Senior Data Engineer
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Senior Data Engineering role at NorthBay Solutions. Lahore · full-time.
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What you'll do
- Build and maintain data pipelines with PySpark, AWS Glue and Amazon EMR
- Create Redshift warehouse solutions and write SQL transformations for analytics and reporting
- Tune Spark jobs, pipelines, SQL and Redshift workloads to improve performance
- Protect data quality and governance, and investigate production incidents to find their causes
- Work with stakeholders and engineering teams on data needs, design reviews and technical documentation
What you bring
- Five to eight years in data engineering and data warehousing
- Hands-on PySpark skills and extensive experience using AWS Glue
- Experience managing Amazon EMR workloads and strong expertise in Amazon Redshift
- Strong SQL development, query tuning and knowledge of warehousing, dimensional modeling and ETL/ELT
Who this fits
You'll suit a senior data engineer comfortable handling large datasets and working with distributed teams. The role is hybrid in Pakistan and requires availability during UAE business hours, with UAE public holidays observed.
From the employer
Position: Senior Data Engineer
Experience: 5–8 Years
Location: Hybrid (Pakistan)
Note: (Candidates must be available during UAE business hours and follow UAE public holidays)
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Data Engineer with 5–8 years of experience in designing, developing, and optimizing large-scale data platforms and ETL/ELT pipelines. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in PySpark, AWS Glue, Amazon EMR, Amazon Redshift, and SQL-based data warehousing, along with proven experience in performance tuning and data optimization.
The candidate will work closely with a UAE-based customer and must be comfortable collaborating with distributed teams while adhering to UAE working hours and holiday schedules.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines using PySpark, AWS Glue, and Amazon EMR.
- Build and optimize data ingestion, transformation, and processing frameworks for structured and semi-structured data.
- Develop and maintain enterprise data warehouse solutions using Amazon Redshift.
- Write complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and data transformations to support analytics and reporting requirements.
- Implement ETL/ELT processes to move data efficiently across multiple systems and platforms.
- Perform performance tuning and optimization of Spark jobs, ETL pipelines, SQL queries, and Redshift workloads.
- Ensure data quality, integrity, security, and governance across data platforms.
- Troubleshoot production issues and perform root cause analysis for data-related incidents.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, analysts, architects, and engineering teams to understand data requirements.
- Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, and best-practice implementation.
- Monitor data pipelines and proactively identify opportunities for performance improvements and automation.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, data models, and operational procedures.
Required Skills & Experience
Must-Have Skills
- 5–8 years of experience in Data Engineering and Data Warehousing.
- Strong hands-on experience with PySpark.
- Extensive experience with AWS Glue.
- Experience building and managing workloads on Amazon EMR.
- Strong expertise in Amazon Redshift.
- Excellent SQL development and query optimization skills.
- Strong understanding of Data Warehousing concepts, dimensional modeling, and ETL/ELT processes.
- Experience in performance tuning of Spark jobs, SQL queries, ETL pipelines, and data warehouse workloads.
- Experience handling large-scale datasets and distributed data processing.
- Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and analytical skills.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with additional AWS services such as S3, IAM, CloudWatch, Lambda, and Step Functions.
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices for data platforms.
- Experience with workflow orchestration tools.
- Familiarity with data governance, security, and compliance practices.
- Exposure to Agile/Scrum development methodologies.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Relevant AWS certifications will be considered an advantage.
Soft Skills
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work independently in a remote environment.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical thinking abilities.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
- Strong ownership mindset and commitment to delivering high-quality solutions.
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