Sr. Data & AI Platform Engineer [T500-24952]

ANSR is hiring for one of its clients.

ABOUT UNDER ARMOUR:

Our story is a classic American entrepreneurial journey, born from a simple, unmet need identified by an athlete. In 1996, founder Kevin Plank, then captain of the University of Maryland football team, set out to solve the problem of sweat-soaked cotton shirts by creating a moisture-wicking synthetic alternative. That innovation HeatGear redefined the athletic base layer and laid the foundation for what is today a global leader in performance apparel, footwear, and accessories.

Headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, Under Armour is driven by a clear mission to make all athletes better. This relentless pursuit of better defines who we are, shaping our focus on performance, innovation, and continuous improvement.

OUR PURPOSE:

Building on this global foundation, Under Armour India is purpose-built to access Indias top-tier talent and embed the brands culture into scalable, tech-driven solutions. At its core, this is about empowering those who strive for more a belief reflected in our values: Act Sustainably, Celebrate the Wins, Fight on Together, Love Athletes, and Stand for Equality.

These values serve as a shared framework that guides how we think, build, and collaborate. They connect teams across geographies, reinforce our purpose, and ensure that everything we do is aligned to a common goal enabling better outcomes for athletes and the business.

At Under Armour India, this translates into an environment where individuals have the freedom to go further, regardless of role. Teams are empowered to develop and deliver state-of-the-art products and digital solutions that enhance performance and drive impact at scale.

VALUES & INNOVATION:

Across Under Armour globally, our values act as the thread that unites every teammate, shaping a culture grounded in purpose, accountability, and shared ambition. They are not just principles, but active drivers of how we operate, innovate, and grow together.

This culture is deeply anchored in innovation a continuous pursuit of better that pushes boundaries and challenges convention. Whether through product innovation or digital transformation, teams are enabled to create solutions that elevate performance and redefine possibilities for athletes everywhere.

PURPOSE OF ROLE:

The Senior Professional Data & AI Platform Engineer owns the design, development, deployment, and operational excellence of complex data ingestion and transformation domains within the enterprise cloud data platform.

This role builds scalable, high-volume data pipelines while elevating technical standards across development and deployment practices. You are accountable not only for delivering production-ready solutions, but for ensuring they are reliable, secure, performant, and aligned with enterprise governance and AI-readiness requirements.

You serve as a technical leader within the engineering team who guides architectural decisions within your domain, influencing best practices, and mentoring engineers while remaining deeply hands-on in building and optimizing data products that power Analytics, AI, and Automation across global business functions.

You partner closely with Global IT, Business Stakeholders, Data Governance, Security & Privacy, AI & Automation Engineers, Data Analysts, Marketing Technology, and FinOps to translate evolving business needs into scalable, compliant, and cost-efficient platform capabilities.

You continuously apply modern DevOps and GenAI-assisted engineering practices to enhance solution quality, accelerate delivery, and strengthen the long-term resilience of the platform.

YOUR IMPACT (Job Responsibilities):

• Design, build, and optimize scalable ELT pipelines using Snowflake, dbt Cloud, AWS Glue, Airflow, and Fivetran (CDC/log-based replication)
• Own complex ingestion and transformation domains end-to-end, including architectural design, performance tuning, and production reliability
• Write high-performance, production-grade SQL and Python integrated into automated CI/CD pipelines
• Apply advanced data integration techniques to support enterprise analytics, data sharing, AI use cases, and self-service data products
• Lead ingestion and integration efforts across enterprise systems such as SAP, Salesforce, and various specialized global technology data sources.
• Establish and enforce data engineering and data security design patterns, coding standards, and deployment best practices
• Partner with Global IT, Data Governance, Security & Privacy, AI & Automation Engineers, Data Analysts, FinOps, and business stakeholders to influence scalable and secure solution design
• Serve as technical lead during development and deployment cycles, guiding implementation decisions and troubleshooting complex issues
• Act as escalation point for high-impact production incidents within assigned domains and participate in a responsive on-call rotation process to resolve critical production issues as needed upholding data contract SLAs
• Drive improvements in data quality, observability instrumentation, and reliability engineering practices
• Apply and champion GenAI-assisted engineering workflows to improve development velocity, automated testing, and data product quality
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical coaching
• Continuously improve platform and data pipeline performance, cost efficiency, and scalability

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or a closely related field with 5+ years of relevant experience OR Masters degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or closely related technical field and 3 years of progressively responsible data and/or software engineering experience OR 9+ years of relevant experience without a degree.
• Strong data engineering and warehousing fundamentals (deployment patterns, data ingestion patterns, database design)
• Experience building high-volume data products and services
• Advanced programming in SQL and Python
• Strong Snowflake expertise
• Demonstrated analytic modeling proficiency
• Experience integrating SAP, Salesforce, or comparable enterprise systems
• Experience working with enterprise data domains (consumer, finance, marketing, supply chain, HR)
• Demonstrated application of security and privacy-by-design frameworks
• Strong experience with AWS services (S3, Glue, IAM)
• Proven successful experience in enabling data replication and cloud data sharing
• Job orchestration tools such as Airflow (i.e. MWAA)
• Understanding of CI/CD and Git workflows
• Proven experience building for or application of GenAI in either RAG workflows, or agentic workflows (i.e., Snowflake Cortex AI Suite)
• Practical work experience utilizing API to build bespoke data pipelines or automation workflows.
• Ability to provide written, visual, and oral interpretation of highly specialized technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Basic understanding of GDPR, CCPA, or data privacy principles preferred
• Experience enabling AI/GenAI workloads at scale preferred
• Experience partnering with FinOps on cost optimization preferred

WORKPLACE LOCATION:

Location: This individual must reside within commuting distance from our office.

Work Schedule: This role follows a hybrid work schedule, requiring 4 days in-office per week.

OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITY:

At Under Armour, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, family or paternal status and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Under Armour seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people representing a wide variety of backgrounds and perspectives. Reasonable accommodation is available for applicants with disabilities upon request.