Senior Data Engineer INDIA

Senior Data Engineer

Remote Work: INDIA *Only Consultants local to INDIA are eligible.

*No visa Sponsorship

Primary Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines using Python, PySpark, and other modern programming languages to support both batch and streaming workloads

Build and optimize data processing frameworks on cloud platforms such as Databricks or Snowflake, ensuring performance, reliability, and cost efficiency

Design and implement robust data models, including transactional (OLTP) and dimensional (OLAP) schemas, to support analytics, reporting, and application integration

Develop high quality SQL code including complex queries, stored procedures, and views, with a focus on performance tuning and efficient data access patterns

Create and manage workflow orchestration using Apache Airflow or similar tools, ensuring reliable scheduling, dependency management, and monitoring

Implement and enforce data governance and metadata standards through tools such as Microsoft Purview, including data lineage, classification, cataloging, and security policies

Build automated data quality and validation frameworks to ensure accuracy, completeness, and reliability of production datasets

Collaborate with cross functional teams including data architects, analysts, scientists, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver scalable, well designed data solutions

Lead technical design sessions and code reviews, promoting engineering best practices, reusability, and maintainability

Support cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, version control, testing automation, and environment management

Monitor and troubleshoot production data pipelines, proactively addressing issues, performance bottlenecks, and system failures

Contribute to the evolution of the enterprise data platform, recommending tools, frameworks, and architectures to improve scalability and efficiency

Required Qualifications

5+ years of experience in data engineering, software engineering, or similar disciplines

Hands‑on experience with Databricks or Snowflake

Experience with orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow

Experience working with cloud ecosystems (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP acceptable)

Advanced SQL skills and experience with OLTP and OLAP data modeling

Solid understanding of modern data warehousing, data lake, and ELT/ETL design patterns

Familiarity with data governance tools, especially Microsoft Purview

Solid programming expertise in Python, PySpark, or similar languages

Preferred Qualifications

Healthcare industry experience, including claims, clinical, FHIR, HL7, or provider data

Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) for data workloads

Experience supporting machine learning workflows or analytical data science pipelines

Knowledge of distributed computing concepts and performance tuning