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Snr Data Engineer
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18 August 2026 (6 hours ago)
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15 November 2026
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1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Our Story
At Alight we believe a companys success starts with its people. Alight embraces values that come directly from our people purposeful human united and growth-minded reflecting our inclusive culture and promise that our clients expect. We are passionate about connecting purpose with impact. Alight empowers clients to build a healthier and more financially secure workforce by unifying the benefits ecosystem across health wealth wellbeing navigation and absence management.
Our Benefits
With a comprehensive total rewards package Alight offers programs and plans that support your mind body wallet and life. Benefits include health starting Day One. Additionally Alight colleagues enjoy wellbeing programs retirement plans and career growth opportunities all within a thriving global organization.
Great Place to Work
Thanks to the work of every colleague Alight has received multiple awards of recognition including Great Place to Work for the past 7 years and Fortunes Best Companies to Work For. To learn more about our company culture and awards Click Here.
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JD Snr Software Engineer (ETL)
Experience & Expectations :
- Leverage extensive experience (4 to 8 years overall ETL experience to assist in solution design and delivery along with build of new ETLs).
- We are seeking an experienced ETL Developer with strong expertise in Big Data (Spark Cloudera).
- Experience orchestrating workflows using AWS Step Functions (state machines) for reliable and scalable data pipelines.
- Ability to implement end-to-end serverless data architectures integrating Glue Lambda S3 and Redshift
Core Responsibilities :
- Build and maintain high volume ETL/ELT pipelines across Hadoop (HDFS Hive Spark Kafka) and AWS (Glue EMR Lambda Step Functions Redshift).
- Develop distributed data processing solutions using PySpark Spark SQL and scalable cloud serverless patterns.
- Implement reusable data ingestion frameworks for batch ability to design & implement Orchestration process and Leverage AI
- Optimize data workflows using partitioning bucketing compression file formats (Parquet/ORC).
- Understanding hybrid data lake architectures using S3 HDFS ensuring data governance and best practices are adheres
- Experience to deliver complex projects in an Agile environment
- Assist in Design and build the robust scalable and secure software solutions across the having no/least adoption
- Define clear technical specifications and make architecture decisions that align with business goals and long-term scalability.
- Implement best practices (including secure code guidelines) through the implementation of unit tests automation leverage and code reviews. Drive continuous improvement in code quality and maintainability.
- Troubleshooting issues and proactively solving problems as they arise ensuring the smooth operation of full stack applications
- Ability to understand the data flow diagram data modelling and Lineages
- Job orchestration using Airflow Control M Step Functions or event-driven triggers.
- Ensure data is protected and compliant with regulatory standards.
- Work closely with business stakeholders to enable high quality datasets.
- Work on best practice adoption and provide guidance to peers/juniors in team.
- Ability to respond on incidents and troubleshooting Spark performance issues job failures and cluster bottlenecks.
- Collaborate closely with team members QA and cross product teams to streamline release processes.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather analyse and translate data into technical solutions
Technical Skills :
- Strong experience with the AWS data stack (S3 Glue EMR Lambda Kinesis Redshift Step Functions etc.).
- Strong hands-on expertise in Scala PySpark Spark optimization techniques HiveQL and distributed computing.
- Good understanding of Hadoop ecosystem (HDFS Hive Spark YARN Kafka).
- Good work experience in SQL in hive and impala
- Proficiency in at least one scripting/programming language: Python Shell scripting.
- Strong experience with CI/CD GitHub Git commands.
- Expertise in ETL and Data Warehousing and cloud concepts.
- Good understanding of data modelling (star/snowflake) partitioning strategies and schema evolution.
- Expertise in data profiling and decision making.
- Able to understand design and create data flow diagrams.
- Able to understand the architecture and design end-to-end data flow.
- Hands-on experience with Airflow or ControlM or other orchestrators.
- To monitor and support BAU and year end activities if needed.
- Exposure to security and compliance aspects in Cloud.
- Familiarity with serverless patterns and containerization (Docker ECS/EKS).
Other Requirements
- Strong logical and analytical problem-solving and communication skills.
- Communicate effectively and concisely with multiple stakeholders and coordinate and collaborate with cross functional teams.
- AWS certifications (Data Engineer or Developer) are a plus.
Detail-Oriented and proactive in problem-solving and issue resolution
Application and Interview
By applying for a position with Alight you understand that should you be made an offer it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alights employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: Government ID education verification employment verification and criminal check search against global sanctions and government watch lists credit check and/or drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.
Alight requires all virtual interviews to be conducted on video. Please be aware that Alight is a camera-on culture and may require occasional travel to one of our physical office locations.
Our commitment to Inclusion
We celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued respected and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger more innovative and more successful.
At Alight we welcome and embrace all individuals regardless of their background and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter more inclusive future.
As part of this commitment Alight will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation for the hiring reasonable accommodation is needed please contact .
Equal Opportunity Policy Statement
Alight is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against anyone based on sex race color religion creed national origin ancestry age physical or mental disability medical condition pregnancy marital or domestic partner status citizenship military or veteran status sexual orientation gender gender identity or expression genetic information or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal state or local addition we take affirmative action to employ disabled persons disabled veterans and other covered veterans.
Alight provides reasonable accommodation to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs practices and observances unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request reasonable accommodations/modifications by contacting their recruiter.
Authorization to work in the Employing Country
Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.
Note this job description does not restrict managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries partners or purchasers of Alight business units.
We offer you a competitive total rewards package continuing education & training and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries partners or purchasers of Alight business units.
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