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Data Engineer
Position Title:
Data Engineer
Function:
Product Development
Reporting to:
Program Manager – Product Development
Location:
Pune
Job Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Data Engineer hands-on experience in designing, building, and managing large-scale data pipelines and cloud-based data infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and experience integrating data from web and mobile applications, including React-based systems and Firebase services. You will play a key role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of data pipelines while collaborating closely with developers, data scientists, and product teams to deliver high-quality, actionable data solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Data Pipeline Development:
· Design, build, and maintain scalable and efficient data pipelines to ingest, process, and transform large datasets from web and mobile applications.
· Implement ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes to integrate data from multiple sources, including Firebase (Firestore, Firebase Analytics).
· Optimize data workflows for performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency in cloud environments.
2. Data Infrastructure Management:
· Develop and manage data storage solutions (databases, data warehouses, data lakes) to support back-end and analytical needs.
· Configure and maintain cloud-based data infrastructure, ensuring scalability, security, and high availability.
· Automate infrastructure tasks such as schema migrations, data partitioning, and backup management for seamless operations.
3. Data Integration & API Development:
· Build and maintain APIs and data access layers to enable seamless data integration with React-based and cloud-native applications.
· Consolidate and unify data from disparate sources for analytics and product functionalities.
· Ensure data consistency, integrity, and synchronization across systems, supporting both batch and real-time data processing.
4. Collaboration & Communication
· Partner with data scientists, software developers, and product managers to understand data requirements and deliver effective data solutions.
· Provide regular updates on data infrastructure health, data availability, and pipeline performance.
· Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate pipelines with production environments, including Firebase-hosted systems.
5. Data Quality & Monitoring
· Implement robust data quality checks and validation mechanisms.
· Monitor and troubleshoot pipeline performance and data latency using cloud monitoring tools.
· Maintain documentation, metadata, and data lineage for compliance and traceability.
Required Skills:
· Minimum 6 years of professional experience in Data Engineering.
· Hands-on experience with at least one public cloud platform — Google Cloud Platform (preferred), AWS, or Azure.
· Strong knowledge of ETL development, SQL/NoSQL databases, data modeling, and pipeline orchestration.
· Experience with Firebase, Firestore, and React-based data integrations is a strong plus.
· Proficiency in Python, SQL, and cloud-native data tools (e.g., Dataflow, BigQuery, Airflow).
· Familiarity with CI/CD, API development, and infrastructure automation.
Preferred Qualifications:
· GCP certification (Data Engineer or Architect).
· Experience with real-time data streaming (e.g., Pub/Sub, Kafka).
· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on performance optimization.
Qualification:
· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
· Desire and ability to rapidly learn a wide variety of new technical skills.
· Self-motivated, takes initiative, assumes ownership.
· Enthusiastic, professional, with a focus on customer success.
· Passion for solving client challenges and commitment to client delight.
Pay: ₹1,000,000.00 - ₹1,870,927.45 per year
Work Location: In person
