Senior Staff Engineer - Senior Data Modeler

About the Position

We are seeking a Senior Data Modeler to join our team. You will work with data stewards to capture and certify data definitions.

Location

• Remote USA

Employment Type

• Full-time

Job Overview

As a Senior Data Modeler, you will play a crucial role in defining and managing our data assets, ensuring they are well-documented, standardized, and aligned with our business needs.

Responsibilities

• Work with data stewards to capture and certify data definitions.
• Map data assets across Finance, Commercial, HR, and Marketing, including tables, fields, and metrics requiring business definitions.
• Improve the existing Excel/Python-based intake process and explore opportunities to systemize it.
• Facilitate definition workshops with domain owners.
• Recommend business definitions, including descriptions, owners, related terms, and calculation logic.
• Follow up with stakeholders to maintain progress across domains.
• Help resolve cross-domain terminology conflicts.
• Clean and validate inputs before uploading them to Unity Catalog.
• Upload approved definitions and verify their accuracy and discoverability.
• Establish a lightweight governance process to keep definitions current.
• Document the end-to-end process for team handoff.
• Partner with Data Stewards and Business Owners to capture, validate, and certify business definitions.
• Document business terms, metrics, KPIs, and critical data elements within Unity Catalog.
• Maintain a centralized business glossary and metadata repository.
• Ensure business definitions are aligned with organizational standards and governance requirements.
• Identify and catalog data assets across various business domains.
• Map business terminology to physical data assets, including tables, columns/fields, reports, dashboards, KPIs, and metrics.
• Analyze relationships between data assets and business concepts.
• Facilitate workshops with business stakeholders and domain experts.
• Gather requirements and business context for data definitions.
• Drive consensus on standardized terminology across domains.
• Resolve conflicts arising from differing business definitions and interpretations.

Tools & Technologies

• Microsoft Excel
• Python
• Databricks
• Power BI/Tableau (Preferred)
• Azure Data Platform (Preferred)
• Jira/Confluence
• Microsoft Office Suite

Qualifications

Must have skills:

• Minimum 7 years of experience.
• Data Stewardship
• Databricks
• Databricks Data Governance
• Unity Catalog

Good to have skills:

• Python (Strong)

We Offer

• Opportunity to work remotely from anywhere in the USA.
• Be part of a dynamic and inclusive company culture.
• Competitive compensation package.
• Professional growth and development opportunities.

About the Company

We are a Digital Product Engineering company that is scaling in a big way! We build products, services, and experiences that inspire, excite, and delight. We work on a scale across all devices and digital mediums, and our people exist everywhere in the world (18000 plus experts across 40 countries, to be exact). Our work culture is dynamic and non-hierarchical. We are looking for great new colleagues. That is where you come in!

Disclaimer: Nagarro is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will be afforded equal employment opportunities without discrimination based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, or marital status.