Data Engineer Lead

Role Overview :
We’re looking for a  Data Engineering Lead  who can design, build, and scale the data infrastructure that powers Amura’s Health Tech platform.
This role is ideal for a  hands-on data engineering leader  who combines strong engineering depth with architectural thinking, ownership, and a desire to create meaningful human impact through data.
You will own the  end-to-end data architecture  from ingestion and processing to storage and analytics while leading a small team of data engineers and partnering closely with product, analytics, and engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities:

Design and own  scalable, reliable data architectures  supporting analytics, reporting, and ML use cases.
Define standards for  data ingestion, transformation, storage, and access .
Choose and evolve the  data stack  (batch, streaming, lake / warehouse).
Balance  performance, cost, and data freshness  requirements.
Build and maintain robust  ETL / ELT pipelines  using modern tools and frameworks.
Design batch and near-real-time pipelines for structured and semi-structured data.
Ensure  data reliability, consistency, and performance  lement  data versioning, lineage, and metadata management .
Build data systems on  AWS cloud platforms .
Partner with Dev Ops on  IaC, CI/CD, monitoring, and cost optimization .
Ensure  high availability, scalability, and disaster recovery  for data systems.
Establish  data quality checks, validation frameworks, and monitoring .
Define and enforce  data governance, access control, and privacy standards .
Collaborate with security teams on  encryption, IAM, compliance, and auditing .
Lead, mentor, and review the work of  data engineers .
Drive technical discussions, design reviews, and best practices.
Partner with product managers, analysts, and ML teams to translate requirements into data solutions.
Advocate for a strong  data culture  across the organization.

Requirements:
9–12+ years of experience in  data engineering or backend/data platform roles .
Strong programming skills in  Python and/or SQL  (Scala/Java is a plus).
Deep experience building  ETL / ELT pipelines and data platforms .
Strong understanding of:
Data modeling (star / snowflake, dimensional modeling)
Distributed data processing
Batch vs streaming architectures
Hands-on experience with  AWS data services .

Experience with services such as  S3, Redshift, Athena, Glue, EMR, Lambda, Kinesis , or equivalents.
Experience leading or mentoring engineers and  owning technical outcomes .
Comfortable operating in a  fast-paced, high-growth environment .

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Chennai (Velachery)
Work Model
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