Skill: Senior Feature Engineer
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills:
- 10+ years in Data Engineering, Feature Engineering, or ML Engineering.
- Proven experience designing production-grade data/feature pipelines.
- Strong track record in scalable distributed data systems.
- Experience working in enterprise AI/ML platforms or feature stores.
- Prior mentoring or technical leadership experience
Job Description:
- Design and implement scalable, reusable feature pipelines (batch and real-time).
- Develop complex feature transformations and advanced data modeling logic.
- Optimize feature performance, latency, and cost efficiency.
- Ensure feature quality, validation, and SLAs (freshness, accuracy, reliability).
- Collaborate with Data Science and ML Engineering teams to align features with use cases.
- Contribute to feature store architecture and standards.
- Mentor Feature Engineers and promote engineering best practices.
- Support production deployment, monitoring, and incident resolution
Roles & Responsibilities
Technical Skills:
- Programming: Advanced Python and SQL.
- Distributed Processing: Spark / Flink (large-scale data processing).
- Feature Engineering: Advanced transformations, feature design patterns.
- Data Modeling: Complex transformations, aggregation strategies.
- Feature Stores: Hands-on with platforms such as Hopsworks, Feast, SageMaker.
- ML Lifecycle Understanding: Feature importance, model input optimization.
- Data Quality & Validation: Drift detection, validation frameworks.
- Platform & Engineering.
- CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
- Cloud platforms (Azure / AWS / GCP).
- Monitoring, observability, and production debugging.
- Performance tuning and scalability optimization
Soft Skills:
- Technical leadership and mentoring.
- Cross-team collaboration (Data Science, MLOps, Platform).
- Strong problem-solving and optimization mindset.
- Ability to translate business use cases into feature
Salary Range - $100,000-$120,000 a year
TCS Employee Benefits Summary:
- Discretionary Annual Incentive.
- Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.
- Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves.
- Insurance Options: Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection.
- Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement.
- Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.
- Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing.
