Data Engineer

About Us Kumaran Systems: Engineering Future-Ready Transformations Since 1992, Kumaran Systems has been helping enterprises bridge the past and the future, reimagining legacy systems and embracing AI-led possibilities. With over 34 years of delivery excellence, we specialise in re-engineering core applications, driving cloud transformation, and building automation-first, GenAI-enabled ecosystems across the Banking and Financial Services, Insurance, Telecom, and Automotive sectors. We help organisations not just upgrade their systems but reimagine what’s possible.

Why Kumaran?

We blend engineering discipline with AI innovation, helping clients modernise with confidence, automate with clarity, and scale with purpose. Our global delivery model ensures agility, responsiveness, and seamless collaboration, with clients always at the heart of every engagement. At Kumaran, we don’t just solve problems, we engineer future-ready transformations.

Data Engineer/Developer Role Summary Design, build, and optimize Azure data pipelines and lakehouse solutions. Deliver secure, reliable datasets with strong governance, automation, and documentation. Collaborate across teams and contribute to standards in an Agile setting.

Must-Have (Day 1)

• Experience: 4–6 years in data engineering

• Core Platform: Databricks with Python, Spark, Pandas (notebooks and modular code)

• Orchestration: Azure Data Factory (pipelines, integration runtimes); ingest from diverse sources

• Lakehouse: Delta Lake fundamentals; Medallion architecture (bronze/silver/gold) in production

• Storage/SQL/Performance: Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS); strong SQL; performance-aware design

• Data Patterns: ETL/ELT; data modeling (e.g., dimensional/star schema)

• DevOps & Security: CI/CD for data projects (Azure DevOps or GitHub Enterprise); familiarity with Azure Entra ID for SSO/RBAC; secure workspace/data access

• Quality & Observability: Data validation/testing, code reviews, and basic monitoring/alerting for jobs/pipelines

• Ways of Working: Agile/Scrum (Jira/Confluence); clear pipeline and data contract documentation

• Collaboration: Effective stakeholder engagement; support/mentor junior team members; clear communication

• Generative AI (Day 1):

• Prompt design for data tasks (ingestion, transformations, documentation) with clear objectives and constraints

• Use of Copilot/ChatGPT to scaffold notebooks/jobs, generate tests, and optimize SQL/Spark—validates outputs before merging

Nice-to-Have (Train within 60–90 days)

• Unity Catalog migration (Hive to Unity) and permissions/governance
• Databricks DevOps (cluster configuration, secret management, workspace automation)
• Azure Functions (C# or Python) for orchestration/integration
• Synapse dedicated SQL pools or dbt; Delta Live Tables
• Financial services domain exposure

Shared Expectations

• Work independently with minimal supervision while contributing to team outcomes
• Commitment to secure practices and production-grade reliability
• Continuous improvement mindset and willingness to learn new tools/technologies
• Willingness to work within regulated environment controls and policies
• Use Generative AI responsibly to improve velocity and quality (simple, structured prompts; guardrails; validate AI-assisted outputs before adoption)