Licious - DataOps Engineering Manager

About Licious :

Licious is Indias leading D2C fresh meat and seafood brand, revolutionizing the way meat is sourced, processed, and delivered.

Were a technology-first company obsessed with ensuring the highest standards in food quality, cold chain logistics, and customer delight.

Role Overview :

We are looking for a seasoned Data Platform & DevOps Engineering Manager to lead the development and operations of our modern, cloud-native data and infrastructure platform.

Youll drive the architecture and execution of large-scale data processing, analytics systems, and DevOps practices that enable high-quality insights and rapid product iteration.

This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role, managing a team of data engineers, DevOps specialists, and cloud platform engineers.

Key Responsibilities :

Data Platform & Engineering :

• Architect, build, and maintain scalable and secure data infrastructure using tools like Apache Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Kafka, Airflow, and Delta Lake.
• Develop robust ETL / ELT pipelines, data models, and streaming data workflows to support analytics, business intelligence, and machine learning use cases.
• Optimize data storage and compute using cloud-native solutions (AWS S3, Redshift, EMR, Glue, Athena, etc.
• Integrate with modern data stack tools such as dbt, Snowflake, BigQuery, and Fivetran (or custom connectors).
• Ensure data quality, lineage, cataloging, and observability using tools like Apache Atlas, Great Expectations, and Amundsen.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Data Science teams to deliver accurate, timely, and actionable data.

ML & Advanced Analytics Enablement :

DevOps & Platform Engineering :

Leadership & People Management :

Required Skills & Qualifications :

Incident Management / SRE Practices :

Infra Scale & Optimization Responsibilities :

Nice to Have :

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