Senior Data Engineer

3 weeks ago


india, IN Sovereign IT Solutions Pvt Ltd Full time

We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer with 8+ years of real-world experience to act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and train students specifically for Data Engineering, Big Data, and AI/ML Data Platform interviews.


The ideal candidate will not only be hands-on with the latest data + AI/ML technologies but also excel at coaching, mentoring, and conducting mock interviews to prepare students for success in top-tier companies.


This role is perfect for someone who can bridge deep technical expertise with interview preparation and training.


Key Responsibilities


Act as SME & trainer, guiding students to crack Data Engineering, AI/ML, and Cloud Data Platform interviews.


Conduct mock interviews, Q&A sessions, and technical deep-dives.


Train students on real-world interview scenarios:


End-to-end ETL/ELT pipelines


Data modelling & warehousing


Data for AI/ML use cases (feature pipelines, vector databases, embeddings)


Streaming & batch processing at scale


Data governance, lineage, and security-first architectures


Core Data Engineering + AI/ML Pillars to Cover


1. Data Warehousing & Modelling: Star, Snowflake, and Data Vault modelling, SCD Types 1–6, OLTP vs OLAP vs Lakehouse, Schema evolution & data versioning


2. ETL/ELT & Orchestration


Orchestration: Apache Airflow, Prefect, Dagster, Azure Data Factory

Transformation: dbt, Spark SQL, Pandas, PySpark

Batch & streaming workflows (Kafka, Flink, Spark Structured Streaming, Kinesis)


3. Big Data & Distributed Processing: Spark (PySpark, Scala, Delta Lake), Hive, Presto/Trino, Iceberg, Hudi, Partitioning, bucketing, caching & shuffle optimisation, Lakehouse & Data Mesh architectures


4. Cloud Data Platforms


Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift, Synapse, Multi-cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) + hybrid/on-prem migration


5. Data Storage & Ingestion: Data Lakes (S3, ADLS, GCS), Semi/unstructured data (Parquet, ORC, Avro, JSON, XML, multimedia), Real-time ingestion (Kafka, Pulsar, Debezium, CDC pipelines)


6. Observability & Monitoring


Pipeline observability (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch, Datadog)

Data quality & reliability (Great Expectations, Soda, Deequ)

End-to-end lineage & metadata (Apache Atlas, DataHub, Purview, Collibra)


7. Security & Governance


IAM, RBAC, ABAC, fine-grained access controls

Data masking, tokenization, PII handling

GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA compliance

Secrets management (Vault, Key Vault, KMS)


8. AI/ML Enablement


Feature Engineering Pipelines: scalable pipelines for ML models

Feature Stores: Feast, Tecton, Databricks Feature Store

MLOps Practices: MLflow, SageMaker Pipelines, Vertex AI, Azure ML

Vector Databases & RAG: Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, Chroma for LLM apps

Model Serving: TensorFlow Serving, TorchServe, Kubernetes-based serving

AI Workflows: data prep for NLP, embeddings, recommendation systems

LLM Integration: prompt engineering, embeddings pipeline, data optimisation for GenAI workloads


Required Skills & Experience


8+ years in Data Engineering/Big Data/Cloud roles, with hands-on AI/ML data enablement.


Proven expertise with ETL/ELT, Spark, Data Lakes, Data Warehouses, and distributed systems.


Strong programming skills in Python, SQL, PySpark (Scala/R/ optional).


Expertise in cloud-native data + AI/ML platforms (AWS SageMaker, Azure ML, GCP Vertex AI, Databricks).


Hands-on with MLOps, Feature Stores, Vector Databases, and ML model integration.


Deep understanding of pipeline optimisation, governance, and cost efficiency.


Excellent communication & teaching skills — ability to simplify complex data & AI concepts.


Prior mentoring, training, or interview-prep experience strongly preferred.


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