Senior Data Engineer - BFSI Cloud & Payments Platform

Role: Senior Data Engineer - BFSI Cloud & Payments PlatformLocation: Charlotte, NC (Hybrid)Role SummaryWe are seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer to design, develop, and optimize large-scale real-time data platforms supporting transaction tracing, reconciliation, observability, analytics, and graph-enabled investigations for Banking and Financial Services (BFSI) clients. The role requires expertise in streaming architectures, event-driven systems, distributed data processing, transaction lifecycle management, and modern cloud data platforms.Required QualificationsBachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.8+ years of experience in Data Engineering and distributed data processing.Strong hands-on expertise with:Apache KafkaApache Spark/PySparkPythonSQLNOSQL DBCDC FrameworksEvent-Driven ArchitecturesGraph DatabasesExperience building large-scale streaming and batch processing pipelines.Strong understanding of distributed systems and real-time data processing.Experience with Operational Data platformsKnowledge of transaction processing systems, event correlation, and log analytics.Strong troubleshooting, performance tuning, and optimization skills.Preferred QualificationsBanking and Financial Services domain experience.Hands-on experience with Payments and Transaction Processing platforms.Knowledge of ISO 8583, ACH, RTP, SWIFT, and ISO 20022 standards.Experience with Neo4j and Graph Database technologies.Familiarity with Knowledge Graph and Graph Analytics solutions.Experience supporting observability and transaction monitoring platforms.Exposure to AI/ML and GenAI-enabled analytics solutions.Cloud certifications in Azure, AWS, or GCP preferred.