{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"f8755b7c276a0a90ec8ec52f","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/f8755b7c276a0a90ec8ec52f","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/f8755b7c276a0a90ec8ec52f","title":"Lead Data Engineer","description":"Kenexai delivers smart, data-driven solutions that empower businesses across industries. Our mission is to combine deep, domain-specific expertise with cutting-edge technology to drive meaningful impact.\r\nWith a trusted team, consistent quality, and a growing global presence, we remain committed to delivering excellence while staying true to our core values: innovation, integrity, and client success.\r\nBe part of a team that's not just building solutions, but shaping the future with intelligence.\r\nExperience: 8+ Years Job Type : Full Time Roles and Responsibility : We are looking for an experienced and strategic Lead Data Engineer to oversee the design, development, and implementation of our enterprise data platform. As a technical leader, you will work across engineering, analytics, and business teams to deliver scalable data solutions, while also guiding and mentoring a team of data engineers. This is a high-impact role ideal for someone who wants to combine deep technical expertise with leadership and vision.\r\nArchitect and implement scalable, secure, and high-performance data pipelines and systems.\r\nGuide the selection and implementation of modern data stack tools (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, dbt).\r\nLead the design of data models, schemas, and data governance frameworks.\r\nDefine and enforce coding standards, best practices, and quality assurance processes.\r\nMentor and coach a team of data engineers; support their technical and professional growth.\r\nManage task allocation, sprint planning, and delivery for the data engineering team.\r\nCollaborate with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders to ensure data accessibility and usability.\r\nLead technical discussions, solution design, and architecture reviews.\r\nEnsure data systems are reliable, monitored, and fault-tolerant.\r\nOversee performance tuning, cost optimization, and scaling of data infrastructure.\r\nImplement CI/CD, data testing, and deployment pipelines for data code.\r\nChampion data privacy, security, and compliance initiatives (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, SOC2).\r\nSkill Requirement: Must-Have: 8+ years of experience in data engineering.\r\nExpertise in SQL, Python , and distributed data frameworks (e.g., Apache Spark, Flink, Kafka ).\r\nStrong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and cloud-native data tools.\r\nProven ability to design and implement scalable ETL/ELT pipelines.\r\nSolid understanding of data modeling, warehousing, lake house architecture, and governance.\r\nExperience managing or mentoring a technical team.\r\nNice-to-Have: Experience with tools such as Airflow, dbt, Terraform, or Kubernetes.\r\nKnowledge of real-time data processing and streaming platforms.\r\nFamiliarity with business intelligence and data visualization tools.\r\nBachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.\r\nWhy Kenexai? Be part of building something from the ground up in a high-growth, high-impact domain\r\nWork alongside passionate experts in AI, data, and industry consulting\r\nCompetitive base + uncapped commission structure tied directly to performance\r\nRemote-first flexibility with real ownership and career growth potential\r\nEmployees are entitled to flexible working hours to support work-life balance.\r\nThe company operates on a 5-day work week.\r\nA healthy, inclusive, and collaborative work environment is maintained.\r\nThe company organizes Fun Fridays and festive celebrations to foster team spirit.\r\nEmployees have access to opportunities for continuous learning and career growth.\r\nAn annual company trip is organized for team building and relaxation.\r\nComprehensive medical insurance benefits are provided to employees.\r\nPerformance-based bonuses and annual salary revisions are offered.\r\nA hybrid working model is available, allowing a mix of in-office and remote work as per company policy.\r\nWorking with Kenexai has been fantastic! Thanks to their AI and ML-powered solution, we've made great progress. Their expertise helped us spot and prevent fraud in rentals and make us trustworthy. Remi Martens Hospitality business\r\nExcellent to work with in every way. Proactively identified solutions to the problem in the initial design and the recommended solutions. Work has top-notch. Results delivered on time. Communication was excellent.\r\nReal pleasure consulting with Kenexai to set up our company's entire data warehouse and dashboards on AWS. I will definitely be reaching out to them for future work to be done. Our project was effective and 100% achieved what I planned to do in the beginning, in a shorter time frame and with less effort than I expected.\r\nCCR Data perform complex data migrations, we needed and extra pair of hands to restore an Oracle database and transfer the data to a Microsoft SQL database ready for our migration analysts to do their stuff. Nitesh was able to make available at short notice one of their team who was able to see the project through from start to finish. We would not hesitate in recommending or using Kenexai again and would be happy to outsource bigger projects to them in the future.\r\nHenry Sykes Director - CCR Data\r\nI have used RA on numerous occasions over the past 2 years, specifically with Nitesh Solanki for the delivery on PDI ETL jobs. I am very happy with him and the high level of quality work he has provided. He seems to be available all the time and works extremely hard to deliver high quality solutions.\r\nMark Scriven Technical Director - Value Ad\r\nWorking with Kenexai was a game-changer for us. Thanks to Nitesh from Kenexai, our data strategy is on point and giving our business a major boost!\r\nJason Wood Auto Finance Company\r\nThey took us from square one, building a smart data strategy – everything from collecting data to dishing out real-time insights. With their help, we've seen some major improvements. We would give them a thumbs-up for anything data-related.\r\nEric A. Real-estate Company\r\nKenexai has made a real difference for our insurance firm. Their know-how in fraud detection is top-notch. Their data strategies have been a big help, and we are seeing great results. We are quite pleased with what they've done for us\r\nSharon White Insurance Firm\r\nThey truly understand what they do. Their restaurant analytics provide real-time insights into our operations and customer behaviors, and it has made a significant difference in our business.\r\nWorking with Kenexai has been fantastic! Thanks to their AI and ML-powered solution, we've made great progress. Their expertise helped us spot and prevent fraud in rentals and make us trustworthy.\r\nRemi Martens Hospitality business\r\nExcellent to work with in every way. Proactively identified solutions to the problem in the initial design and the recommended solutions. 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Thanks to their AI and ML-powered solution, we've made great progress. Their expertise helped us spot and prevent fraud in rentals and make us trustworthy. Remi Martens Hospitality business\r\nExcellent to work with in every way. Proactively identified solutions to the problem in the initial design and the recommended solutions. Work has top-notch. Results delivered on time. Communication was excellent.\r\nReal pleasure consulting with Kenexai to set up our company's entire data warehouse and dashboards on AWS. I will definitely be reaching out to them for future work to be done. Our project was effective and 100% achieved what I planned to do in the beginning, in a shorter time frame and with less effort than I expected.\r\nCCR Data perform complex data migrations, we needed and extra pair of hands to restore an Oracle database and transfer the data to a Microsoft SQL database ready for our migration analysts to do their stuff. Nitesh was able to make available at short notice one of their team who was able to see the project through from start to finish. We would not hesitate in recommending or using Kenexai again and would be happy to outsource bigger projects to them in the future.\r\nHenry Sykes Director - CCR Data\r\nI have used RA on numerous occasions over the past 2 years, specifically with Nitesh Solanki for the delivery on PDI ETL jobs. I am very happy with him and the high level of quality work he has provided. He seems to be available all the time and works extremely hard to deliver high quality solutions.\r\nMark Scriven Technical Director - Value Ad\r\nWorking with Kenexai was a game-changer for us. Thanks to Nitesh from Kenexai, our data strategy is on point and giving our business a major boost!\r\nJason Wood Auto Finance Company\r\nThey took us from square one, building a smart data strategy – everything from collecting data to dishing out real-time insights. 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