Sr. Python Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer (Python)

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and ship production-grade data and AI systems for enterprise clients. You’ll lead technical workstreams, mentor junior engineers, and own the end-to-end delivery of data and AI features.

Required Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Degree in Computer Science/Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience in a data engineering role, including leading technical workstreams, mentoring junior engineers, and driving adoption of software engineering best practices within a team

Core Technical Skills

• Expert-level proficiency in Python and SQL
• Ability to work in polyglot environments (Scala, Java) when required by client enterprise systems
• Strong experience building Agentic AI, Generative AI, Machine Learning, and Business Intelligence systems, including prompt design, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), embeddings, vector databases, context construction, and output handling in production workflows
• Hands-on experience with modern frameworks such as Spark, LangChain, Databricks, Dask, Airflow, Dagster, and Kedro

AI Delivery & Judgment

• Ability to lead the implementation of AI features end to end, with sound judgment around model behavior, evaluation, reliability, guardrails, and the trade-offs between quality, latency, and cost

MLOps / LLMOps & Infrastructure

• Deep knowledge of MLOps/LLMOps, including CI/CD for data workflows and automated agent evaluation (LangSmith, Opik, Langfuse)
• Infrastructure as code (Terraform) across cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Security & Governance

• Experience implementing robust data security and governance controls, including managing PII/PHI, authentication, and role-based access control (RBAC)

Professional Skills

• Exceptional time management and the ability to own technical workstreams autonomously
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English and the local office language
• Willingness to travel as required

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using coding agents (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, etc.)