Data Team Lead

ABOUT US:

Tango Eye, company specializes in AI-powered video analytics, transforming CCTV data into actionable insights that help retailers understand customer shopping behaviors and evaluate staff efficiency.

Position: Data Lead

Location: Chennai

Experience: 10–14 years

Employment Type: Full-time

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Data Lead to design, build, and manage scalable data systems including data pipelines, data lakes, and enterprise-level data architecture. This role requires strong technical leadership, hands-on engineering expertise, and the ability to lead and mentor a high-performing data team.

Key Responsibilities

✓Lead the design, development, and optimization of end-to-end data pipelines (batch & real-time).

✓Architect and maintain enterprise-scale data lakes and data platforms.

✓Define and implement data structures, data models, and schema design.

✓Design and maintain data architecture diagrams, flow diagrams, and technical documentation.

✓Ensure best practices for data security, governance, quality, and performance.

✓Own data integration from multiple source systems (APIs, DBs, SaaS, streaming platforms).

✓Collaborate with product, engineering, analytics, and business stakeholders.

✓Lead cloud data platform architecture (AWS / Azure / GCP).

✓Drive cost optimization, performance tuning, and system scalability.

✓Manage and mentor data engineers, analysts, and architects.

✓Oversee sprint planning, delivery, and code quality standards.

✓Ensure high availability, monitoring, and incident response for data platforms.

REQUIRED TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Strong hands-on experience with:

Data Pipelines: Airflow, Dagster, AWS Glue, Azure Data Factory, Kafka

Data Lakes: S3, ADLS, GCS, Delta Lake, Iceberg, Hudi

Databases: Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Synapse

Programming: Python, SQL, Spark, Scala (good to have)

EXPERTISE IN:

Data Modeling: Star schema, Snowflake schema, normalization/denormalization

ETL/ELT frameworks

Distributed systems & big data architectures

Strong knowledge of:

✓Data Governance, Lineage, and Cataloging

✓DevOps for data (CI/CD pipelines, Terraform, GitOps)

✓Leadership & Management Skills

✓Proven experience in leading and scaling data teams.

✓Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

✓Ability to translate business requirements into technical architecture.

✓Experience in project planning, delivery management, and performance reviews.

✓Mentorship, coaching, and talent development.