Data Engineer

About this role

JOB DESCRIPTIONAbacus Consulting | Data Engineer
WHO WE ARE
At Abacus, we specialize in technology, outsourcing, and people solutions, bringing nearly 40 years of experience shaped alongside the organizations we support. As a global professional services leader, our focus remains on providing bespoke solutions that enable organizations to create the future of business and embrace change for sustainable growth, powered by a global team of over 5,000 people.
WHAT WE DO
Across digital transformation, emerging technologies, SAP enterprise solutions, outsourcing, and human capital, we support organizations in building environments that operate effectively and scale with the business. Today, this extends to more than 1,500 enterprise clients, where the focus remains on creating systems that are not only functional, but ready to adapt and evolve over time.
POSITION OVERVIEW
Role Summary
Provides technical leadership and engineering direction across software delivery squads within the Software Engineering Centre of Excellence (CoE). Responsible for guiding solution design, engineering quality, architecture alignment, development standards, and technical delivery execution. Works closely with architects, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, developers, QA, DevOps, and business stakeholders to ensure scalable, secure, and high-quality software solutions are delivered in alignment with business and technology objectives.
Responsibilities

Lead and guide software engineering teams in the design, development, and delivery of enterprise software solutions

Provide technical leadership across multiple agile squads and support engineering best practices

Drive solution design, architecture alignment, and technical decision-making across projects and platforms

Collaborate with architects, Product Owners, business stakeholders, and engineering teams to define technical requirements and delivery approaches

Ensure engineering standards, coding practices, security controls, and quality assurance processes are implemented consistently

Support estimation, sprint planning, technical roadmaps, and delivery execution activities

Review and approve technical designs, code quality, and implementation approaches

Identify and resolve technical risks, dependencies, and delivery blockers

Support DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and cloud engineering practices across delivery teams

Mentor and coach developers and engineers to improve technical capability and engineering maturity

Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the Software Engineering CoE

Support production stability, operational readiness, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis activities where required

Contribute to reusable engineering assets, frameworks, accelerators, and standards

Collaborate with Business Operations, Delivery leads, and stakeholders to support governance and reporting requirements

Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies, tools, and engineering practices

Qualification & Experience

Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related field preferred

At least 8–10 years of experience in software engineering and application development environments

At least 3–5 years of experience leading engineering teams or technical delivery initiatives

Strong experience in enterprise application architecture, system integration, APIs, and modern software engineering practices

Experience with cloud platforms, DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile delivery models

Experience working with distributed systems, microservices, and scalable application design

Experience across the full software development lifecycle (SDLC)

Relevant technical certifications advantageous

Preferred Skills

Technical leadership and mentoring

Solution design and architecture alignment

Strong software engineering and coding capability

API, integration, and microservices development

DevOps and CI/CD practices

Cloud engineering and platform technologies

Analytical and problem-solving capability

Stakeholder engagement and communication skills

Risk and dependency management

Process improvement and engineering optimisation

Strong collaboration and team leadership capability

Ability to work independently and across multiple agile squads

Good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills

Good organisational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills

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