Lead Data Engineer

KPI Partners is seeking a highly skilled Lead Data Engineer (Databricks Lead) to join our dynamic and growing team. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in the Databricks platform, strong SQL proficiency, and proven experience leading large-scale data migration initiatives. This role involves designing, building, and implementing scalable data solutions while guiding and mentoring a team of engineers.

Job Title: Lead Data Engineer (Databricks Lead)

Location: Hybrid Hyderabad/Bangalore/Pune

Experience: 7+ years

Employment Type: Full-time

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and implement data engineering solutions on the Databricks platform
• Lead end-to-end data migration projects, ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Mentor and guide team members, providing technical leadership and best practices
• Optimize SQL queries and data pipelines for efficiency and performance

Mandatory Skills:

• Databricks (strong hands-on experience)
• Advanced SQL
• Data Migration Projects
• Team Leadership / Technical Lead experience

Nice to Have:

• Business Objects (BOBJ) strongly preferred
• Power BI, Tableau
• Azure cloud platform

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Lead Data Engineer with minimum 3 years of leadership experience
• Extensive hands-on experience with Databricks
• Proven experience leading data migration projects
• Exposure to reporting and visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or BOBJ

Candidates with both Databricks and BOBJ experience will be highly preferred

Interested?

Apply now or share your profile (saswati.paul@kpipartners.com) to be part of a team thats shaping modern data platforms at scale.