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Together, they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees, whom we call partners, and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide.\nWith more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.\nWe are seeking a highly skilled and hands-on Lead Data Engineer to design, build, and modernize enterprise-scale data platforms supporting analytics, reporting, and data-driven decision making. This role will lead the technical implementation of cloud-native data solutions using Snowflake, Azure, Python, and Astronomer/Airflow, while partnering with architects, product owners, analytics teams, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing data products.\nThis is a senior individual contributor role with significant influence on platform architecture, engineering standards, cloud modernization efforts, and data platform strategy.\nKey Responsibilities\nDesign, build, and optimize scalable enterprise data platforms using Snowflake and Microsoft Azure.\nDevelop robust batch, micro-batch, and near real-time data pipelines using Python and Astronomer/Airflow.\nArchitect and implement modern cloud data warehouse and data lake solutions.\nDesign scalable ELT/ETL frameworks, reusable data ingestion patterns, and data transformation pipelines.\nLeverage advanced Snowflake capabilities including: Streams & Tasks Dynamic Tables Snowpark Iceberg Tables Secure Data Sharing Materialized Views\nDrive data platform reliability, operational excellence, monitoring, observability, and governance.\nOptimize Snowflake workloads for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.\nBuild and deploy cloud-native solutions using: Azure AKS Azure Blob Storage Azure Data Lake Storage Azure DevOps CI/CD\nDesign and support real-time and event-driven data processing architectures.\nPartner with analytics, reporting, and business teams to provide trusted, analytics-ready data assets.\nEstablish engineering best practices, coding standards, and architectural patterns.\nParticipate in solution design, technical reviews, and architecture governance activities.\nRequired Qualification s\nBachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.\n7+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Platform Engineering, or Data Warehousing.\n5+ years of hands-on experience with Snowflake.\nStrong expertise in Python and advanced SQL development.\nProven experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale data warehouses and analytical platforms.\nStrong experience with Airflow and/or Astronomer for orchestration and workflow management.\nExperience building cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure.\nStrong understanding of: Data Modeling Data Warehousing Concepts ELT/ETL Frameworks Distributed Systems Data GovernanceCI/CD and DevOps Practices\nExcellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.\nTechnical Skills\nRequired\nSnowflake\nPython\nSQL\nAirflow / Astronomer\nAzure Cloud Services\nData Warehousing\nData Modeling\nData Lake Architectures\nELT / ETL Development\nGit\nCI/CD Pipelines\nDesired\nSnowpark\nStreams & Tasks\nDynamic Tables\nIceberg Tables\nData Sharing\nCDC Frameworks\nReal-Time Data Processing\nEvent-Driven Architectures\nAzure AKS\nAzure Blob Storage\nAzure Data Lake Storage\nAzure DevOps\nREST APIs and Data Integrations\nDomain Expertise (Preferred)\nExperience working with Financial Services, Wealth Management, Asset Management, or Investment Analytics platforms.\nFamiliarity with:\nPortfolio Management Data\nHoldings & Positions\nTransactions & Tax Lots\nClient Reporting\nPerformance Reporting\nFinancial Analytics\nInvestment Operations Data\nNice to Have\nExperience with modern BI and Analytics platforms such as ThoughtSpot, Power BI, Cognos, Tableau, or similar technologies.\nFamiliarity with semantic modeling, dashboard development, self-service analytics, and reporting solutions.\nExperience designing analytics-ready data models to support enterprise reporting and business intelligence workloads.\nUnderstanding of search-driven analytics, AI-assisted analytics, and embedded analytics capabilities.\nExperience supporting the migration and modernization of legacy BI platforms to cloud-native analytics ecosystems.\nExposure to data governance, lineage, metadata management, and data catalog solutions.\nPreferred Certifications\nSnowflake\nSnowPro Core Certification\nSnowPro Advanced Data Engineer\nSnowPro Advanced Architect\nMicrosoft Azure\nMicrosoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate (DP-203)\nMicrosoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)\nMicrosoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)\nWhat You'll Bring\nPassion for building modern, scalable cloud data platforms.\nStrong ownership mindset and ability to drive technical initiatives independently.\nDeep technical expertise combined with practical problem-solving skills.\nAbility to influence architecture and engineering decisions across teams.\nStrong collaboration skills with engineers, architects, analysts, and business stakeholders.\nCommitment to engineering excellence, reliability, and continuous improvement.t.\nWorking with Us\nAs a Northern Trust partner, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture, which has a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to an inclusive workplace and assisting the communities we serve.\nPhilanthropy is deeply rooted in Northern Trust’s history and is an essential element of our culture. Employees around the world give their time and talent to work for the greater good of their communities.\nReasonable Accommodation\nNorthern Trust is committed to working with and providing adjustments to individuals with health conditions and disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at , or alternatively you can discuss your individual requirements with the recruiter you are working with. \nAbout Our Pune Office\nThe Northern Trust Pune office, established in 2016, is now home to over 3,000 employees. The office handles various functions, including Operations for Asset Servicing and Wealth Management, as well as delivering critical technology solutions that support business operations across the globe.\nOur Pune team takes our commitment to service to heart. In 2024, they volunteered more than 10,000+ hours into the communities where they live and work. 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