Lead Data Engineer Rajkot (India)

We're Hiring: Lead Data Engineer | Remote | UK Shift

Are you passionate about building scalable data platforms and leading high-performing engineering teams? We are looking for an experienced Lead Data Engineer to drive technical excellence and end-to-end delivery of enterprise data solutions on Azure Cloud.

Location: Remote

Shift: UK Shift (2:00 PM to 11:30 PM IST)

Employment Type: Full time

Experience: 8+ Years

Key Responsibilities

Lead the design, development, and optimization of scalable data pipelines and Azure-based data platforms.

Own end-to-end project delivery, from requirement gathering and solution design to deployment and production support.

Provide technical leadership, mentor team members, conduct design/code reviews, and establish engineering best practices.

Build and maintain data ingestion and transformation pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Synapse Analytics, Event Hubs, and related technologies.

Work closely with business stakeholders, architects, and cross-functional teams to deliver impactful data solutions.

Ensure data quality, governance, security, scalability, and performance across the data ecosystem.

Required Skills

Azure Data Factory (ADF)

Azure Databricks

Azure Synapse Analytics

Python, SQL & Spark

ETL/ELT Development

Data Warehousing & Data Lake Architecture

REST APIs, Kafka/Event Hubs

Data Modeling

Leadership Expectations

Technical Leadership & Team Mentoring

Stakeholder Management

Project Planning & Delivery Ownership

Effort Estimation & Solution Design

Risk & Dependency Management

Valuable to Have

Azure Purview

Delta Lake

Azure DevOps / Terraform

Power BI

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field.

If you're looking to lead impactful data engineering initiatives while working with cutting-edge Azure technologies, we'd love to connect!