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Lead Delivery AI Data Engineer

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5 months ago
Gurgaon, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Own the design, build, and operation of production-grade data platforms and pipelines across cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments.
  • Lead end-to-end data engineering delivery across ingestion, transformation, data modeling, orchestration, serving, and productionization.
  • Architect scalable batch, streaming, real-time, and API-driven data solutions for business-critical analytics and AI use cases.
  • Design trusted and reusable data foundations with data quality, governance, cataloging, lineage, and access control practices.
  • Lead GenAI implementations involving RAG, retrieval design, LLM application patterns, workflow design, evaluation, and production deployment.
  • Write, review, and improve engineering work in Python, Java, or Scala across distributed data systems and modern data platforms.
  • Build reusable data engineering assets and implementation patterns for client engagements.
  • Translate ambiguous business problems into scalable data and AI engineering solutions with clients, consulting teams, and technical stakeholders.
  • Lead and mentor engineers while addressing architecture, code quality, documentation, DevOps, governance, and production readiness.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Technology, Data Science, or a related technical field.
  • 8+ years of relevant experience in data engineering, data platforms, or enterprise AI/data solution delivery.
  • Proven experience leading production-grade data engineering programs with hands-on architecture, implementation, code review, deployment, and operationalization.
  • Expert proficiency in at least one major programming language such as Python, Java, or Scala.
  • Strong understanding of distributed computing, Spark-based processing, performance tuning, and large-scale data system design.
  • Deep experience with Spark, DBT, Databricks, Snowflake, Hive, Hadoop, or equivalent big data and analytics ecosystems.
  • Strong cloud engineering experience across AWS, Azure, or GCP, with expertise in at least one cloud ecosystem.
  • Hands-on experience with GenAI implementation patterns including RAG, retrieval pipelines, LLM application architecture, workflow design, evaluation, monitoring, and deployment.
  • Experience building trusted data foundations through data modeling, pipeline productization, orchestration, containerization, and observability.
  • Practical experience with data governance, metadata, cataloging, lineage, privacy, and security in enterprise data environments.
  • Strong client-facing communication skills and the ability to influence senior stakeholders, manage ambiguity, and handle delivery trade-offs.
  • Prior consulting or senior stakeholder solution-delivery experience is preferred.
  • Experience in Retail, Telecom, or other data-rich industries is preferred.
  • Experience with NoSQL, streaming, messaging, event-driven architectures, ML engineering, advanced analytics integration, enterprise platform build-versus-buy decisions, Lakehouse, or Data Mesh is preferred.

Tech Stack

Apache HadoopApache HiveApache SparkAWSAzureDatabricksdbtGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaPythonScalaSnowflake

Categories

AI ApplicationsData Engineering
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Boston Consulting Group provides management consulting, technology, and design services to large enterprises, governments, and nonprofits, helping with strategy, digital transformation, and operations. The firm works on a project-based, fee-for-service model and also incubates products and ventures through BCG X. Founded in 1963 and headquartered in Boston, it is a global partnership with offices worldwide.

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