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Principal AWS Data Engineer


Company : K&K Global Talent Solutions INC.


Location : Vellore, Tamil nadu


Created : 2025-12-19


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

K&K Global Talent is an international recruiting agency that has been providing technical resources globally since 1993. This position is with one of our clients in India, who is actively hiring candidates to expand their teams.Title: Principal AWS Data EngineerLocation: Bhopal, Bangalore, Chennai, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Pune (Hybrid)Employment Type: Full-time PermanentNotice Period: Immediate to 1 MonthRequired Skills: DBT, DataBricks, AWS, Python, Pyspark, SQLExperience Required: 10+ YearsRole & Responsibilites:As a Principal Data Engineer in the Data Warehouse team you will be relied on to lead a team of Sr. Data Engineers, propose Architecture, solve complex situations and data model, interact directly with client for requirement gathering, build a holistic roadmap, identify risks and have mitigation strategy, develop and deliver high-quality features and finish tasks to a high standard. You’ll be part of an emerging team, focussing on building and improving Data Warehouse offerings applying marketing suites.Required Skills:For this position the ideal candidate should have 10+ years of experience in software development, and with data structures/algorithms with a focus on backend and data engineering.● Overall 10 + years of experience in data engineering with 4+ years leading team● 8+ years of hands-on experience in using Python, JVM and Shell Scripting with production experience.● 5+ years of proven experience on building cloud native data intensive applications, Amazon Web Service experience is a must.● Experience on Data Warehouse design and development per the business nature using any of the modern data warehouses● Strong experience in Databricks and DBT experience is required● Highly proficient in architecting and implementing workflow management systems, Airflow is a must.● Hands-on experience of building and maintaining Spark applications.● Fundamental understanding of Parquet, Delta Lake and other OTFs file formats.● Strong experience on building CI/CD processes, experience with GitHub Actions, ArgoCD or Jenkins● Experience with unit testing and test automation frameworks.● Propose and review Architecture● Solve complex situations and data modelPrefered Skills:● Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)● Familiarity on an IaC tool such as Terraform, CDK or CloudFormation is a must● Experience with observability systems (such as Datadog or Prometheus/Grafana)Soft skills:● Lead a team of 4-5 Sr.Engg● Client communication and Requirement gathering● Build a holistic Tech roadmap for DWH (collaborate with business + teach leads)● Identify risks and have mitigation strategy● Mentoring Junior team members● Guiding and revieing PR. Guide on best practices● Learning aptitude: Ready to upskill on new tech stacks / skills● Comfortable providing, receiving constructive feedback, particularly while participating in code reviews and ability to not only code, but also provide good quality readable business documentation.● Focus on business value vs engineering interest and focus on business value vs engineering interest.● Pro-active / service-oriented towards our internal customers