Lead - Data Engineer

About us:

Build the future of banking.

Zetais a next-generation banking technology company providing cloud-native, fully stackable processing and core banking platforms for issuers. With a focus on scalability, compliance, and innovation, Zeta empowers financial institutions to modernize their technology infrastructure and deliver secure, seamless digital banking experiences.

Our impact runs at real-world scale. Today,over 25 million cards are live on Zeta-powered platforms across 7 countries, supported by a passionate team of 1,700+ Zetanautsacross India, the US, EMEA, and Asia. Backed bySoft Bank Vision Fund, Mastercard, and other reputed strategic investors, we reached a valuation of$2 billionin 2025.

Our focus is on establishing product lines that focus on key outcomes by addressing real customer pain points, modernizing legacy systems, and strengthening core fundamentals. As a result, our systems and platforms support a wide range of banking and payments capabilities, including:

1.Tachyon, our cloud-native banking stack built for population-scale systems

2.Cipher, our unified authentication platform for secure, high-volume banking environments

3.Digital Credit as a Service, enabling banks to launch credit lines on UPI

4.Elena, our intelligent and conversational AI platform for banking

5.Pixel, India’s first digital-native credit card, launched in partnership withHDFC Bank, for whom we also revamped theirPay Zappmobile app:
Winner of theCelent Model Bank Award for Payments Innovation 2024

6.Sparrow, the leading card experience for non-prime cardholders in the US

…and more across cards, payments, lending, and core banking.

We are an engineering-first organization that values ownership, bias for action, and long-term thinking. Together, we solve some of the hardest problems in banking tech. Our culture is built around trust, collaboration, and creating the conditions for you to drive impact proportionate to your potential. Reinforcing our commitment to creating an inclusive and supportive workplace, we have been consistently recognized as aGreat Place to Work.

If you want to build cutting-edge banking tech that enables banks to serve millions reliably, securely, and at a population scale, Zeta is your playground.

If you would like to learn more about how we have grown and evolved over the years,watch our journey here. You can also exploreour websiteand follow us onLinked In,Instagram,You Tube, andX.

Lead Data Engineer with expertise in building scalable data lakes and data warehouses across diverse data sources. Proven experience in optimizing data pipelines, database administration, improving reliability and performance, and delivering high-quality data solutions for business and analytics needs

• Planning and strategy- Work with the Client counterparts to understand the overall scope of the program, timelines, bottlenecks etc. and come up with a high-level migration strategy and plan to convert the existing volumes from the Bank onto the Tachyon Cor
• Program execution and governance- Contribute heavily to the overall migration execution. Ensure all the rituals are followed religiously, risks are identified well in advance and called out, work on the mitigation plans, and ensure that the async updates are shared with relevant stakeholders without fail. Participate in the daily and weekly cadences as well as the governance calls with the senior client counterparts.
• Platform understanding- Develop a deep understanding of the Tachyon platform and associated functional and technical concepts including various types of product and policy configurations, platform capabilities around integration and extension mechanisms, data transmission and data migration. Be hands-on and try out the various platform capabilities including APIs etc. to build a first-hand understanding and know-how of the platform.
• Data Migration Strategy - Preparing Data and Database Migration Strategy documents which will include Data transfer approach, Reconciliation approach, Quality assurance, number of mock runs/Dress rehearsals planned, Data storage/transfer/retention/deletion plan, impact of migration on…