Data Engineer (Contract)

We’re looking for a hands-on Lead Data Engineer to own and build the data architecture for an AI-driven product platform deployed across customer cloud environments.

This is an architect-who-still-ships role you’ll design scalable data platforms, set engineering standards, review code, mentor engineers, and work hands-on with complex data and AI workloads.

What We’re Looking For

• 5-7 years of experience in production data engineering

-* 3+ years in Lead/Staff/Principal-level ownership Expert in Databricks, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog & Medallion Architecture*

• Strong PySpark, Spark SQL, Python & SQL
• Expertise in Kimball dimensional modelling & dbt

-* Working experience with Snowflake & Data Vault 2.0 Experience across Azure & AWS*

• Hands-on experience with LLM/RAG pipelines, embeddings & vector search
• Strong understanding of data governance, security, observability & cost optimization Experience with Kubernetes, Terraform/Bicep & CI/CD

Experience in regulated/compliance-heavy environments is a plus

Pay: ₹100,000.00 - ₹300,000.00 per year

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Pune, Maharashtra