
Data Engineer / Data Architect · Kolkata
Cognizant Hyderabad India · Cognizant Hyderabad India
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Data Engineer / Data Architect
Job Role
Data Engineer
Department
Software & Technology
Job Type
Fulltime
Salary
Not disclosed
Experience
6–10 years
Job Location
Kolkata
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Posted by
Cognizant Hyderabad India
Posted On
28 Sept 2026
Valid until
27 Nov 2026
Skillset required
Job Description for Data Engineer / Data Architect
A role-focused description with responsibilities, expectations, and qualifications for this opening.
Data Engineer / Data Architect is a delivery-focused opportunity based in Kolkata, India.
Design and build scalable data engineering and architectural solutions, managing robust data pipelines and analytics systems within Technology & Engineering.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable data engineering and architectural solutions, managing robust data pipelines and analytics systems within Technology & Engineering
- Design, build, and improve software systems that support the goals of the Data Engineer / Data Architect function.
- Translate product or business requirements into clean, maintainable technical solutions.
- Write high-quality code with appropriate testing, code review, and documentation discipline.
- Collaborate with product, design, QA, and peer engineers to deliver reliable releases.
- Investigate bugs, performance issues, and production risks with a strong root-cause mindset.
- Improve system reliability, observability, and maintainability through thoughtful engineering decisions.
- Contribute to architecture and implementation discussions with pragmatic technical trade-offs.
- Break down complex work into clear milestones and communicate status transparently.
- Refactor and simplify existing code where it improves long-term velocity and quality.
- Support release readiness by validating edge cases, dependencies, and rollback considerations.
- Share knowledge through pairing, mentoring, documentation, and constructive code reviews.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
- Strong coding fundamentals with attention to reliability, performance, and maintainability.
- Experience working with code reviews, testing practices, and collaborative delivery workflows.
- Ability to break down ambiguous problems into clear technical solutions.
- Comfort partnering with cross-functional teams in iterative product or platform environments.
- Strong debugging, communication, and ownership skills across the software lifecycle.
Applications should be submitted through the listed apply link.
About this opening
Cognizant Hyderabad India is hiring a Data Engineer in the Software & Technology team based in Kolkata.
This role is fulltime, flexible, 6–10 years experience—matched against UnoJobs' verified employer data.
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- Role
- Data Engineer
- Department
- Software & Technology
- Location
- Kolkata
- Work mode
- Flexible
- Experience
- 6–10 years
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