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  • Architect & Lead: Design and implement scalable data architectures, including data lakes, warehouses, and streaming solutions.
  • End-to-End Ownership: Own pipelines from ingestion to serving layers, ensuring reliability, observability, and cost-efficiency.
  • Data Modeling: Define and maintain robust data models to support analytics, machine learning, and operational reporting.
  • Mentorship & Leadership: Guide junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and best practices.
  • Performance Optimization: Identify bottlenecks, tune pipelines, and improve query performance at scale.
  • Governance & Security: Implement and enforce data quality checks, access control, and compliance with privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA).
  • Collaboration: Work closely with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable data solutions.
  • Innovation: Evaluate and introduce new technologies and tools to improve the data platform’s reliability and developer experience.

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  • Experience: 5+ years in data engineering or backend engineering, with a track record of leading large-scale data projects.
  • Programming Expertise: Advanced skills in Python (or Scala/Java) and strong proficiency in SQL.
  • Big Data Frameworks: Deep experience with Spark, Flink, Beam, or similar distributed data processing engines.
  • ETL/ELT Orchestration: Expertise with Airflow, dbt, Dagster, or similar tools.
  • Cloud Platforms: Strong experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) — including data services like Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Databricks.
  • Data Modeling: Skilled at designing data schemas (OLTP, OLAP, dimensional models).
  • Streaming Data: Experience with Kafka, Kinesis, or Pub/Sub for real-time pipelines.
  • DevOps Mindset: Familiarity with CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation), and monitoring/alerting.

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