Senior Data Engineer - Search Platform

Senior Data Engineer  - Search Platform - Hyderabad, India 

About Nasuni

Nasuni is a profitable, growing SaaS data infrastructure company reinventing enterprise file storage and data management in an AI-driven world. We power the data infrastructure of the world’s most innovative enterprises. Backed by Vista Equity Partners, our engineers are building what’s next with AI. Our platform lets businesses seamlessly store, access, protect, and unlock AI-driven insights from exploding volumes of unstructured file data. As an engineer here, you’ll help build AI-powered infrastructure trusted by 900+ global customers, including Dow, Mattel, and Autodesk.

Nasuni is headquartered in Boston, USA with offices in Cork-Ireland, London-UK and we are growing our India Innovation Center in Hyderabad India. The company’s recent Annual Revenue is $160M and growing at 25% CAGR. 

We have a hybrid work culture. 3 days a week working from the Hyderabad office during core working hours and 2 days working from home.

Senior Data Engineer — Search Platform - Java - OpenSearch - Elasticsearch

Role Overview

Nasuni is building the next generation of enterprise search across massive volumes of unstructured data. As a Senior Data Engineer on our Search Platform team, you will own the data ingestion and transformation systems that power search at global scale.

This role is for engineers who enjoy building production-grade data platforms, solving high-scale indexing challenges, and owning systems end-to-end—from source data to search-ready schemas. It is not a role for early-career engineers or purely analytics-focused data roles.

You will work closely with Search, Platform, and Quality Engineering partners to ensure that data flowing into OpenSearch is reliable, performant, and designed for relevance, experimentation, and long-term scalability.

Level & Scope Definition

• Owns end-to-end ingestion pipelines feeding Nasuni’s search platform
• Operates with high autonomy on design and implementation decisions
• Responsible for schema design, data quality, and indexing performance
• Execution-focused with architectural accountability
• No people management responsibilities
• Collaborates cross-functionally with Search, Platform, and Quality teams

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and operate production-grade ETL/ELT services, primarily in Java, that transform source data into optimized OpenSearch schemas
• Solve large-scale indexing challenges in a multi-tenant, multi-region, multi-cloud SaaS environment
• Build and maintain high-throughput ingestion services using batch and streaming patterns
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and logging to ensure data completeness, accuracy, and operational stability
• Partner with Search leadership on index lifecycle management, re-indexing strategies, and data retention policies
• Build and expose APIs that integrate search ingestion services into Nasuni’s product ecosystem
• Collaborate with Search Quality Engineering to support relevance tuning, experimentation, and A/B testing
• Continuously optimize pipelines for performance, cost efficiency, and scalability

Qualifications

Must-Have Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• 2+ years owning production data ingestion pipelines for search or similar systems
• Strong proficiency in Java for building high-throughput backend services
• Hands-on experience with OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, or Solr indexing and mappings
• Advanced SQL skills and strong data modeling fundamentals
• Experience operating data pipelines in production with monitoring and alerting

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow, Dagster, or similar
• Experience with streaming data platforms (Kafka, Kinesis, or equivalent)
• Python experience for scripting, data validation, or tooling integration
• Familiarity with multi-tenant SaaS architectures

Ideal Qualifications

• Direct experience scaling search ingestion for large datasets
• Experience supporting search relevance initiatives or experimentation frameworks
• Background in cost optimization for high-volume data platforms

Why Work at Nasuni (Hyderabad / India) 

Nasuni is the unstructured data foundation for enterprise teams—and the AI that supports them. We manage, protect, and activate the world’s unstructured data so organizations can work smarter, spend wisely, and create safely without limits. As a Vista-backed SaaS data infrastructure company, Nasuni is transforming how enterprises manage file data with a next-generation, AI-ready platform—turning massive file stores into secure, actionable, and AI-ready data for intelligent automation, analytics, and global collaboration.

With Vista Equity Partners’ backing, our Hyderabad team benefits from access to a global ecosystem of software leaders—cross-portfolio learning, leadership programs, and AI innovation communities—combining the pace of a fast-growing company with the scale and resources of a global technology investor. You’ll innovate at the intersection of cloud, AI, and enterprise data infrastructure, collaborate with talented teams worldwide, and help build platforms trusted by global enterprises.

Why Work at Nasuni – Hyderabad?

As part of our commitment to your well-being and growth, Nasuni offers competitive benefits designed to support every stage of your life and career:

• Competitive compensation programs
• Flexible time off and leave policies
• Comprehensive health and wellness coverage
• Hybrid and flexible work arrangements
• Employee referral and recognition programs
• Professional development and learning support
• Inclusive, collaborative team culture
• Modern office spaces with team events and perks
• Retirement and statutory benefits as per Indian regulations

To all recruitment agencies: Nasuni does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our job boards, Nasuni employees or any other company location. Nasuni is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Nasuni is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace where every team member can thrive. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, caste, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, national origin, or any other status protected by applicable laws in India or the country of employment. We celebrate individuality and are committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please let us know.