Job Title: Lead Data Engineer (DBT, Databricks, Azure)

Key Skills: Python, REST APIs, Azure Databricks, DBT, SQL, Terraform, Data Engineering, Data Modeling, CI/CD, Team Leadership

Experience: 8+ years of experience.

Location: Open to candidates across LATAM.

At Coforge, we are looking for a Lead Data Engineer (#22145) with the following profile.

Responsibilities

Lead the RTS delivery squad and own the end-to-end delivery of strategic data products within a modern cloud data platform.
Design and oversee the architecture of low-latency, API-driven data solutions, from backend data models through serving layers and API consumption.
Build and maintain scalable backend services and REST APIs using Python and object-oriented programming principles.
Design, develop, and optimize data pipelines using Azure Databricks, DBT, SQL, and cloud-native technologies.
Own the architecture and implementation of curated data layers, ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance.
Evaluate, select, and implement technologies for low-latency data serving and API consumption.




Lead infrastructure deployment and management using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.
Mentor and develop a team of data and machine learning engineers, providing technical guidance, coaching, and career development support.
Conduct code reviews and establish engineering standards, development best practices, and architectural guidelines.
Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Business, and Project stakeholders to define technical solutions and delivery roadmaps.
Ensure data quality, observability, monitoring, alerting, and SLA compliance across all data products and services.
Drive CI/CD adoption and oversee release management processes for pipelines, services, and platform components.
Act as the primary technical escalation point for troubleshooting complex production issues and ensuring long-term platform stability.
Maintain comprehensive technical documentation, architectural d

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