About the job

Data Engineer – S5 Stratos ?

Location: Coimbatore, India (WFO) Type: Full-time Experience: 2–4 Years

About S5 Stratos

S5 Stratos is a next-generation retail AI company. We help global brands and retailers drive smarter, faster, and more profitable decisions—from assortment planning to allocation and pricing. We are product-first, insight-led, and focused on building a world-class team across the US and India. We work with some of the largest retailers in North America and Europe, backed by leaders who understand how to build category-defining platforms.

The Role

We are looking for a Data Engineer to help build our operations from the ground up, the right way. The ideal candidate has strong expertise in maintaining mission-critical ETL pipelines, robust SQL skills, and a passion for automation. You will report directly to and support our ETL/Data Lead.

Key Responsibilities

- Monitor and Manage Data Pipelines: Build and manage data ingestion and ETL pipelines, ensuring high availability and data integrity.

- Troubleshoot and Optimize: Diagnose and optimize SQL queries and ETL jobs for performance across large, complex datasets.

- Cloud Operations: Maintain cloud environments (OCI, GCP, AWS, Azure) and resolve issues according to established procedures.

- Database Administration: Perform core tasks including backups, restores, mirroring, and table structure optimization.

- Data Processing:



Transform and process data from diverse formats such as XML, CSV, and JSON.

- Automation: Use generative AI tools and automation frameworks to improve operational efficiency.

- Incident Response: Act as the first line of support for operational incidents, coordinating with Engineering and Product for rapid resolution.

Qualifications

- Experience: Minimum 2–4 years of relevant data engineering or operational experience.

- SQL Expertise: Solid hands-on experience with database systems like Vertica, ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, or similar.

- Scripting: Proficiency in Shell and/or Python for automation and operational tooling.

- Cloud & Tools: Experience with cloud platforms (OCI, GCP, AWS, Azure) and version control (Git).

- ETL Knowledge: Demonstrated experience building and tuning complex ETL processes in high-volume production environments.

- Communication: Excellent skills for documenting findings and collaborating across cross-functional teams.

- Mindset: A "can-do" attitude with an ownership and entrepreneurial mindset.

What You’ll Get

- An opportunity to be among the first to lead and shape the India ETL/data engineering operation.

- High trust, high ownership, and visibility with global leadership.

- Competitive compensation.

- A chance to grow into a long-term leadership role as the organization scales.

Please share your resume at: [email protected]

📌 Data Engineer (Coimbatore)
🏢 S5 Stratos
📍 Coimbatore