Senior Data Engineer
Bengaluru
Engineering – Application Development /
Full Time /
Hybrid
We are seeking an experienced Sr. Data Engineer with a demonstrated mastery of AWS, Python, stream processing technologies, and data modeling. The ideal candidate will have a strong track record of building scalable and robust data infrastructure within data-driven environments. This crucial role focuses on designing, implementing, and maintaining our data mesh architecture to empower business users to unlock the full potential of our data assets. You'll leverage your deep AWS expertise to seamlessly integrate data sources, optimize data pipelines, and enable real-time insights. This role requires a strong blend of technical expertise, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills. You will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including engineers, product managers, and data analysts, to ensure data-driven decision making across the organization.
What your impact will look like here:
- AWS Expertise: Design, implement, and optimize data solutions leveraging AWS services (Lambda, Glue, S3, Redshift, Step Functions, Kinesis) for seamless data ingestion, transformation, storage, and real-time processing.
- Data Pipelines and ETL: Develop robust ETL processes, ensuring accurate and timely data movement across platforms.
- Stream Processing: Design and implement real-time streaming solutions to handle high-velocity data flows for timely insights.
- Python and Pandas Mastery: Employ Python and Pandas for advanced data cleaning, manipulation, and analysis.
- Data Warehousing and Modeling: Architect and maintain optimized data warehouses and data lakes, along with designing and implementing effective data models for efficient querying and analysis.
- Query Optimization: Proactively tune query performance and data models to deliver fast and reliable data access.
- Automation: Design and implement automation for data processes to improve efficiency and scalability.
- Data Mesh Implementation: Play a key role in implementing and maintaining our data mesh architecture, ensuring data is discoverable, accessible, and usable by business data analysts, data scientists, and other business users.
- Collaboration: Work effectively across teams, including data scientists, analysts, product managers, enterprise architecture, DBA, DevOps, and software engineering teams to translate business needs into data solutions.
- Best Practices and Mentoring: Promote data engineering best practices, contribute to standards development, and mentor junior team members.
- Ability to assess rapidly changing technologies and apply them to business needs.
You will love this job if you have:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of hands-on experience as a Data Engineer in data-driven environments.
- In-depth expertise in AWS data services (Lambda, Glue, S3, Redshift, Step Functions, and Kinesis).
- High level of proficiency in Python and Pandas.
- Experience with Oracle databases.
- Robust experience in data modeling, ETL processes, and SQL.
- Proven delivery record of production ready data solutions.
- Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
Qualifications - Good to Have:
- Strong proficiency in stream processing technologies (Kafka, Kinesis, or similar).
- Experience with other cloud platforms such as GCP, Azure
- Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI)
- Proficiency in distributed computing with Apache Spark.
- Knowledge of Redis for in-memory data storage and caching.
- Understanding of REST API principles and development.
- Strong knowledge of NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra, etc.).
- Background in statistical analysis and machine learning.
- Proficient in containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
Don’t have all the skills/experience mentioned above? At Granicus, we are trying to build diverse, inclusive teams. We do not have degree requirements for most of our roles. If you don’t meet every requirement above, but are excited to learn more, we encourage you to apply. We might just be able to find another role that could be a perfect fit!
The Team
We area globally distributed workforce across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Armenia, Australia, and New Zealand.
The Culture
At Granicus, we are building a transparent, inclusive, and safe space for everyone who wants to be a part of our journey. A few culture highlights include –
- Employee Resource Groups to encourage diverse voices
- Coffee with Mark sessions – Our employees get to interact with our CEO on very important and sometimes difficult issues ranging from mental health to work life balance and current affairs.
- Embracing diversity & fostering a culture of ideation, collaboration & meritocracy
- We bring in special guests from time to time to discuss issues that impact our employee population
The Company
Serving the People Who Serve the People
Granicus is driven by the excitement of building, implementing, and maintaining technology that is transforming the Govtech industry by bringing governments and its constituents together. We are on a mission to support our customers with meeting the needs of their communities and implementing our technology in ways that are equitable and inclusive. Granicus has consistently appeared on the GovTech 100 list over the past 5 years and has been recognized as the best companies to work on BuiltIn.
Over the last 25 years, we have served 5,500 federal, state, and local government agencies and more than 300 million citizen subscribers power an unmatched Subscriber Network that use our digital solutions to make the world a better place. With comprehensive cloud-based solutions for communications, government website design, meeting and agenda management software, records management, and digital services, Granicus empowers stronger relationships between government and residents across the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. By simplifying interactions with residents, while disseminating critical information, Granicus brings governments closer to the people they serve—driving meaningful change for communities around the globe.
The Impact
We are proud to serve dynamic organizations around the globe that use our digital solutions to make the world a better place — quite literally. We have so many powerful success stories that illustrate how our solutions are impacting the world. See more of our impact here.
The Process
- Assessment – Take a quick assessment.
- Phone screen – Speak to one of our talented recruiters to ensure this could be a fit.
- Coding – Take a quick coding test online.
- Hiring Manager/Panel interview – Talk to the hiring manager so they can learn more about you and you about Granicus. Meet more members on the team! Learn more and share more.
- Reference checks – Provide 2 references so we can hear about your awesomeness.
- Verbal offer – Let’s talk numbers, benefits, culture and answer any questions.
- Written offer – Sign a formal letter and get excited because we sure are!
Benefits at Granicus India
Along with the challenges of the job, Granicus offers employees an attractive benefits package which includes –
- Hospitalization Insurance Policy covering employees and their family members including parents
- All employees are covered under Personal Accident Insurance & Term Life Insurance policy
- All employees can avail annual health check facility
- Eligible for reimbursement of telephone and internet expenses
- Wellness Allowance to avail health club memberships and/or access to physical fitness centres
- Wellbeing Wednesdays which includes 1x global Unplug Day and 2x No Meeting Days every quarter
- Memberships for ‘meditation and mindfulness ‘ apps including on-demand mental health support 24/7
- Access to learning management system Say., Udemy Learning Premium account membership & many more
- Access to Rewards & recognition portal and quarterly recognition program
Security and Privacy Requirements
- Responsible for Granicus information security by appropriately preserving the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of Granicus information assets in accordance with the company's information security program.
- Responsible for ensuring the data privacy of our employees and customers, their data, as well as taking all required privacy training in a timely manner, in accordance with company policies.
Granicus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants and employees will be considered for employment and advancement without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical or mental disability, age, genetic information, sexual or affectional orientation, marital status, status regarding public assistance, familial status, military or veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.
