[Remote] Senior Data Engineering/Technical Lead
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cognizant is a leading digital company, and they are seeking a Senior Data Engineering/Technical Lead to design, build, and deploy scalable analytics solutions for a major retail client. The role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to translate business requirements into production-ready solutions.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of effective analytics solutions and data models deployed on cloud platforms such as Azure or Google Cloud Platform
- Analyse business requirements, recommend technical solutions and confidently lead discussions with technical program managers, technical leads and client stakeholders
- Build high-quality applications and data pipelines using industry coding standards, strong engineering practices and unit testing aligned to project coverage expectations
- Ensure developed features are properly tested, released and deployed successfully into production environments
- Implement monitoring solutions aligned to client recommendations and operational best practices
- Document technical designs, service specifications and implementation details while guiding developers in preparing functional and technical specifications
Skills
- 7+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering, analytics engineering or related software engineering roles
- Strong experience with PySpark, Scala, Advanced SQL and Python
- Experience building and managing Airflow pipelines and cloud-based analytics solutions
- Hands-on experience with reporting and visualization tools such as Power BI or Looker Studio
- Experience working with at least one cloud platform; Google Cloud Platform experience is preferred
- Strong SQL experience, with BigQuery experience considered a plus
- Knowledge of designing large-scale, high-volume applications and data solutions
- Experience delivering cloud analytics solutions for retail, consumer goods or high-volume enterprise environments
- Ability to lead technical conversations with client stakeholders and cross-functional teams
- Experience implementing production monitoring, observability and operational readiness practices
- Strong documentation skills, including experience creating design documents, service specifications and technical implementation details
- Experience mentoring developers or providing technical guidance across delivery teams
Benefits
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance.
- Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off.
- 401(k) plan and contributions.
- Long-term/Short-term Disability.
- Paid Parental Leave.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
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