Senior Data Engineer - Data & AI Platforms

About the role

Novartis is hiring four Senior Data Engineers for its Data & AI Platforms team in Hyderabad, India, on a hybrid basis with relocation support. You will design and scale enterprise-grade data platforms that power analytics, artificial intelligence and business insights, working across cloud technologies, Snowflake, distributed processing, governance and AI-enabled solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build and optimize scalable data pipelines using AWS, Snowflake, Python and Apache Spark.
• Develop batch, event-driven and distributed data processing solutions for enterprise data products.
• Implement data quality, monitoring, error handling, metadata management and lineage.
• Enable governance through data cataloging, access controls, auditability and compliance.
• Support AI and ML initiatives through feature engineering and pipeline development.
• Build reusable data assets and automation, and apply version control, CI/CD, automated testing and code reviews.
• Collaborate with product owners, architects and business stakeholders, and mentor engineers.

Required profile

• 7+ years of experience building modern data solutions with Snowflake, SQL, Python, Apache Spark and cloud technologies.
• Strong expertise in ETL, data modelling, orchestration and performance optimization.
• Hands-on experience with AWS Glue, S3, Lambda, Step Functions and workflow orchestration.
• Experience with data governance, metadata, lineage, compliance and security controls.
• Familiarity with AI and ML, including generative AI and MLOps.
• Desirable: experience mentoring engineers and supporting generative AI or RAG solutions.

Required skills

• Snowflake, SQL, Python, Apache Spark
• AWS Glue, S3, Lambda, Step Functions
• Data pipelines, ETL, data governance, CI/CD, version control