Lead Software Engineer

• Design, develop, and maintain highly scalable data processing applications
• Write efficient, reusable and well documented code
• Deliver big data projects using Spark, Scala , Python, SQL
• Maintain and tune existing Spark applications to the fullest.
• Find opportunities for optimizing existing spark applications.
• Work closely with QA, Operations and various teams to deliver error free software on time
• Actively lead / participate daily agile / scrum meetings
• Take responsibility for Apache Spark development and implementation
• Translate complex technical and functional requirements into detailed designs
• Investigate alternatives for data storing and processing to ensure implementation of the most streamlined solutions
• Serve as a mentor for junior staff members by conducting technical training sessions and reviewing project outputs

Qualifications

• Engineering graduates in computer science backgrounds preferred with 8+ years of software development experience with Hadoop framework components(HDFS, Spark, Spark, Scala, PySpark)
• Excellent at verbal, written and presentation skills
• Ability to present and defend a solution with technical facts & business proficiency

• Understanding of data-warehousing and data-modeling techniques
• Strong data engineering skills
• Knowledge of Core Java, Linux, SQL, and any scripting language

• At least 6+ years of experience using Python / Scala, Spark, SQL
• Knowledge of shell scripting is a plus
• Knowledge of Core and Advance Java is a plus.
• Experience in developing and tuning spark applications
• Excellent understanding of spark architecture, data frames and tuning spark
• Strong knowledge of database concepts, systems architecture, and data structures is a must Process oriented with strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Experience in writing Python standalone applications dealing with PySpark API
• Knowledge of DELTA.IO package is a plus.