Technical Lead - Data Engineering
About the role
The Technical Lead - Data Engineering at Trident Recruitment Solutions is responsible for leading the design, development, and optimization of scalable data engineering solutions on GCP and AWS. The role involves translating business requirements into technical specifications, overseeing cloud infrastructure, ensuring security and operational stability, and managing CI/CD pipelines. The Technical Lead will mentor and manage data engineers, conduct technical reviews, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technical solutions with business objectives. The position offers the opportunity to work with diverse technologies and industries, contributing to impactful staffing solutions in a growing company.
Must have
- Bachelor’s degree in CS or equivalent, plus 6+ years of experience in data engineering, including 2+ years leading engineering teams.
- Mastery of Python, SQL, Shell scripting, Medallion architecture, advanced dimensional modeling, real-time data streaming, GCP/AWS cloud stacks, CI/CD/DevOps practices.
- Experience in working with FinOps fundamentals for effective cost management.
- Capability to drive team-wide adoption of AI-assisted operational and engineering tools.
- Experience in leading engineering teams in data modeling, ETL design and development, streaming data in cloud data environments, using various ETL tools and technologies.
- Leading engineers in working in a Scrum/Agile delivery environment.
- Demonstrates strong self-management on assigned tasks; collaborates effectively with QA, DevOps, and Business Analysts.
- Experience in cloud infrastructure security, including keeping EC2 instances and other cloud components up to date, applying security patches, addressing vulnerabilities, and maintaining compliance with organizational security standards.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and effectively communicate technical concepts and decisions.
- Hands-on experience in working closely with non-technical people and sound knowledge of the technical and business domains
Nice to have
- Experience in API development would be an added advantage.
Technologies
- Agentic AI
- Agile
- AWS
- Bash
- CI/CD
- Data Engineering
- Data Modeling
- DevOps
- Dimensional Modeling
- EC2
- ETL
- FinOps
- GCP
- Python
- Scrum
- SQL
Highlights
The role may require collaboration with global stakeholders across international time zones. The company offers opportunities to work with diverse technologies and industries. No specific application deadline or method is mentioned.
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