Senior Talend Developer

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: Senior Talend Developer

Location: Hyderabad (Onsite)

Employment Type: Full-time Permanent

Experience Required: 7 Years

Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior / Lead Talend Developer to design, develop, and manage end-to-end data integration solutions using the Talend platform. The role requires strong hands-on expertise in ETL development, data warehousing concepts, production support, and the ability to lead technical discussions and guide junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement ETL/ELT pipelines using Talend (DI, Cloud, Big Data, ESB as applicable).
• Lead data integration projects involving multiple source systems such as databases, flat files, APIs, and cloud platforms.
• Perform data extraction, transformation, validation, and loading into target systems including data warehouses.
• Optimize Talend jobs for performance, scalability, and reliability .
• Handle production deployments , job scheduling, and monitoring using TAC/TMC .
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues , perform root cause analysis, and implement preventive fixes.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, data architects, and QA teams to gather and translate requirements.
• Perform code reviews , enforce ETL best practices, and mentor junior developers.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation , mapping documents, and deployment artifacts.
• Support data migration and modernization initiatives from legacy systems to modern platforms.
• Ensure compliance with data quality, security, and governance standards .

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Talend Data Integration / Talend Cloud / Talend Big Data.
• Expertise in ETL concepts and data warehousing fundamentals.
• Proficient in SQL (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL).
• Experience with TAC/TMC for scheduling, deployment, and monitoring.
• Strong understanding of Star Schema, Snowflake Schema, Fact & Dimension tables.
• Experience with performance tuning and error handling in ETL jobs.
• Familiarity with Unix/Linux commands.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder coordination skills.

Preferred Skills

• Exposure to cloud data platforms (Snowflake, AWS Redshift, Azure Synapse, GCP BigQuery).
• Experience with API integration (REST/SOAP, JSON/XML).
• Knowledge of CI/CD and version control (Git, Bitbucket, SVN).
• Experience in data migration projects.
• Basic scripting or programming knowledge (Java / Python).
• Prior experience in leading or mentoring teams.