Job Description

Job Title: Data Engineering Lead – Role Summary: We are looking for a Data Engineering Lead to lead a team of data engineers in building and delivering scalable ingestion and transformation pipelines on Databricks + AWS, ensuring engineering execution aligns with the platform's architecture and delivery timelines. Key Responsibilities - Lead a team of Data Engineers delivering Bronze/Silver/Gold pipelines across batch, near-real-time, streaming, and CDC patterns - Drive hands-on implementation and code/design reviews for ingestion pipelines (AWS Glue, DMS, DataSync) and streaming jobs (Kinesis, Kafka, or Databricks Structured Streaming) - Own sprint planning, task allocation, and delivery tracking for the engineering pod - Ensure adherence to Unity Catalog governance standards, data quality checks, and orchestration best practices (Airflow/MWAA)



- Troubleshoot complex pipeline/performance issues and mentor junior engineers - Collaborate closely with the Data Architect to translate architecture into engineering execution - Support client/stakeholder updates on engineering progress and technical blockers Must-Have Skills - 7–10 years in data engineering, including 2+ years leading a team/pod - Solid hands-on Databricks/Spark, Delta Lake, SQL, and Python/PySpark expertise - Strong AWS data services experience: Glue, S3, DMS; working knowledge of Kinesis/MSK or Kafka - Solid understanding of medallion architecture, CDC ingestion, and orchestration tools - Proven ability to manage delivery timelines and mentor a team Good-to-Have: Exposure to vector databases, RAG pipeline data prep, or agentic/AI tooling (Bedrock, Mosaic AI).

📌 Lead Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Tech Mahindra
📍 Bengaluru