Data Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data processing applications using Python, PySpark, and Spark.
• Develop and optimize data pipelines and workflows on Databricks.
• Collaborate with data engineers, data scientists, business stakeholders, and other technical teams to understand requirements and deliver high-quality solutions.
• Ensure data integrity, quality, performance, and reliability across data processing pipelines.
• Write clean, maintainable, scalable, and efficient code following established coding standards and best practices.
• Perform data analysis and implement appropriate data validation and quality checks.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize performance issues across data workflows and pipelines.
• Work with relational databases and develop efficient SQL queries for data extraction and transformation.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement of data engineering solutions.
• Use Git/version control and follow established software development and deployment practices.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Proven experience as a Databricks Developer, Data Engineer, or similar role.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Apache Spark and PySpark.
• Strong programming skills in Python; experience with Scala is an advantage.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and hands-on experience with relational databases.
• Practical experience developing and optimizing data pipelines and data processing applications.
• Familiarity with Git and version control systems.
• Strong understanding of data engineering concepts, data transformation, and data validation.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.