Lead Data Architect – Fabric

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🇮🇳 India – Remote

💵 ₹2M - ₹6M / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🚰 Data Engineer

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Weekday (YC W21)

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2021

💼 Consulting

👥 HR Tech

☁️ SaaS

Consulting • HR Tech • SaaS

Weekday is a modern recruitment platform that combines AI technologies with a vast database of potential candidates, aiming to streamline the hiring process for companies in India. They offer various services, including a proactive outreach approach that helps employers connect with top talent, as well as tools for candidates to easily apply for jobs. Weekday's emphasis on candidate engagement through multiple channels, including email, WhatsApp, and phone calls, sets it apart in the competitive landscape of recruitment agencies.

📋 Description

• Lead the end-to-end architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise Microsoft Fabric solutions • Define technical architecture, engineering standards, reusable frameworks, and best practices • Own the unified enterprise data ecosystem spanning OneLake, Data Factory, Synapse Data Engineering, Power BI, and Real-Time Analytics • Establish medallion architecture patterns across Bronze, Silver, and Gold data layers • Provide technical leadership, mentoring, code reviews, and design reviews for data engineers and developers • Design and develop ETL/ELT pipelines using Microsoft Fabric Data Factory and Spark Notebooks • Integrate structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data from cloud and on-premises systems • Design dimensional data models, Lakehouse architectures, enterprise data warehouses, semantic models, and Power BI datasets • Define and implement DevOps, Git integration, deployment pipelines, CI/CD, automated testing, release management, rollback, and infrastructure-as-code practices • Architect security, access controls, governance, compliance, sensitivity labels, row-level security, Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, and Microsoft Purview frameworks • Optimise Spark workloads, SQL Warehouse performance, OneLake storage, partitioning, indexing, caching, and resource utilisation • Lead migrations from legacy data platforms to Microsoft Fabric • Enable AI, machine learning, and Copilot capabilities and support data science workloads • Lead production deployments and post-deployment support; monitor platform health, troubleshoot incidents, ensure SLA compliance, and establish disaster recovery and business continuity strategies • Collaborate with enterprise architects, product owners, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams • Communicate technical solutions, implementation plans, and project status to senior leadership

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, or Cloud Data Platform development (minimum 8+ years overall professional experience mandatory) • 4+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure Data Platform technologies • At least 2 years of hands-on experience implementing Microsoft Fabric in enterprise environments • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline • Strong expertise in SQL, Python, PySpark, and Apache Spark optimisation • Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric components, including OneLake, Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, Data Factory, Power BI, and Real-Time Intelligence • Experience with Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure DevOps, GitHub, and CI/CD pipelines • Strong understanding of dimensional data modelling, ETL/ELT architecture, and data governance • Proven experience designing scalable data platforms and leading enterprise-level data engineering initiatives • Must-have skills: Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, PySpark • Preferred Microsoft certifications such as DP-600, DP-203, or Azure Solutions Architect Expert • Preferred experience with Power BI semantic model optimisation and DirectLake mode • Preferred familiarity with data mesh and domain-driven data architecture principles • Preferred experience with Databricks, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure AI Services, or Microsoft Purview • Preferred knowledge of Agile/Scrum delivery methodologies

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