Lead Data Engineer

Job Title: Lead Data Engineer

Location: Hyderabad, India

Employment Type: Full-time

About NationsBenefits:

At NationsBenefits, we are leading the transformation of the insurance industry by developing innovative benefits management solutions. We focus on modernizing complex back-office systems to create scalable, secure, and high-performing platforms that streamline operations for our clients. As part of our strategic growth, we are focused on platform modernization — transitioning legacy systems to modern, cloud-native architectures that support the scalability, reliability, and high performance of core back office functions in the insurance domain.

Position Overview:
We are seeking a self-driven Lead Data Engineer with 7–10 years of experience to build and optimize scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Azure Databricks, PySpark, and Delta Lake. The role involves working across scrum teams to develop data solutions, ensure data governance with Unity Catalog, and support real-time and batch processing. Strong problem-solving skills, T-SQL expertise, and hands-on experience with Azure cloud tools are essential. Healthcare domain knowledge is a plus.

Job Description:

• Work with different scrum teams to develop all the quality database programming requirements of the sprint.
• Experience in Azure cloud platforms like Advanced Python Programming, Databricks, Azure SQL , Data factory (ADF), Data Lake, Data storage, SSIS.
• Create and deploy scalable ETL/ELT pipelines with Azure Databricks by utilizing PySpark and SQL.
• Create Delta Lake tables with ACID transactions and schema evolution to support real-time and batch processing.
• Experience in Unity Catalog for centralized data governance, access control, and data lineage tracking.
• Independently analyse, solve, and correct issues in real time, providing problem resolution end-to-end.
• Develop unit tests to be able to test them automatically.
• Use SOLID development principles to maintain data integrity and cohesiveness.

Mandatory Qualifications:
• 10+ years of experience as a Lead Data Engineer.
• Self-driven with minimal supervision.
• Proven experience with T-SQL programming, Azure Databricks, Spark (PySpark/Scala), Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, ADLS Gen2
• Microsoft TFS, Visual Studio, Devops exposure.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure or any.
• Analytical, problem-solving mindset