Senior Data Engineer

About the Company

Growexx is looking for a Lead Data Engineer to drive our data engineering, analytics, and AI initiatives. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in Python, SQL, cloud platforms, workflow orchestration, and containerization, along with the ability to architect scalable data solutions and guide technical teams. This role requires strategic thinking, strong problem-solving skills, and cross-functional collaboration.

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor data engineering, data science, and analytics team members.
• Architect and implement scalable end-to-end data pipelines and distributed data processing.
• Design and optimize ETL/ELT workflows using Airflow, Spark/PySpark, and related tools.
• Develop and manage REST APIs and microservices and integrate external systems and tools.
• Build and maintain cloud infrastructure with strong focus on AWS services.
• Manage containerization and orchestration using Docker and advanced Kubernetes.
• Implement and manage enterprise data warehousing solutions, preferably Snowflake.
• Support research and implementation of GenAI-based solutions.
• Define and enforce data standards, governance, and data quality frameworks.
• Collaborate with business and product teams to deliver data-driven insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 7+ years of relevant experience in data engineering, data science, or software development.

Required Skills

• 5+ years hands-on experience with Python and SQL.
• 5+ years experience in AWS cloud services.
• Strong Docker expertise (5+ years) and advanced Kubernetes experience.
• Airflow experience (5+ years) for workflow orchestration.
• Hands-on experience with Spark / PySpark.
• Data warehousing experience (Snowflake preferred).
• Basic understanding of ELK stack.
• Experience with system integrations (Slack, Glean AI, OpenMetadata preferred).
• Intermediate experience with GenAI / LLM-based implementations.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with system integrations (Slack, Glean AI, OpenMetadata preferred).
• Intermediate experience with GenAI / LLM-based implementations.