Data Engineer

Role Overview

We are looking for a hands-on Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and data platforms. You will work on ingesting, transforming, and serving data reliably for analytics, reporting, and downstream applications, collaborating closely with backend engineers, analysts, and data scientists. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building robust data systems, working with large datasets, and writing clean, production-grade code.

Key Responsibilities

Data Pipelines & Development

Build and maintain reliable ETL/ELT pipelines for batch and near-real-time data processing.

Ingest data from multiple sources (databases, APIs, event streams, files).

Transform raw data into clean, analytics-ready datasets.

Optimize pipelines for performance, scalability, and cost.

Data Storage & Modeling

Design and manage data models in data warehouses or data lakes.

Work with SQL and NoSQL databases and modern data warehouses.

Implement partitioning, indexing, and efficient query patterns.

Maintain documentation for schemas, pipelines, and transformations.

Cloud & Tooling

Build data solutions on cloud platforms (AWS preferred).

Use services such as S3, Redshift, Athena, Glue, EMR, Lambda, Kinesis, or equivalents.

Work with orchestration tools like Airflow or similar schedulers.

Use version control, CI/CD, and Infrastructure-as-Code where applicable.

Data Quality & Reliability

Implement data validation, monitoring, and alerting for pipelines.

Troubleshoot data issues and ensure pipeline reliability.

Collaborate with stakeholders to resolve data discrepancies.

What were looking for:

4 to 6+ years of experience as a Data Engineer / Data Developer.

Strong programming skills in Python.

Excellent knowledge of SQL and relational data modeling.

Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines in production.

Hands-on experience with cloud-based data platforms (AWS preferred).

Understanding of data warehousing concepts and best practices.

Nice to have:

Experience with Spark, Kafka, dbt, or Flink.

Familiarity with orchestration tools like Airflow.

Experience with streaming or event-driven data pipelines.

Exposure to data quality or observability tools.

Experience working with large-scale or high-volume datasets.

Here are answers to some questions you may have

Where is your office?

Chennai (Velachery)

Work Model

Work from Office because great stories are built in person!

Do you have an online presence?

https://amura.ai (we are @AmuraHealth on all social media)

For better insights:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11UHgXqYc7XSJ3IAdFyEm-EurgOzqsmzA/view?usp=sharing