Job Description:
Role Overview
We are looking for a hands-on AWS Technical Lead – Data Engineering with 6 to 10 years of experience to design and deliver scalable, secure, and high-performance data platforms on AWS.
This role requires strong individual contribution with end-to-end technical ownership. The candidate will collaborate closely with global teams, architects, and clients to deliver enterprise-grade data engineering solutions.
The ideal candidate should have deep expertise in AWS data services, SQL, and Python, along with the ability to design, build, and optimize reliable data pipelines for analytics and business use cases.
Key Responsibilities
Data Platform Design & Development
Design and implement AWS-based data engineering solutions
Build and optimize batch and streaming pipelines
Develop:
SQL-driven data transformations
Python-based pipelines
Design efficient data models for:
Scalability
Performance
Cost optimization
Delivery & Quality Ownership
Own data engineering deliverables from development to production support
Perform:
Performance tuning
Cost optimization
Capacity planning
Troubleshoot complex data and production issues
Ensure solutions meet security, reliability, and scalability standards
Collaboration & Client Engagement
Work with architects, product owners, and stakeholders
Translate business requirements into technical data solutions
Provide:
Technical estimates
Implementation trade-offs
Participate in solution design and architecture discussions
Engineering Best Practices
Follow coding standards and data engineering best practices
Participate in code reviews and continuous improvement initiatives
Ensure compliance with AWS, security, and governance guideline
Location:
MumbaiBrand:
MerkleTime Type:
Full timeContract Type:
PermanentJob details are sourced from the employer's original posting.
Open job postingAbout the company
Founded in 2000, Ugam is a leading next generation data and analytics company that helps global corporations make smarter business decisions to accelerate their digital transformation. Ugam solves essential business strategy and intelligence issues across industries through its ability to cater to complex and evolving mission critical needs of its customers. It provides solutions for leading B2B (Manufacturers, Distributors, Market Research firms and Consulting companies) and B2C companies (Retailers and Consumer brands), which include: Retail Analytics - Comprehensive set of solutions – leveraging transaction data, competitive intelligence, shopper intent signals, third party data, advanced analytics, and machine learning – that help Retailers, CPG Brands, Manufacturers, and B2B Distributors make key decisions around Category Performance, Pricing & Revenue management, Optimizing Marketing Spend, Improving Conversion, Reducing Customer churn and many more Digital Product Content Solutions - Deep content intelligence to identify gaps in customer experience, services to help bridge those gaps and analytics to improve customer experience and conversion Survey Analytics - Suite of survey analytics techniques and capabilities to uncover insights on markets, customers, employees, in various industries across the globe Technology Implementation and Data Engineering – Services that help clients choose, implement, transition, integrate and manage market research, customer insight, customer experience, employee experience platforms and business intelligence tools to maximize ROI on technology investments. Engineering solutions to support customers’ product development team to maintain, enhance and create new consumer and market insights products Ugam’s unique managed services offering combines a proprietary big data technology platform on cutting edge AI / ML along with human judgement to empower clients to make decisions that improve their business. Industry has recognized Ugam as a “Vertical specialist” which clearly differentiates it against other market participants. Ugam has expanded its global footprint over the years. We have 5 offices in India, 1 office in Australia and 5 offices in the U.S. 4 of the top 10 U.S. online retailers, many of the world’s largest brands and online marketplaces, and 10 of the top 25 market research firms work with us because of our ability to deliver high-quality insights with unmatched customer experience. Our expertise is also recognized by leading industry publications and trade bodies : Recognized as ‘Vertical Specialists’ in Forrester’s Vendor Landscape: Customer Analytics Service Providers Report. Listed in Forrester’s June 2017 report, The Insights Services Directory, Q2 2017 Recognized for our ‘Price Intelligence and Optimization’ in Gartner’s Market Guide for Unified Price, Promotion and Markdown Optimization Appliances. Won IMC Digital Technology Award in the ‘Emerging Technologies’ category. Recognized as ‘Vertical Specialists’ in Forrester’s Vendor Landscape: Insights Services Providers, Report Refer reference material- ebooks and case studies. Our offices across India and US