LeadDataSoftwareEngineer

Dodge Construction Network (Dodge) is looking for a Lead Data Software Engineer with expertise in data platform, data lakes, Lakehouse architectures, data warehouses, and delta lakes to drive our modern data infrastructure. This role will focus on enabling data science teams, integrating ML and LLM solutions, and building scalable, event-driven data platforms using cutting-edge AWS services. This is a full-time position and reports directly to the VP, Data Innovation & AI. _**Preferred Location**_ Qualified candidates should be based in or near Kochi and able to work from our Kochi office as part of a hybrid schedule. _**Essential Functions**_ **Data Engineering & Data Architectures** * Design and implement data lake, Lakehouse, and data warehouse architectures leveraging AWS Data Lake Formation, Redshift, and Delta Lakes * Build and maintain scalable ETL pipelines using AWS Glue, Apache Spark, Databricks, and EMR * Develop data ingestion, transformation, and enrichment workflows using Python, Spark, and SQL * Optimize data storage and partitioning strategies (Parquet, Delta, Iceberg) for performance and cost efficiency * Implement real-time and batch data processing frameworks to support analytics and AI-driven use cases * Leverage serverless computing (AWS Lambda, Fargate) and containerized compute (ECS, EKS, Kubernetes) to scale data workloads **ML & LLM Integration** * Integrate machine learning (ML) and large language model (LLM) solutions into production data pipelines * Utilize AWS SageMaker, Databricks ML, Bedrock, and Redshift ML to support AI/ML workloads * Apply MLOps frameworks to manage model deployment, monitoring, and retraining at scale **AI-Assisted Development** * Incorporate AI coding tools (such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or equivalent) into daily development workflows to accelerate delivery * Effectively prompt, review, and validate AI-generated code across Python, SQL, and Spark workloads * Integrate AI tools into CI/CD pipelines t