Data Engineer Lead

Metro Global Solution Center (MGSC) is internal solution partner for METRO, a €31.6 Billion international wholesaler with operations in 32 countries through 625 stores & a team of 85,000 people globally. Metro operates in a further 10 countries with its Food Service Distribution (FSD) business and it is thus active in a total of 34 countries.

MGSC, location wise is present in Pune (India), Düsseldorf (Germany) and Szczecin (Poland). We provide HR, Finance, Branding, IT & Business operations support to 31 countries, speak 24+ languages and process over 18,000 transactions a day. We are setting tomorrow's standards for customer focus, digital solutions, and sustainable business models. For over 10 years, we have been providing services and solutions from our two locations in Pune and Szczecin. This has allowed us to gain extensive experience in how we can best serve our internal customers with high quality and passion. We believe that we can add value, drive efficiency, and satisfy our customers.

Website : https : / / www.metro-gsc.in

Company Size : 950-1000

Headquarters : Pune, Maharashtra, India

Type : Privately Held

Inception : 2011

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the technical direction and execution of machine learning projects within the Data Science team;
• Mentor and support junior engineers and data scientists, enabling their growth and success;
• Establish best practices for software design, architecture, and MLOps;
• Design and optimize end-to-end machine learning pipelines for training, testing, and deployment in production environments;
• Ensure seamless deployment of machine learning models and implement monitoring solutions to track performance, accuracy, and drift over time;
• Collaborate with data scientists to transition experimental models to production-grade solutions;
• Work closely with other software / data engineers and product teams to ensure effective delivery of machine learning products;
• Collaborate with other teams and gather requirements to solve complex customer problems with machine learning;
• Maintain and scale machine learning infrastructure using GCP;
• Implement robust security measures to protect data privacy;
• Create and maintain APIs or other interfaces to deliver machine learning results to internal teams and Metro's customers;
• Evaluate emerging machine learning technologies, frameworks, and trends, and introduce improvements to existing workflows.

Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Work Experience & Skills

Additional Information

Nice-to-Have

Understanding of ethical AI, bias mitigation, and data privacy principles.

Skills Required

BigQuery, Api Development, Go, Automated Testing, Monitoring, dbt, Kubernetes, Python