Data Engineer
Job Description
About Gradera
Gradera defines a new category of enterprise transformation called Software-Orchestrated Services™ - where software orchestrates human expertise, digital workers, and enterprise systems to deliver governed outcomes at scale. As an AI Native Services firm, we help enterprises redesign how work gets done across operations, product, engineering, customer experience, data, and enterprise workflows to move beyond fragmented AI pilots and disconnected automation toward measurable business outcomes.
Data Engineer
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana
Department: Engineering
Employment Type: Full-Time
Overview
We are seeking skilled Data Engineers to join our Data & Digital Twin Foundation team. You will design, build, and maintain data pipelines that power digital twin platforms, real-time operational systems, and AI/ML workloads. Working closely with data architects, simulation engineers, and ML teams, you will transform raw operational data into high-quality, governed datasets that drive intelligent decision-making.
Our core data platform stack includes:
Data Platform & Lakehouse
Databricks as the single point of truth for all data
Realtime Data Pipelines implemented using Kafka for data ingestion.
Databricks SQL for analytical queries
Unity Catalog for metadata management and governance
Terradata for data warehouse and business intelligence.
Stream & Event Processing
Apache Kafka for real-time event ingestion
Structured Streaming for continuous data processing
Delta Live Tables for declarative, quality-enforced pipelines
Data Quality
Delta Live Tables expectations for data validation
Data profiling and anomaly detection
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines using Databricks, PySpark, and Delta Lake
Build real-time and batch data ingestion pipelines from diverse operational systems using high-performance Kafka data pipelines.
Implement data transformations that serve digital twin platforms and operational analytics
Integrate Kafka event streams with Databricks for real-time operational state updates
Implement data quality checks using Delta Live Tables expectations
Ensure data governance compliance through Unity Catalog (lineage, access control, metadata)
Optimize pipeline performance, reliability, and cost efficiency
Write clean, well-documented, and testable code following engineering best practices
Collaborate with ML engineers to deliver feature-engineered datasets
Participate in code reviews, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement initiatives
Support production data systems through monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident resolution.
Build business data warehouse solutions using Terradata for business intelligence.
Preferred Qualifications
7+ years of hands-on data engineering experience
Track record of building and maintaining production-grade data pipelines
Experience with Delta Live Tables for declarative pipeline development
Experience working in agile, cross-functional teams
Familiarity with time-series data patterns and operational data modelling
Highly Desirable
Experience building data pipelines for digital twin or simulation platforms
Familiarity with operational state modeling for real-time systems
Exposure to physics-informed or time-series ML feature engineering
Experience working with distributed, multidisciplinary teams
Exposure to industrial domains such as Manufacturing, Logistics, or Transportation is a plus