General Information

Location

Hyderabad, Telangana

Working Schedule

Full-Time

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Relocation Assistance Available

Yes

Posted Date

19-Aug-2026

Job ID

19999
Description and Requirements

We’re Hiring: Senior Azure Data Engineer / Data Engineering Lead

Role: Senior Azure Data Engineer / Data Engineering Lead | Experience: 8+ Years | Level: Senior Individual Contributor

About the Role

We are looking for a senior Azure Data Engineering professional who can design, build, and lead delivery of enterprise-scale cloud data platforms. The ideal candidate will bring strong hands-on engineering depth across Azure, Databricks, Spark, Data Lakehouse, and modern data pipelines, while also guiding engineers, collaborating with business stakeholders, and driving high-quality delivery in an Agile and DevOps environment.

What You’ll Lead and Deliver
- Modern Data Platform & Lakehouse Engineering:

§ Architect and deliver scalable data lakehouse solutions using Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Databricks, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog,



and Medallion architecture.

§ Design curated data products, data marts, and analytics-ready datasets for business analysts, data scientists, and enterprise reporting teams.

§ Apply solid data modeling practices, partitioning strategies, schema evolution, performance tuning, and cost optimization.
- Data Pipelines, ETL/ELT & Streaming:

§ Build reliable batch and near-real-time pipelines using Azure Databricks, Apache Spark, PySpark, SQL, Azure Data Factory, Synapse, and related Azure services.

§ Implement ingestion frameworks for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data from multiple enterprise sources.

§ Ensure data quality, lineage, validation, observability, error handling, and reusable pipeline patterns.
- Engineering Leadership:

§ Lead and mentor a team of data engineers, set engineering standards, review designs, and guide implementation decisions.

§ Collaborate with architects, product owners, business

📌 Senior Azure Data Engineer (Hyderabad)
🏢 MetLife
📍 Hyderabad