Senior Data Engineering/Technical Lead

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

Requirements:

• 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