About This Role
<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p></p><p><span><u><b>Key Responsibilities</b></u></span></p><ul><li><p>Design, develop, and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest, transform, and deliver data from diverse sources.</p></li><li><p><span>Contribute to the design of scalable data architectures, including data lakes, data warehouses, and lakehouse patterns.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Implement data quality checks, validation frameworks, and monitoring solutions to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and lineage compliance.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Build and optimize data solutions on cloud platforms leveraging services such as Spark, Kafka, Databricks.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Profile and tune SQL queries, Spark jobs, and pipeline workflows for efficiency and cost effectiveness.</span></p></li></ul><p></p><p><b><u>Experience and Education:</u></b></p><ul><li><p><span>Must to have 8-10 years of experience in Data Engineering </span></p></li><li><p><span>proficiency in Python, strong SQL skills</span></p></li><li><p><span>Hands on experience with Apache Spark, Hadoop, or equivalent distributed computing frameworks</span></p></li><li><p><span>Experience with relational databases and NoSQL systems<br />Knowledge on Machine Learning, AI would be added advantage</span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><b>Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience</b></p></li></ul><p></p><p><br />This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.</p><p></p><p style="text-align:inherit"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="WHR0">------------------------------------------------------</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><h2><b>Job Family Group: </b></h2>Technology<p style="text-align:inherit"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="WHR0">------------------------------------------------------</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><h2><b>Job Family:</b></h2>Applications Development<p style="text-align:inherit"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="WHR0">------------------------------------------------------</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><h2><b>Time Type:</b></h2>Full time<p style="text-align:inherit"><span><span class="WHP0">------------------------------------------------------</span></span></p><h2><b>Most Relevant Skills </b></h2>Please see the requirements listed above.<p>------------------------------------------------------</p><h2><b>Other Relevant Skills </b></h2>For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.<p>------------------------------------------------------</p><p style="text-align:left"><i><span>Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.</span></i></p><p style="text-align:inherit"><i><span> </span></i></p><p style="text-align:left"><i><span>If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review </span></i><i><a href="https://www.citigroup.com/citi/accessibility/application-accessibility.htm" target="_blank">Accessibility at Citi</a><span>.</span></i><br /><br /><i><span>View Citi’s </span><a href="https://www.citigroup.com/global/eeo-aa-policy" target="_blank">EEO Policy Statement</a><span> and the </span><a href="https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf" target="_blank">Know Your Rights</a><span> poster.</span></i></p>