Senior Data Engineer

About this role

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to design and build high-performance transactional data solutions that support mission-critical business systems and analytics initiatives.

This role will focus on OLTP-driven data environments, building scalable data pipelines and robust data models using Python, SQL, DBT, and AWS RDS MySQL. The ideal candidate will have strong experience working with high-volume transactional datasets, ensuring reliability, performance, and data integrity across operational platforms.

You will collaborate with global stakeholders across engineering, analytics, and product teams to enable data-driven decision-making and platform scalability.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize **data pipelines and ELT workflows** supporting transactional (OLTP) systems.
• Build and maintain **data transformation frameworks using DBT and SQL**.
• Develop scalable data processing solutions using **Python** for automation and performance optimization.
• Work extensively with **AWS RDS MySQL** to manage high-volume operational datasets.
• Ensure data quality, validation, and governance standards across data platforms.
• Monitor and improve **database performance, query efficiency, and pipeline reliability**.
• Collaborate with product, analytics, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into data solutions.
• Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting mechanisms to support production-grade data systems.
• Contribute to architecture decisions related to **data modelling, schema design, and system scalability**.

Mandatory Skills & Experience (Hard Requirements)

• **Strong Python programming experience** for data engineering use cases.
• Hands-on expertise with **AWS RDS (MySQL)** in production environments.
• Advanced proficiency in **SQL** including query tuning and performance optimization.
• Practical experience implementing **DBT-based data transformation workflows**.
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