Senior Data Engineer - BFSI Cloud & Payments Platform

Role: Senior Data Engineer - BFSI Cloud & Payments Platform Location: Charlotte, NC (Hybrid) Role Summary We are seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer to design, develop, and optimize large-scale real-time data platforms supporting transaction tracing, reconciliation, observability, analytics, and graph-enabled investigations for Banking and Financial Services (BFSI) clients. The role requires expertise in streaming architectures, event-driven systems, distributed data processing, transaction lifecycle management, and modern cloud data platforms. Required Qualifications • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field. • 8+ years of experience in Data Engineering and distributed data processing. • Strong hands-on expertise with: • Apache Kafka • Apache Spark/PySpark • Python • SQL • NOSQL DB • CDC Frameworks • Event-Driven Architectures • Graph Databases • Experience building large-scale streaming and batch processing pipelines. • Strong understanding of distributed systems and real-time data processing. • Experience with Operational Data platforms • Knowledge of transaction processing systems, event correlation, and log analytics. • Strong troubleshooting, performance tuning, and optimization skills. Preferred Qualifications • Banking and Financial Services domain experience. • Hands-on experience with Payments and Transaction Processing platforms. • Knowledge of ISO 8583, ACH, RTP, SWIFT, and ISO 20022 standards. • Experience with Neo4j and Graph Database technologies. • Familiarity with Knowledge Graph and Graph Analytics solutions. • Experience supporting observability and transaction monitoring platforms. • Exposure to AI/ML and GenAI-enabled analytics solutions. • Cloud certifications in Azure, AWS, or GCP preferred.