Are you passionate about building scalable, high-impact data solutions that drive critical business insights? We are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Lead Data Engineer to join our energetic team. In this pivotal role, you will be at the forefront of designing and constructing our next-generation data architecture. You will tackle complex challenges in data ingestion, transformation, and quality, directly shaping our ability to make data-driven decisions. If you thrive on building robust systems from the ground up and want to see your work make a tangible difference, this is the opportunity for you. **Key Responsibilities** + Design, develop, and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest, transform, and deliver data from diverse sources. + Contribute to the design of scalable data architectures, including data lakes, data warehouses, and lakehouse patterns. + Implement data quality checks, validation frameworks, and monitoring solutions to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and lineage compliance. + Build and optimize data solutions on cloud platforms leveraging services such as Spark, Kafka, Databricks. + Profile and tune SQL queries, Spark jobs, and pipeline workflows for efficiency and cost effectiveness. **Experience and Education:** + Must to have 8-10 years of experience in Data Engineering + proficiency in Python, strong SQL skills + Hands on experience with Apache Spark, Hadoop, or equivalent distributed computing frameworks + Experience with relational databases and NoSQL systemsKnowledge on Machine Learning,



AI would be added advantage + **Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience** This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required. ------------------------------------------------------ **Job Family Group:** Technology ------------------------------------------------------ **Job Family:** Applications Development ------------------------------------------------------ **Time Type:** Full time ------------------------------------------------------ **Most Relevant Skills** Please see the requirements listed above. ------------------------------------------------------ **Other Relevant Skills** For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter. ------------------------------------------------------ _Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law._ _If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review_ _Accessibility at Citi (https://www.citigroup.com/citi/accessibility/application-accessibility.htm)_ _._ _View Citi's_ _EEO Policy Statement (https://www.citigroup.com/global/eeo-aa-policy)_ _and the_ _Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf)_ _poster._ Citi is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Minority/Female/Veteran/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.

📌 Senior Data Engineer - Assistant Vice President (Chennai)
🏢 Citigroup
📍 Chennai