Senior Data Engineer - Assistant Vice President

Citi
Citi

Software Engineering, Data Science

Posted on Sep 9, 2026

Senior Data Engineer - Assistant Vice President

Job Req Id:

26982882

Location(s):

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Job Type:

Hybrid

Posted:

Sep. 08, 2026

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Job Overview

Are you passionate about building scalable, high-impact data solutions that drive critical business insights? We are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Lead Data Engineer to join our dynamic team.

In this pivotal role, you will be at the forefront of designing and constructing our next-generation data architecture. You will tackle complex challenges in data ingestion, transformation, and quality, directly shaping our ability to make data-driven decisions. If you thrive on building robust systems from the ground up and want to see your work make a tangible difference, this is the opportunity for you.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest, transform, and deliver data from diverse sources.

  • Contribute to the design of scalable data architectures, including data lakes, data warehouses, and lakehouse patterns.

  • Implement data quality checks, validation frameworks, and monitoring solutions to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and lineage compliance.

  • Build and optimize data solutions on cloud platforms leveraging services such as Spark, Kafka, Databricks.

  • Profile and tune SQL queries, Spark jobs, and pipeline workflows for efficiency and cost effectiveness.

Experience and Education:

  • Must to have 8-10 years of experience in Data Engineering

  • proficiency in Python, strong SQL skills

  • Hands on experience with Apache Spark, Hadoop, or equivalent distributed computing frameworks

  • Experience with relational databases and NoSQL systems
    Knowledge on Machine Learning, AI would be added advantage

  • Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience


This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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