Technical Lead (AWS Data Engineering Lead)

Job Description:

Must-Have Skills

Cloud & Data Engineering (AWS)

• Strong hands-on experience with: Amazon S3, AWS Glue, Athena, Redshift
• Experience designing cloud-native data lakes and data warehouses
• Deep understanding of batch and streaming data pipelines
• Experience building scalable and fault-tolerant data workflows

SQL & Python (Mandatory)

• Strong expertise in SQL, including: Complex transformations and aggregations Performance tuning and analytics queries
• Experience working with large-scale datasets in Redshift/Athena
• Strong Python programming skills for data engineering use cases

PySpark / Spark Processing

• Hands-on experience with Spark / PySpark
• Build reusable ETL components and utilities
• Strong understanding of: Data modeling Transformations Performance optimization

Data Processing & Engineering

• Experience with distributed processing frameworks (Spark/PySpark)
• Handling structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data
• Expertise in: Schema design Partitioning Query optimization

DevOps & Platform Engineering

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation)
• Hands-on experience in building CI/CD pipelines for data platforms
• Exposure to containerization (Docker, ECS, EKS)

Collaboration & Ownership

• Strong ownership mindset for: Solution quality Performance Production stability
• Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills

Good-to-Have Skills

• Experience with streaming technologies (Kinesis, Kafka, MSK)
• Exposure to Lakehouse architectures and modern data platforms
• Integration with BI and analytics tools
• Knowledge of: Data governance Data quality frameworks Metadata management
• Familiarity with FinOps (cost optimization on AWS)
• Exposure to Marketing/Customer Data Platforms (CDP / MarTech)
• Experience working in Agile delivery models with global teams

Education Qualification

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in: Computer Science Information Systems Data Engineering or related field

Certifications

• Preferred: AWS Certified Data Analytics AWS Solutions Architect

(Any two preferred)

• Plus: Databricks Snowflake or other cloud data platform certifications

Location:

DGS India - Mumbai - Goregaon Prism Tower

Brand:

Merkle

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent