Lead Engineer - Data

Job description

About M&G India We are M&G India, the strategic innovation and digital hub for M&G. Established in 2003, we have offices in Mumbai and Pune. Our teams work closely with colleagues across the Group worldwide to drive transformation, build digital capability, and support sustainable growth. By leveraging technology, AI, automation, and process excellence, we bring new ways of thinking to improve outcomes for both customers and colleagues. Grounded in a vibrant culture with strong foundations, we are central to how M&G is transforming as a business. About M&G Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions. Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions. Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent. • To work collaboratively with colleagues and take personal accountability to maintain and enhance controls you are responsible for to support improvement of the overall control environment, customers outcomes and a reduction in M&G plc's operational risk. • Lead data engineering projects to build and operationalize data solutions for business using Azure services in combination with custom solutions – Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Flows, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Lake Gen 2, Azure SQL etc • Proven experience on leading a team of data engineers providing technical guidance and ensuring alignment with agreed architectural principles • Designing and implementing data engineering, ingestion and transformation functions using ADF, Databricks • Experience in migrating on-premise data warehouses to data platforms on AZURE cloud • Experience in Lakehouse/Datawarehouse implementation using modern data platform architecture • Capacity Planning and Performance Tuning on ADF & Databricks pipelines • Experience of working in secured Azure environments using Azure KeyVaults, Service Principals, and Managed Identities • Working on off shore office based development teams, collaborating within a team environment and participating in typical project lifecycle activities such as requirement analysis, testing and release • Should have skills for Stakeholder management, process adherence, planning & documentation • Ability to interact with Business for requirement gathering and query resolutions We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G Global Services, regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.