Description

Responsibilities :

 1. Advanced Architecture & System Design A Tech Lead is primarily responsible for the overall platform vision and ensuring systems do not break under scale.

•       Distributed Computing: Mastery of frameworks like Apache Spark or Ray for massive-scale parallel data processing.

•       Streaming & Event-Driven Architecture: Deep understanding of real-time pipeline design using Kafka, Kinesis, or Flink.

•       Cloud Infrastructure: Expertise in at least one major public cloud (AWS), specifically understanding storage/compute decoupling and cost optimization.

2. Core Programming & Database Management Leads set coding standards and review code, requiring complete fluency in the fundamentals.

•       SQL: Advanced mastery for metrics computation, window functions, and query performance tuning across relational and columnar databases (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery).

•       Scripting Languages: High proficiency in Python or Scala for writing reusable pipeline code and interacting with APIs.

•       Data Storage: Deep familiarity with both columnar/analytical stores and NoSQL databases (e.g., DynamoDb, Cassandra).

3. Pipeline Orchestration & DevOps

Ensuring pipelines run smoothly, idempotently, and securely in production.

•       Workflow Orchestration: Ability to architect Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs) in tools like Apache Airflow or Prefect.

•       CI/CD & Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Applying software engineering principles to data by using Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.

•       Data Governance & Security: Implementing Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), data masking, and compliance frameworks.

4. Leadership & Soft Skills

Tech leads also mentor junior engineers, estimate project timelines, and translate ambiguous business needs into concrete technical specifications.

•       Mentorship & Code Review: Fostering a collaborative development environment and enforcing style guidelines.

•       System Observability: Building logging, monitoring, and alerting mechanisms so the team knows exactly when and why pipelines fail

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree