LeadDataEngineer

**This role is for one of the Weekday's clients** **Salary range: Rs 1200000 - Rs 2500000 (ie INR 12-25 LPA)** Experience: 7+ yrs Location: Pune, Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore Job Type: full-time We are looking for a skilled Data Engineer who is passionate about building scalable data platforms and enabling data-driven decision-making. This role involves designing, developing, and maintaining robust data pipelines, processing large-scale datasets, and ensuring the availability, reliability, and performance of data systems. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in cloud-based data engineering, backend development, and modern data processing technologies. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to create efficient data solutions that support analytics, reporting, machine learning, and business intelligence initiatives. **Requirements** ### Key Responsibilities * Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines for processing structured and unstructured data. * Build and optimize cloud-based data solutions using modern data engineering best practices. * Develop and manage data ingestion, transformation, validation, and orchestration workflows. * Create reliable ETL/ELT pipelines to support analytics, reporting, and operational use cases. * Work with large datasets to ensure data quality, consistency, and accessibility across systems. * Develop and optimize backend services and data processing applications using Java. * Implement data governance, monitoring, and performance optimization practices. * Collaborate with product, analytics, and engineering teams to understand data requirements and deliver scalable solutions. * Troubleshoot data pipeline issues and proactively identify opportunities for improvement. * Ensure high availability, security, and scalability of data infrastructure. * Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to data platform modernization initiatives. * Support business intelligence, advanced analytics, and mac