Assoc Director- Platform & Data Engineer
Novartis (company site, opens in a new tab)12+ yrsHyderabadOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 40–70 LPA
Posted on 19 Sept
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About This Role
- Lead design and delivery of scalable, secure, and high-performance enterprise data platforms using AWS, Databricks, Snowflake, Spark, and Python.
- Own development and optimization of batch, streaming, CDC, event-driven data pipelines, and AI-ready data products including RAG and agentic AI capabilities.
- Drive engineering excellence through CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, security, observability, governance, mentoring, and end-to-end data product/platform ownership.
Minimum Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in software and/or data engineering with large-scale production data platform delivery.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, IT, or equivalent experience.
- Expertise in Python, SQL, Apache Spark (PySpark), Databricks, Delta Lake, Snowflake, and AWS cloud-native data architectures.
- Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring, data governance, security controls, and practical exposure to Generative AI technologies including RAG, embeddings, vector search, and agentic workflows.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Senior-level engineer with deep hands-on expertise in modern cloud data platform technologies across AWS, Databricks, Snowflake, and Spark ecosystems.
- Experience translating complex business and technical requirements into scalable, secure, and automated data solutions with operational ownership.
- Proven ability to lead and mentor engineering teams with strong governance, security, and performance orientation in enterprise environments.