Senior Data Engineer- Specialist

Job Description

Job Title - < Senior Data Engineer – Python, Pyspark > + +

Management Level :

Location: Kochi, Coimbatore, Trivandrum

Must have skills: Python, Pyspark

Good to have skills: Redshift

Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Data Engineer to join our growing Data and Analytics team. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Databricks and cloud data warehousing, with a proven track record of designing and building scalable data pipelines, optimizing data architectures, and enabling robust analytics capabilities. This role involves working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to ensure the organization leverages data as a strategic asset. Your responsibilities will include:

Roles & Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL processes using Databricks and other modern tools.
• Architect, implement, and manage cloud-based data warehousing solutions on Databricks (Lakehouse Architecture)
• Develop and maintain optimized data lake architectures to support advanced analytics and machine learning use cases.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, design solutions, and ensure high-quality data delivery.
• Optimize data pipelines for performance and cost efficiency.
• Implement and enforce best practices for data governance, access control, security, and compliance in the cloud.
• Monitor and troubleshoot data pipelines to ensure reliability and accuracy.
• Lead and mentor junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work independently and along with client based out of western Europe

Professional & Technical Skills:

• Designing, developing, optimizing, and maintaining data pipelines that adhere to ETL principles and business goals
• Solving complex data problems to deliver insights that helps our business to achieve their goals.
Source data (structured
• unstructured) from various touchpoints, format and organize them into an analyzable format.
• Creating data products for analytics team members to improve productivity
• Calling of AI services like vision, translation etc. to generate an outcome that can be used in further steps along the pipeline.
• Fostering a culture of sharing, re-use, design and operational efficiency of data and analytical solutions
• Preparing data to create a unified database and build tracking solutions ensuring data quality
• Create Production grade analytical assets deployed using the guiding principles of CI/CD.

Professional and Technical Skills

• Expert in Python, Scala, Pyspark, Pytorch, Javascript (any 2 at least)
• Extensive experience in data analysis (Big data- Apache Spark environments), data libraries (e.g. Pandas, SciPy, Tensorflow, Keras etc.), and SQL. 3-4 years of hands-on experience working on these technologies.
• Experience in one of the many BI tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Looker.
• Good working knowledge of key concepts in data analytics, such as dimensional modeling, ETL, reporting/dashboarding, data governance, dealing with structured and unstructured data, and corresponding infrastructure needs.
• Worked extensively in Microsoft Azure (ADF, Function Apps, ADLS, Azure SQL), AWS (Lambda,Glue,S3), Databricks analytical platforms/tools, Snowflake Cloud Datawarehouse.

Additional Information

• Experience working in cloud Data warehouses like Redshift or Synapse
• Certification in any one of the following or equivalent
  • AWS- AWS certified data Analytics- Speciality
  • Azure- Microsoft certified Azure Data Scientist Associate
  • Snowflake- Snowpro core- Data Engineer
  • Databricks Data Engineering

About Our Company | Accenture

Experience: 5-8 years of experience is required

Educational Qualification: Graduation (Accurate educational details should capture)