LEAD DATA ENGINEER

Posted 5 Days Ago
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2 Locations
In-Office or Remote
3M-3M Annually
Expert/Leader
Edtech • HR Tech • Information Technology • Professional Services
The Role
Lead the design and management of scalable, AI-ready data platforms and products. Build batch and real-time pipelines, semantic layers, and data models while ensuring governance, quality, reliability, and SLA adherence. Enable ML and agentic AI capabilities, implement DataOps and CI/CD, optimize cloud costs, and maintain platform stability. Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into sustainable technical solutions.
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HIRING | LEAD DATA ENGINEER

Location: Bangalore | Hybrid
 Experience: 8–12 Years
 CTC: Up to ₹25 LPA

 ROLE OVERVIEW

We are looking for a Lead Data Engineer to design and manage scalable, AI-ready data platforms and products. The role focuses on data engineering, governance, reliability, cloud optimization and enabling ML/Agentic AI capabilities.

 MUST-HAVE SKILLS

• Big Data & Modern Data Engineering
• AWS / Azure / GCP
• Python / PySpark / SQL
• Snowflake / Databricks / Spark / BigQuery / Synapse
• Kafka / Kinesis / Event Hub / Dataflow
• Apache Airflow / Astronomer
• Data Modeling, Quality & Reliability
• Data Governance & Metadata Management
• CI/CD & DataOps
• Data Platform Engineering & Administration
• Agentic AI / LLM Integrations & Orchestration
• Scalable, resilient & cost-efficient data solutions

 KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and build scalable AI-ready data solutions
• Develop semantic layers and data models
• Ensure data quality, governance and reliability
• Enable ML and Agentic AI capabilities
• Drive cloud cost and platform optimization
• Build real-time and batch data pipelines
• Implement DataOps, CI/CD and orchestration
• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders
• Translate business needs into scalable technical solutions
• Ensure platform stability, SLA adherence and long-term sustainability

GOOD TO HAVE

• Multi-cloud experience
• Data observability and monitoring
• API / Microservices integrations
• Power BI
• Retail domain experience
• React / Modern Frontend Technologies


Skills Required

  • Experience designing and managing scalable data platforms
  • 8-12 years of professional experience
  • Big data and modern data engineering experience
  • Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Python, PySpark, and SQL
  • Snowflake, Databricks, Spark, BigQuery, or Synapse
  • Kafka, Kinesis, Event Hub, or Dataflow
  • Apache Airflow or Astronomer
  • Data modeling, quality, and reliability
  • Data governance and metadata management
  • CI/CD and DataOps
  • Data platform engineering and administration
  • Agentic AI, LLM integrations, and orchestration
  • Building scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient data solutions
  • Multi-cloud experience
  • Data observability and monitoring
  • API and microservices integrations
  • Power BI
  • Retail domain experience
  • React or modern frontend technologies
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The Company
10 Employees
Year Founded: 2018

What We Do

Vrinda International is a Chandigarh-based recruitment and education consultancy connecting job seekers and employers through domestic and international IT and non-IT hiring. It also supports students with overseas university admissions, visa applications, education guidance, and test preparation for IELTS, PTE, and other programs. Its tech-enabled talent portal provides job matching and career pathways across India and global markets, alongside staffing partnerships.

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