Senior manager - data engineering

Job Title : Data Engineering Leader

Location : Pune

Experience : 15+ Years

Employment Type : Full-Time

Company Name : Opus Technologies

About the Role :

We are looking for a dynamic and visionary Data Engineering Leader to help build and scale our Data Practice. This leadership role is ideal for someone with deep technical expertise, strong delivery acumen, and a passion for driving data-led transformation in the banking & financial services domain.

As a senior leader, you will be responsible for shaping the data engineering strategy, leading high-impact client engagements, and building a world-class team. You will also play a pivotal role in developing reusable frameworks, accelerators, and best practices to strengthen our offerings and delivery excellence.

Key Responsibilities :

Client Engagement & Solutioning

Engage with banking & financial services clients to understand business priorities, regulatory requirements, and data challenges.

Define solution architectures, roadmaps, and proposals aligned with client objectives.

Act as a trusted advisor to client executives, translating complex technical concepts into business value.

Ensure all data solutions are compliant with industry regulations (e.g., PCI, GDPR, RBI, ISO).

Delivery Leadership

Lead the design and deployment of scalable, secure, and high-performance data platforms and pipelines.

Drive delivery excellence across engagements—ensuring quality, timeliness, and cost-effectiveness.

Establish best practices for data governance, observability, lineage, and quality.

Enable mission-critical use cases such as fraud detection, risk modeling, personalization, and regulatory reporting.

Practice & Capability Building

Build and scale a high-performing data engineering team with expertise in cloud, big data, and financial services.

Develop standardized frameworks, accelerators, and playbooks to accelerate delivery.

Stay ahead of emerging trends (e.g., data mesh, Gen AI, AI-driven data ops) and integrate them into offerings.

Collaborate with sales, pre-sales, and solution architects to support business development.

Team & People Leadership

Recruit, mentor, and grow top talent in data engineering and architecture.

Foster a culture of innovation, customer-centricity, and accountability.

Build succession plans and develop future leaders within the practice.

Skills & Experience Required :

15+ years of experience in data / software engineering, with at least 5 years in leadership roles.

Proven experience delivering large-scale data platforms in financial services, banking, or payments.

Strong client-facing experience, including solutioning, delivery leadership, and stakeholder management.

Hands-on expertise in cloud and big data ecosystems : AWS / GCP / Azure, Spark, Kafka, Snowflake / Redshift, Delta Lake, Airflow, Kubernetes.

Deep understanding of financial data domains : customer, payments, fraud, credit, risk, regulatory.

Demonstrated success in cost optimization, platform modernization, and compliance-driven systems.

Excellent communication skills and executive presence to engage with Cx O-level stakeholders.

Why Opus Technologies?

Opus Technologies is shaping the future of digital banking & payments. With experience building highly innovative solutions and products, we combine our deep technology proficiency with unmatched domain expertise in Payments and Fintech, enabling us to deliver unparalleled quality and value in everything we do.

We’re headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, USA and our offshore software development center based out of Pune & Hyderabad offices in India.

It is not just a tech company - we are a digital transformation partner to some of the world’s leading financial institutions. Our teams specialize in building scalable, secure, and innovative solutions in issuing, acquiring, switching, digital wallets, and real-time payments. At Opus Technologies, we don’t just build software—we engineer solutions that transform industries. As a fast-growing digital transformation partner, Opus empowers global enterprises with cutting-edge technology across Cloud, Data, AI / ML, Dev Ops, and Product Engineering.

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