Lead Data Engineer
Harika PonnalaRemoteLEADPosted 1h ago
SQLPythonETL/ELT pipeline developmentAzure Data FactoryAzure DatabricksADLS Gen2Synapse AnalyticsData warehouseData lakeLakehouse architectureDimensional modelingStar schemasSnowflake schemasDelta LakeGitAzure DevOpsJenkinsGitHub ActionsCI/CD pipelineInfrastructure as CodeData validationData lineageMetadata management
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Lead Data Engineer to lead the design, development, and implementation of scalable, reliable, and high-performance data solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in data engineering, cloud technologies, ETL/ELT pipelines, data warehousing, and distributed data processing.
Key Responsibilities
• Build and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines for batch and real-time data processing
• Optimize data pipeline performance, reliability, scalability, and cost
• Establish data quality checks, monitoring, logging, and error-handling mechanisms
• Implement data security, governance, lineage, and access-control standards
Requirements
• 8+ years of experience in data engineering, with proven technical leadership experience
• Strong hands-on expertise in SQL, Python, Spark, and data pipeline development
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale cloud data solutions
• Advanced SQL and Python skills
• ETL/ELT pipeline development experience
• Knowledge of Microsoft Azure: Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, ADLS Gen2, Synapse Analytics
• Data warehouse and data lake design skills
• Lakehouse architecture understanding
• Dimensional modeling, Star and Snowflake schemas knowledge
• Delta Lake and incremental data processing experience
• Git and version control skills
• Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions experience
• CI/CD pipeline implementation experience
• Data validation and reconciliation skills
• Data lineage and metadata management experience