Lead Data Engineer

8 - 13 years

9 - 14 Lacs

Posted:20 hours ago| Platform: Naukri logo

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With more than 180 nationalities represented across 131 countries, we have a responsibility to build a workforce that reflects our global customer base. We move 20% of global trade and are on a mission to become the Global Integrator of Container Logistics. To achieve this, we are transforming into a digital-first company by combining our assets across ocean, land, air, and ports with a growing portfolio of digital solutions.
Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the design, development, and scaling of data pipelines, frameworks, and services that power Maersk s enterprise data platform.
  • Act as both a technical lead and an architect on the data platform, shaping the design principles, integration patterns, and governance guardrails that enable reliable, high-quality data products.
  • Partner with product managers, data scientists, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable, production-grade data solutions.
  • Drive best practices in data modeling, storage, streaming, and orchestration across multiple domains.
  • Mentor and guide engineers on the team through design reviews, code reviews, and architectural decision-making.
  • Ensure platform solutions are cloud-native, cost-efficient, and future-proof, with a focus on automation, observability, and security.
  • Stay current with emerging technologies (e.g., Delta Lake, Lakehouse, Kafka, Kubernetes-based data stacks) and bring pragmatic adoption into the platform.
We are looking for
  • 8+ years of experience in data engineering, with at least 2+ years in a technical leadership or lead role.
  • Strong expertise in building distributed data processing pipelines using Spark, PySpark, SQL, and Python.
  • Deep knowledge of cloud data platforms (Azure preferred) and experience with tools such as Databricks, Synapse, ADF, and event streaming technologies (Kafka).
  • Proven track record in data architecture: data modeling, partitioning strategies, storage formats (Parquet, Delta), metadata/catalog management, and governance.
  • Experience designing and operating large-scale, mission-critical data platforms with high performance and availability.
  • Strong understanding of CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and modern DevOps practices in data engineering.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work with cross-functional teams and influence architectural direction.
  • Bachelor s or master s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
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