Senior AWS Data Engineer (Remote)

Role Description

This role leads the design and scaling of a modern data platform on AWS. You will own the end-to-end data architecture across services like S3, Glue, Redshift, Athena, Lake Formation, SNS/SQS, Airflow, and Postgres, enabling analytics and AI/ML teams with reliable, well-modelled data.

Please note that the working hours for this job would be 5PM to 2AM IST.

Own the architecture and roadmap of an AWS-based data platform. Design and build ETL/ELT pipelines using AWS Glue and related services. Manage and optimize a data lake on S3 and data warehouses in Redshift. Apply AWS Lake Formation for data security, governance, and fine-grained access control. Use Athena for ad-hoc and exploratory querying over S3-based data. Implement and maintain orchestrated data workflows using Apache Airflow. Design and support event-driven data flows using AWS SNS and SQS. Collaborate with analytics and ML teams to deliver clean, reliable, and well-modelled datasets. Mentor other data engineers and establish best practices, standards, and code review processes.

Qualifications

5+ years of experience as a Data Engineer, including 1–2 years in a lead or tech lead capacity. Strong experience with the AWS data stack, including: S3, AWS Glue, Redshift, Athena, Lake Formation. Hands-on experience with Apache Airflow (or a similar orchestration tool). Excellent SQL skills and a strong background in data warehousing and dimensional modelling. Solid experience with Postgres/PostgreSQL, including schema design and query optimization. Experience using SNS/SQS within data pipelines or event-driven architectures. Demonstrated ability to lead projects and mentor engineers in a remote setting.

Nice to have: Experience enabling ML/AI teams with curated data layers or feature stores. Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code for data infrastructure (CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform, etc.).