Empower India
Website:
empower.com
Company:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/empower-india
Seniority: Not Applicable
Industries: Financial Services
Job details:
Our vision for the future is based on the idea that transforming financial lives starts by giving our people the freedom to transform their own. We have a flexible work environment, and fluid career paths. We not only encourage but celebrate internal mobility. We also recognize the importance of purpose, well-being, and work-life balance. Within Empower and our communities, we work hard to create a welcoming and inclusive environment, and our associates dedicate thousands of hours to volunteering for causes that matter most to them.
Chart your own path and grow your career while helping more customers achieve financial freedom. Empower Yourself.
Role Overview
As a
Sr Engineer, you will play a critical role across the full data lifecycle—from business requirements gathering and data modeling to solution architecture, development, deployment, and production support. This is a hands-on technical leadership role requiring deep expertise in building scalable, cloud-native data platforms using
Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, AWS, and modern data engineering tools.
What You Will Do
- Design, develop, and implement scalable batch and real-time data pipelines using Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, and AWS-native technologies
- Lead end-to-end data engineering initiatives including data ingestion, transformation (ETL/ELT), data quality, and data delivery across enterprise platforms
- Build and optimize cloud-native data solutions leveraging AWS services such as S3, Lambda, Glue, ECS, EMR, IAM, CloudWatch, and related services
- Develop and maintain modern ELT transformation frameworks using dbt (Data Build Tool) for modular, testable, and scalable data modeling
- Collaborate with data architects, analysts, product owners, and business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions
- Drive best practices in data modeling, governance, metadata management, lineage, and performance optimization
- Implement observability and monitoring solutions using tools such as Datadog, CloudWatch, and custom alerting frameworks to ensure platform reliability and operational excellence
- Lead code reviews, establish engineering standards, and champion CI/CD and DevOps practices for data platforms
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues related to data pipelines, orchestration, and warehouse performance
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning
- Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies in cloud, AI/ML, and data engineering to drive innovation across the organization
- Enable AI/ML initiatives by building trusted, scalable, and high-quality datasets for advanced analytics and GenAI applications
- Partner with cross-functional teams to implement secure, compliant, and highly available enterprise data solutions
What You Will Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
- 12+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, and Software Development
- Strong expertise in SQL and Python with experience building enterprise-scale data solutions
- Hands-on experience with Snowflake and Amazon Redshift in large-scale production environments
- Strong experience with modern data transformation frameworks such as dbt
- Experience with orchestration and workflow tools such as Apache Airflow
- Hands-on experience with streaming and CDC technologies such as Kafka, STRIIM, or similar event-streaming platforms
- Experience building and supporting observability frameworks using Datadog or equivalent monitoring platforms
- Strong understanding of dimensional and normalized data modeling techniques
- Experience working with AWS cloud services including S3, Lambda, Glue, IAM, ECS, CloudFormation, and related technologies
- Knowledge of CI/CD implementation using tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Terraform, or similar platforms
- Experience with data governance, data quality frameworks, and security best practices
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
- Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor engineering teams
- Passion for innovation, continuous learning, and adopting modern data engineering practices
We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, religion, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law.
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