Data Engineer

Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future. 

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Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation, and navigate constant change. We're seeking a Data Engineering Manager to join the Data Science & Machine Learning team in our Commercial Digital practice, where you'll lead the design, development, and delivery of data infrastructure that powers intelligent systems across Financial Services, Manufacturing, Energy & Utilities, and other commercial industries.

Requirements:

• 2+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying data pipelines in production—not just ad-hoc queries and exports. You've built ETL/ELT systems that run reliably, scale, and are maintained over time.
• Experience leading and developing technical teams—including coaching, mentorship, code review, and performance management. Demonstrated ability to build high-performing teams and develop junior talent.
• Strong SQL and Python programming skills with deep experience in PySpark for distributed data processing. SQL for analytics and data modeling; Python/PySpark for pipeline development and large-scale transformations.
• Experience building data pipelines that serve AI/ML systems, including feature engineering workflows, vector embeddings for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and data quality frameworks that ensure model reproducibility. Familiarity with emerging agent integration standards such as MCP (Model Context Protocol) and A2A (Agent-to-Agent), and the ability to design data services and APIs that can be discovered and consumed by autonomous AI agents.
• Experience with modern data transformation tools, dbt particularly. You understand modular SQL development, testing, documentation practices, and how to implement these at scale across teams.
• Experience with cloud data platforms and lakehouse architectures—Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, and familiarity with open table formats (Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg). We're platform-flexible but Microsoft-preferred.
• Proficiency with workflow orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow, Dagster, Prefect, or Microsoft Data Factory. You understand DAGs, scheduling, dependency management, and how to design reliable orchestration at scale.
• Solid foundation in data modeling concepts: dimensional modeling, data vault, normalization/denormalization, and understanding of when different approaches are appropriate for different use cases.
• Excellent communication and client management skills—ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, lead client meetings, and build trusted relationships with executive audiences.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Willingness to travel approximately 30% to client sites as needed.

Preferences:

• Experience in Financial Services, Manufacturing, or Energy & Utilities industries.
• Background in building data infrastructure for ML/AI systems—feature stores (Feast, Databricks Feature Store), training data pipelines, vector databases for RAG/LLM workloads, or model serving architectures.
• Experience with real-time and streaming data architectures using Kafka, Spark Streaming, Flink, or Azure Event Hubs, including CDC patterns for data synchronization.
• Familiarity with MCP (Model Context Protocol), A2A (Agent-to-Agent), or similar standards for AI system data integration.
• Experience with data quality and observability frameworks such as Great Expectations, Soda, Monte Carlo, or dbt tests at enterprise scale.
• Knowledge of data governance, cataloging, and lineage tools (Unity Catalog, Purview, Alation, or similar).
• Experience with high-performance Python data tools such as Polars or DuckDB for efficient data processing.
• Cloud certifications (Snowflake SnowPro, Databricks Data Engineer, Azure Data Engineer, or AWS Data Analytics).
• Consulting experience or demonstrated ability to work across multiple domains and adapt quickly to new problem spaces.
• Contributions to open-source data engineering projects or active participation in the dbt/data community.
• Master's degree or PhD in a technical field.

Position Level

Senior Analyst

Country

India