficiency, migration effectiveness, and developer productivity.

Required Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, or a related technical role.
  • Strong hands‑on experience with SQL, Python, PySpark, and Spark SQL in distributed data environments.
  • Proven experience building and supporting enterprise‑scale ETL/ELT pipelines in the cloud.
  • Strong experience with Azure‑based data platforms, including Azure Synapse Analytics and/or Microsoft Fabric.
  • Solid understanding of cloud‑native data architectures, analytics engineering patterns, and medallion architectures.
  • Experience with Git‑based source control, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing for data platforms.
  • Strong problem‑solving skills and experience supporting mission‑critical production data systems.
  • Proven ability to collaborate across engineering and business teams and mentor junior engineers.

Preferred / Nice To Have

  • Hands‑on experience with Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse and Spark workloads
  • Experience with Azure Data Factory, Fabric Pipelines, or orchestration tools
  • Familiarity with data governance, lineage, and certification in cloud platforms
  • Relevant certifications such as: Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate, Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer

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