Lead Data Engineer

Description

As a Lead Data Engineer at Koantek, you will act as the technical leader, driving advanced data engineering strategies to support critical business decisions for our clients. Your primary focus will be on designing, architecting, and governing robust, large-scale data solutions and pipelines across multiple cloud environments. You will be pivotal in managing the technical roadmap, mentoring junior and mid-level engineers, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, scalable data infrastructure. This role requires exceptional technical depth, strong architectural expertise, and proven leadership in client-facing environments.

The Impact You Will Have
- Define and Govern Architecture: Own the technical vision and final design documentation for complex customer engagements, serving as the ultimate technical lead and architectural authority for the entire project lifecycle.
- Drive Big Data Strategy: Lead the implementation of comprehensive big data projects, including the strategic development, estimation,



and deployment of creative big data and AI applications.
- Establish and Enforce Standards: Define, govern, and enforce Databricks and data engineering best practices and architectural standards across all projects to ensure solution quality, performance, and maintainability.
- Project Leadership & Risk Management: Lead the technical estimation process, managing execution risks within customer proposals and statements of work, and ensuring the technical team delivers on time and within scope.
- Champion Mentorship and Growth: Actively lead, mentor, and guide a team of Data Engineers. Facilitate advanced knowledge transfer, provide training, and develop standardized, reusable documentation (a Center of Excellence) for the consulting practice.
- Enhance Consulting Excellence: Share deep architectural expertise and offer strategic best practices for client engagement, significantly enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of other co

📌 Lead Data Engineer (Hyderabad)
🏢 Koantek
📍 Hyderabad