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Pune · Hybrid · 3-5 Yrs · Oct 8
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Hiring: Engineering
Job description
Hybrid
Overview
Citi is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to design and build the next-generation data processing and analytics platform that sits at the core of our AI-driven business innovation.
Responsibilities
- Design and build highly scalable ETL/ELT pipelines in Python and PySpark to power reliable data ingestion, transformation, and integration at scale.
- Develop production-grade code and elevate team capability through structured code reviews and hands-on peer mentorship.
- Integrate Generative AI and Machine Learning models into data workflows, using AI development tools to deliver innovative solutions and resolve complex technical challenges.
- Establish and enforce data quality standards across all pipelines, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and reliability of data throughout its lifecycle.
- Implement an AI-first engineering approach by exploring and embedding Agentic AI workflows to increase development velocity and platform intelligence.
- Automate CI/CD pipelines for builds and deployments, advancing DevOps maturity across the data platform.
- Apply performance tuning and optimisation techniques to process large volumes of structured and semi-structured data efficiently and at speed.
- Collaborate directly with engineers and product owners to align technical direction with delivery goals and accelerate outcomes.
Qualifications
- Deep hands-on expertise in Python and Apache Spark, including Spark Core, Spark SQL, and DataFrames/Datasets, applied to production data systems.
- Advanced SQL capability across complex query writing, data transformation logic, and query performance optimisation.
- Demonstrated experience designing, building, and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines for large-scale data ingestion and transformation.
- Proficiency with Python data processing libraries including Pandas, NumPy, and SciPy for data wrangling and preprocessing tasks.
- Practical experience with DevOps tools and CI/CD pipeline automation, with version control managed through GitHub.
- Solid working knowledge of Linux environments, with familiarity across Windows systems.
- Ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to diagnose complex technical problems and deliver effective, lasting solutions.
- Working knowledge of Machine Learning and Generative AI, with direct exposure to AI development tooling in an engineering context.
- Familiarity with Agentic AI workflows and their application to enhancing platform capabilities or development productivity.
Benefits
- Hybrid working model with 3 days in the office and 2 days working remotely, giving you flexibility and in-person collaboration.
- Access to complex, large-scale engineering challenges at the intersection of data and AI, keeping your technical skills at the forefront of the industry.
- Opportunities to grow into AI and platform architecture disciplines, supported by a team culture that invests in continuous technical development.
- Exposure to a globally connected engineering network, collaborating with specialists across technology, data, and product functions.
- A performance-driven environment where your contributions to platform innovation directly influence business outcomes at scale.
- Wellbeing and work-life balance support, alongside a competitive benefits package designed to recognise the value you bring.
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