Description
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Data Engineer to drive end-to-end data engineering initiatives, lead cross-functional teams, and deliver scalable, cloud-based data solutions. The ideal candidate will bring deep technical expertise, strong leadership, and the ability to collaborate effectively with global stakeholders in a fast-paced workplace.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Team Management
- Lead and mentor a team of onshore and offshore data engineers to ensure high-quality deliverables.
- Provide technical direction, coaching, and knowledge sharing to foster team growth and capability building.
- Establish and enforce engineering best practices, coding standards, and reusable frameworks.
- Champion innovation, continuous learning, and thought leadership within the data engineering function.

Project Delivery & Execution
- Oversee end-to-end project delivery, ensuring timely, high-quality execution aligned with project objectives.
- Define high-level solution designs, data architectures, and ETL/ELT frameworks for cloud-based data platforms.




- Drive development, code reviews, unit testing, and deployment to production environments.
- Ensure optimal performance, scalability, and reliability across data pipelines and systems.

Stakeholder Communication & Collaboration
- Collaborate with clients, product owners, business leaders, and offshore teams to gather requirements and define technical solutions.
- Communicate project updates, timelines, risks, and technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Act as the primary point of contact for client technical discussions, solution design workshops, and progress reviews.

Risk & Issue Management
- Proactively identify project risks, dependencies, and issues; develop and execute mitigation plans.
- Ensure governance, compliance, and alignment with organizational standards and methodologies.

Must-Have Skills
- 12+ years of experience in Data Engine

📌 Manager-Data Engineering-Big Data Engineering (Pune)
🏢 EXL
📍 Pune