Lead Data Engineer

Rajasthan Royals (RR) is one of the premier franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL), known for its vibrant spirit, innovation, and dedication to excellence both on and off the cricket field. Established in 2008, Rajasthan Royals quickly rose to prominence, winning the inaugural IPL season and becoming synonymous with talent development and exciting gameplay. The Royals have fostered a reputation for unearthing young talent and nurturing future cricket stars, contributing to the growth of Indian and global cricket.

Beyond its cricketing success, Rajasthan Royals is a dynamic business entity with ventures across multiple sectors. Rajasthan Royals is committed to creating a holistic sports ecosystem that spans media, academies, technology, and fan engagement. This includes innovative fan experiences, digital content creation, creating world-class training programs for aspiring young cricketers, and utilizing cutting-edge analytics to drive performance both on the field and in the business.

Rajasthan Royals also engage in community outreach by embracing sustainability and social responsibility as core pillars of their operations, ensuring they contribute positively to society and the environment.

Joining RR means becoming part of a forward-thinking organization that balances tradition with modernity, sportsmanship with business acumen, and local values with global aspirations. As an employee, you will be at the forefront of the sports and entertainment industry, contributing to a brand that is much more than a cricket team — it's an ecosystem driving innovation, inclusivity, and excellence.

 

The Role:

As Rajasthan Royals continues to develop world-leading Data Engineering capabilities, we are inviting applicants to lead on future Data projects across a range of verticals.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of data engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Oversee the planning and execution of data projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and timelines.
• Provide technical guidance and expertise to the team, promoting best practices in data engineering.
• Implement and maintain ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) processes using scalable data pipelines and data architecture.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and deliver effective solutions.
• Ensure data integrity and quality across various data sources.
  Support data-driven decision-making by providing clean, reliable, and timely data.
• Define the standards for high-quality data for Data Science and Analytics use-cases and help shape the data roadmap for the domain.
• Design, develop, and maintain the data models used by ML Engineers, Data Analysts and Data Scientists to access data.
• Conduct exploratory data analysis to uncover data patterns and trends.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and drive continuous improvement in data operations.
• Stay updated on industry trends, technologies, and best practices in data engineering.

 

You’re a great fit for us if you have: 

The ideal candidate will have a track-record in delivering results in a fast-moving business and hence be comfortable with change and uncertainty

Required

• Prior experience of leading a team - responsible for the final tech sign off
• Excellent knowledge of PostgreSQL and SQL technologies.
• Fluent in Python.
• Understanding of data architecture, pipelines and ELT flows/technology/methodologies.
• Understanding of agile methodologies and practices.

Preferred

• Experience using dbt (Data Build Tool).
• Experience using pipeline technologies within AWS.
• Knowledge of data modelling and statistics.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.

 

What we can offer you:

• Be part of the Blenheim Chalcot, the World’s Leading Digital Venture Builder, and have the opportunity to be a part of and learn from the incredibly diverse talent across the BC portfolio
• Be exposed to the right mix of challenges, within a culture that promotes continuous learning and development and opportunity to work with Gen AI
• A fun and open, if a little cricket obsessed, atmosphere
• 24 days of annual leave, 6 floater leave and 4 public holiday days, maternity and paternity leaves.
• Private medical for you and your immediate family.

Our Culture: 

Our culture across the portfolio is inclusive, modern, friendly, smart and innovative – we seek to employ bright, positive thinking individuals with a can-do attitude. Our people enjoy challenging themselves to be the best at what they do – if that sounds like you, you’ll fit right in! 

 

The Process: 

We have a rigorous recruitment process which we use for all our roles to ensure we attract the very best and diverse talent.  

Individuals seeking employment at Blenheim Chalcot must note we see diversity as a really positive thing that creates a better workplace and delivers better outcomes, so we are keen to maximize the diversity of our workforce and actively encourage applications from anyone and everyone.