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Chennai · Hybrid · 6-9 Yrs · Oct 14
4 open roles0 posted in 7d4 in 30d
Hiring: Engineering
Job description
Hybrid
Overview
Job Title: Senior Principal Data Engineer
Responsibilities
- Lead architecture and development of scalable data engineering solutions across multiple domains.
- Drive complex cross-team projects and define technical strategies with engineering leadership.
- Own and enhance critical data platforms, services, and engineering practices.
- Evaluate and implement new technologies to improve data capabilities.
- Build and optimize data pipelines, data warehouses, and real-time processing systems.
- Collaborate with engineering teams and stakeholders to solve complex data challenges.
- Mentor engineers and contribute to coding standards, reviews, technical documentation, and best practices.
- Ensure quality engineering practices through code reviews, CI/CD processes, and production deployments.
Qualifications
- 6–10 years of hands-on experience in Data Engineering within large-scale, high-volume environments.
- Strong expertise in SQL and Python (expert in one and strong understanding of the other).
- Extensive experience with Snowflake architecture, optimization, and performance tuning.
- Strong experience in Kimball dimensional modeling, data warehouses, and star schema architectures.
- Hands-on experience with AWS cloud infrastructure for data platforms.
- Experience with DBT or SQL Mesh for data transformation workflows.
- Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, GitFlow/Trunk-based development, and data governance.
- Experience with Apache Kafka, event-driven architectures, and real-time analytics pipelines.
- Knowledge of Lakehouse architecture, Apache Iceberg, and modern data platforms.
- Understanding of data security, GDPR, and PCI-DSS compliance requirements.
- Ability to independently architect solutions and drive technical initiatives.
- Experience working in cybersecurity, fintech, ad-tech, or other high-volume data environments.
- Experience with subscription analytics, cohort analysis, LTV calculations, churn prediction, or behavioral analytics.
- Experience building executive reporting and complex analytics solutions.
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