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Job Title: Lead Data Engineer Key Skills: DBT, Python, SQL, Snowflake, Databricks Location: Brazil Mode: Remote We at Coforge are hiring Lead Data Engineer with the following skill set. Key Responsibilities <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lead and mentor a team of data engineers, setting technical direction, conducting code reviews, and promoting engineering excellence.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Own the end-to-end architecture and design of the data platform, ensuring scalability, reliability, and alignment with business needs.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Take full ownership of implementation delivery, from design through deployment, ensuring high-quality, production-ready solutions.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Define and drive the data migration strategy from Snowflake / SSIS to Azure Databricks and DBT, including architecture decisions and execution oversight.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders (data, product, architecture, and business teams) to translate requirements into robust technical designs.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Design and oversee the development of scalable data pipelines and data models, ensuring best practices in performance and maintainability.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lead the implementation of infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, enforcing consistency and automation across environments.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Establish and enforce architectural standards, design patterns, and engineering best practices across the data ecosystem.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ensure reliable and efficient data integration between Legacy system and Azure environments, with strong focus on data quality and observability.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Drive CI/CD adoption and oversee release processes for data pipelines and platform components.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Act as the primary technical owner for troubleshooting complex issues and ensuring long-term stability of the platform.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maintain comprehensive documentation of architecture, design decisions, and implementation standards.</li> </ul>   Required Skills & Qualifications <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Proven experience owning system design and leading implementations of large-scale data platforms.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong hands-on expertise with Snowflake, Azure Databricks, and DBT with strong Python.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Will have worked on large scale data transformations comprising of thousands of DBT models and data pipelines handling terabytes of data daily</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Deep understanding of data architecture, data modelling, and distributed data systems.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Extensive experience with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code principles.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Demonstrated experience leading cloud-to-cloud data migration projects (AWS to Azure preferred).</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based version control.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Advanced SQL skills and deep knowledge of ETL/ELT frameworks.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to make architectural trade-offs and decisions.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ownership-driven environment.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Previous experience in the insurance or financial sector industry, with strong understanding of core domains such as claims, policies, underwriting, and risk.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Will have manged teams with a level of maturity and able to demonstrate key success outcomes with these teams.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Will have managed low, mid and top performers within the team to get the best from them via mentoring, development and training needs where needed.</li> </ul>   Preferred Skills: <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience implementing data governance, observability, and quality frameworks.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong knowledge of security and compliance standards in insurance or financial services.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience with real-time and streaming data technologies (Kafka, Event Hubs, Delta Live Tables).</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Familiarity with lakehouse architecture and cost/performance optimization strategies.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience operating in multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments.</li> </ul> Posted On: 14-07-2026 At Coforge, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality.