Senior Data Engineer

Company: Ascendion

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Business Type: Startup

Company Type: Product & Service

Business Model: B2B

Funding Stage: Pre-seed

Industry: Information Technology

Salary Range: ₹ 25-27 Lacs PA

Job Description US Healthcare | Data Engineering | Machine Learning Engineering We are looking for an experienced

Senior Data Engineer / Data Engineer II with strong expertise in

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and

Machine Learning Engineering to build and manage scalable data platforms and ML pipelines for enterprise healthcare applications. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in designing cloud-native data solutions, developing feature engineering pipelines, supporting MLOps workflows, and enabling AI/ML models in production.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Build batch and streaming data pipelines using Apache Spark (PySpark), Dataflow, and Kafka.
• Develop and optimize data models and ETL/ELT workflows for large-scale datasets.
• Work extensively with BigQuery for data warehousing, analytics, and performance optimization.
• Design and maintain ML data pipelines supporting model training and inference.
• Build and manage Feature Stores for machine learning applications.
• Deploy and manage ML workflows using Vertex AI and MLOps best practices.
• Collaborate with Data Scientists, ML Engineers, and cross-functional teams to productionize ML models.
• Implement CI/CD practices for data and ML pipelines.
• Ensure data quality, governance, monitoring, and reliability across cloud environments.
• Optimize pipeline performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.

Mandatory Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• BigQuery
• Apache Spark (PySpark)
• Dataflow
• Kafka
• Vertex AI
• Python and/or Java
• SQL
• ML Data Pipelines
• Feature Store
• MLOps
• ETL/ELT Pipeline Development
• Cloud Data Architecture

Preferred Skills

• Experience in the US Healthcare domain.
• Understanding of healthcare data standards and large-scale healthcare data platforms.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines for data and ML workloads.
• Experience with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) is an added advantage.
• Familiarity with modern AI/ML lifecycle management and deployment practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of overall IT experience.
• Strong experience in GCP-based Data Engineering and Machine Learning Engineering.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Preferred Candidate Profile

• Immediate Joiners
• Candidates serving notice period (preferred joining within 20–30 days)
• Hands-on experience in building production-grade GCP Data Engineering and ML pipelines.
• Experience working in Agile development environments.

Interview Process

• Round 1: Technical Interview (Virtual)
• Round 2: Technical/Managerial Interview
• Round 3: Client Discussion (if applicable)