Technical Lead (AWS Data Engineering Lead)

Job Description:

Must-Have Skills

Cloud & Data Engineering (AWS)

Strong hands-on experience with:

Amazon S3, AWS Glue, Athena, Redshift

Experience designing cloud-native data lakes and data warehouses

Deep understanding of batch and streaming data pipelines

Experience building scalable and fault-tolerant data workflows

SQL & Python (Mandatory)

Strong expertise in SQL, including:

Complex transformations and aggregations

Performance tuning and analytics queries

Experience working with large-scale datasets in Redshift/Athena

Strong Python programming skills for data engineering use cases

PySpark / Spark Processing

Hands-on experience with Spark / PySpark

Build reusable ETL components and utilities

Strong understanding of:

Data modeling

Transformations

Performance optimization

Data Processing & Engineering

Experience with distributed processing frameworks (Spark/PySpark)

Handling structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data

Expertise in:

Schema design

Partitioning

Query optimization

DevOps & Platform Engineering

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation)

Hands-on experience in building CI/CD pipelines for data platforms

Exposure to containerization (Docker, ECS, EKS)

Collaboration & Ownership

Strong ownership mindset for:

Solution quality

Performance

Production stability

Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills

Good-to-Have Skills

Experience with streaming technologies (Kinesis, Kafka, MSK)

Exposure to Lakehouse architectures and modern data platforms

Integration with BI and analytics tools

Knowledge of:

Data governance

Data quality frameworks

Metadata management

Familiarity with FinOps (cost optimization on AWS)

Exposure to Marketing/Customer Data Platforms (CDP / MarTech)

Experience working in Agile delivery models with global teams

Education Qualification

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in:

Computer Science

Information Systems

Data Engineering

or related field

Certifications

Preferred:

AWS Certified Data Analytics

AWS Solutions Architect

(Any two preferred)

Plus:

Databricks

Snowflake or other cloud data platform certifications

Location:

DGS India - Mumbai - Goregaon Prism Tower

Brand:

Merkle

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent