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MetLife

Lead Big Data Engineer I

Manager or leadData & Analytics

Listed on MetLife’s official careers site. Listed as of October 18, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there.

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Job description

Description and Requirements GG12.1 Role Value Proposition Data Engineer plays a critical role in data and analytics life cycle and significantly contributes to production grade data and analytics solutions. The role requires one to demonstrate Big Data, Engineering and Cloud expertise. Expected to be highly proficent at technical skills. Besides contributing in individual capacity, this role also leads and develops Data and Analytics talent Experience 12-14+ years of relevant experience Education Bachelors degree in computer science, information technology or equivalent educational qualification Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines on cloud(Azure) or on-prem to collect, ingest and store large volumes of structured and unstructured data for batch/real time processing
  • Solve complex business problems using data and advanced technologies
  • Monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot data pipelines to ensure reliability, scalability, and performance
  • Ensure data processing, quality, security, and compliance guidelines, policies and standards are followed
  • Collaborate with multiple partners from Business, Technology, Operations and D&A capabilities (Data Governance, Data Quality, Data Modeling, Data Architecture, Data science, DevOps, BI & insights)
  • Independently lead design, solutioning & estimations

Provide people leadership

  • coach, develop and engage talent

Technical Skills

  • SQL, Python/Scala
  • NoSql and distributed databases (Hbase, Cosmos DB)
  • ETL pipleine design and development; Solutioning and estimation

Big Data Frameworks

  • Apache Spark, Hadoop, Hive

Cloud platforms

  • Azure data factory, Eventhub, Azure functions, Synapse, Databricks
  • Datawarehouses, data marts, data lakes
  • Medallion architecture, and other design patterns
  • Performance tuning, optimization, and data quality validation
  • Real-time and batch data processing , streaming pieplines with Spark
  • Communication skills, analytical skills, structured problem-solving skills,mentorship & people leadership skills
  • Storytelling skills , Partner & Stakeholder engagement experience

People leadership

  • talent development & engagement experience Good To have

DevOps practices

  • Git, AzureDevops, CI/CD pipelines
  • Unix shell scripting, MongoDB, Nifi
  • Lambda architecture, Kappa Architecture
  • Exposure to Gen AI technology and tools
  • Banking Financial Services and Insurance domain knowledge

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