Tech Specialist Software Engineering

Job Description

As a hands-on Tech Specialist Software Engineer at our company, your role will involve leading the design and execution of core capabilities within our Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) in Chennai, India. You will be responsible for translating complex, ambiguous data requirements into scalable, production-grade systems, actively contributing to code, design, and platform evolution.**Key Responsibilities:**- **Architecture & System Design** - Translate complex business and data requirements into scalable, resilient platform architectures - Design end-to-end data flows across ingestion (batch/stream), transformation, and consumption layers - Define platform patterns for ingestion, data access (APIs, query layers), and governance - Clearly articulate trade-offs and decisions across architecture choices- **Hands-On Engineering & Execution** - Actively contribute to production-grade code across ingestion frameworks, orchestration, and platform services - Build and evolve reusable platform components - Drive implementation of data ingestion pipelines into platforms like BigQuery - Develop services enabling data access patterns and implement governance capabilities- **Platform & Developer Experience** - Build a platform-first experience that abstracts complexity for downstream teams - Enable both low-code/no-code and code-first approaches for data onboarding and processing - Improve developer productivity through standardization, templates, and automation- **Data Governance & Observability** - Design and implement data quality frameworks, validation pipelines, and monitoring - Enable end-to-end lineage and impact analysis - Establish observability for data products and ensure secure and compliant data access through policy-driven controls- **Engineering Excellence** - Write clean, maintainable, and scalable code following best practices - Lead code reviews and drive a culture of high-quality engineering - Perform root cause analysis and contribute to technical documentation and knowledge sharing- **Collaboration & Leadership** - Partner closely with Product, Data Engineering, and Platform teams - Help shape technical roadmaps and influence platform strategy - Mentor engineers and act as a technical DRI for critical platform initiatives**Qualifications Required:**- Strong experience in building large-scale data platforms or distributed systems- Deep expertise in data ingestion patterns (CDC, streaming, batch)- Experience with data access layers, APIs, and query optimization- Strong understanding of data governance and proven ability to design AND implement complex systemsIf you have experience in Programming languages like Python, Java, Data & Cloud technologies like GCP, frameworks such as Spring Boot, Google ADK, CI/CD tools like Terraform, and Metadata & Governance tools like DataHub, you are exactly the candidate we are looking for.Nice to have experience includes working with AI Agents, exposure to multi-modal data processing, and building platform SDKs or developer tooling. As a hands-on Tech Specialist Software Engineer at our company, your role will involve leading the design and execution of core capabilities within our Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) in Chennai, India. You will be responsible for translating complex, ambiguous data requirements into scalable, production-grade systems, actively contributing to code, design, and platform evolution.**Key Responsibilities:**- **Architecture & System Design** - Translate complex business and data requirements into scalable, resilient platform architectures - Design end-to-end data flows across ingestion (batch/stream), transformation, and consumption layers - Define platform patterns for ingestion, data access (APIs, query layers), and governance - Clearly articulate trade-offs and decisions across architecture choices- **Hands-On Engineering & Execution** - Actively contribute to production-grade code across ingestion frameworks, orchestration, and platform services - Build and evolve reusable platform components - Drive implementation of data ingestion pipelines into platforms like BigQuery - Develop services enabling data access patterns and implement governance capabilities- **Platform & Developer Experience** - Build a platform-first experience that abstracts complexity for downstream teams - Enable both low-code/no-code and code-first approaches for data onboarding and processing - Improve developer productivity through standardization, templates, and automation- **Data Governance & Observability** - Design and implement data quality frameworks, validation pipelines, and monitoring - Enable end-to-end lineage and impact analysis - Establish observability for data products and ensure secure and compliant data access through policy-driven controls- **Engineering Excellence** - Write clean, maintainable, and scalable code following best practices - Lead

Keyskills :
PythonJavaGCPDatastreamSpring BootAirflowBigQueryDataflowDataprocPubSubTerraformGitHub Actions