Lead / Principal Data Engineer
We are looking for a highly skilled Lead or Principal Data Engineer to join and shape the future of our data platform at StarzPlay. This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives in a hands-on environment has a strong data engineering background and excels at delivering scalable production-ready data solutions.
What Youll Do:
- Architect build and optimize end-to-end data pipelines and workflows using modern data engineering tools and best practices.
- Own the design and evolution of scalable data models and schemas particularly in Amazon Redshift and data lake environments.
- Ensure high availability performance and reliability of our data infrastructure.
- Lead and mentor a team of data engineers fostering a culture of technical excellence and accountability.
- Collaborate closely with analytics data science product and engineering teams to deliver high-quality trusted data.
- Champion data quality security governance and monitoring across all layers of the stack.
- Evaluate and adopt new technologies that can help scale our platform and improve developer productivity.
Tech Stack Youll Work With:
- AWS: Redshift S3 Lambda IAM Glue
- Languages: Python PySpark SQL
- ETL: Talend dbt
- Orchestration: Airflow Dagster
- Visualization: Tableau Looker (a plus)
- DevOps: Git CI/CD Terraform (a plus)
What Were Looking For:
- 7 years of experience in data engineering with at least 2 years in a lead role
- Deep hands-on expertise in building cloud-native data pipelines (AWS preferred)
- Proven experience with batch streaming data solutions CDC and event-driven architectures
- Strong knowledge of data warehousing data lakes and modern data platforms
- Expert-level SQL and proficiency in Python / PySpark
- Track record of leading end-to-end data initiatives from design to production
- Excellent problem-solving and stakeholder management skills
Location: Pakistan-based (Islamabad)
Type: Full-time On-site
Required Experience:
Senior IC