Principal Data Engineer
About this role
- Data Pipeline Development: Builds understanding of the data needs of the clinet and designs, constructs, installs, tests, and maintains highly scalable data management systems using Microsoft Fabric suite (Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, etc.) and other relevant technologies that can efficiently and effectively meet those needs
- Perform data availability assessment and implement robust processes to ensure the timely identification, collection, and validation of relevant data sets required for the client
- ETL Processes: Develops ETL processes to extract data from various sources, transform the data according to business rules, and load it into a centralised data repository, ensuring data accuracy and availability.
- Data Lake: Implements and manages data storage solutions using Azure OneLake and ensures optimal data storage architecture for ease of access and analysis.
- Data Integration: Integrates data from various business systems into a unified data platform, enabling a consolidated view of information across the organization.
- Data Quality and Governance: Ensures data accuracy and quality by implementing data governance and quality control measures, including data validation and cleansing.
- Performance Optimisation: Monitors, tunes, and reports on the performance of data pipelines and databases to ensure they meet the functional and performance requirements.
- Security and Compliance: Implements security measures to protect data integrity and compliance with data protection regulations and company policies.
Requirements
- Azure Data Factory
- Azure Synapse Analytics
- Azure Data Lake or Apache Delta Lake
- Apache Spark or Databricks,
- Knowledge of implementing Apache Spark using pyspark
- Knowledge of working Azure BLOB Storage
- ETL Development
- SQL and Data Modeling
- Data Quality Management
- Security practices
- Performance tuning
- Testing and troubleshooting
- Clear notes and documentation
Company at a glance
tkxel is an AI-native technology partner helping businesses build intelligent systems for lasting business value.
Since 2008, we have helped businesses solve complex digital and operational challenges through software engineering, product development, and delivery execution. Today, that foundation is strengthened by AI, cloud, data, and cybersecurity expertise, enabling us to build solutions that are scalable, secure, and designed around real business workflows.
Our work focuses on the technology priorities businesses are navigating now: moving AI from pilots to production, using generative AI and AI agents to improve real workflows, modernizing legacy systems, automating manual processes, and building secure digital products that scale.
With 18+ years in business, tkxel brings the experience and execution depth to help businesses move from ambition to real-world execution. We are proud to be recognized by Inc. 5000 as one of America’s fastest-growing private companies, named among the 2025 Global Top 100 Inspiring Workplaces, and ranked among Asia’s Top 10 Inspiring Workplaces.
Our global footprint includes the United States, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan, connecting client strategy with distributed engineering delivery.
We help businesses build intelligent systems to lead in the AI era.
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