Databricks Data Platform Engineer/Architect

What you will do

We are seeking a highly skilled Databricks Platform Engineer with strong experience in data engineering. The candidate will have a deep understanding of both data platforms and software engineering, enabling them to effectively integrate and operate the platform within a broader IT ecosystem.

This role requires a hands-on individual contributor who takes full ownership of deliverables end-to-end, including design, development, testing, deployment, and ongoing support.

• Manage and optimize Databricks data platform including workspace setup, cluster policies, job orchestration, Unity Catalog, cost controls, multi-tenancy.
• Design, write and maintain APIs used for Platform automation, Serverless workflows, Deployment pipelines, release management and repository management
• Ensure high availability, security, and performance of data systems which includes access control, secrets management, RBAC, monitoring, alerting, RLS, incident handling, performance tuning.
• Provide valuable insights about the data platform (Databricks) usage which includes cost attribution, usage analytics, workload patterns, telemetry.
• Implementing new features of Databricks, including serverless, Declarative Pipelines, Agents, lakebase , etc.
• Design and maintain system libraries (Python) used in ETL pipelines and platform governance (Databricks).
• Optimize ETL Processes - Enhance and tune existing ETL processes for better performance, scalability, and reliability.

Requirements

MUST

• Minimum 10 Years of experience in IT/Data.
• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Databricks Data Platform Engineer.
• 3+ years of experience in designing, writing, and maintaining APIs used for Platform automation, Serverless workflows, Deployment pipelines, release management and repository management
• Bachelor's in IT or related field.
• Infrastructure & Cloud: Azure, AWS (expertise in storage, networking, compute).
• Programming: Proficiency in PySpark for distributed computing.
• minimum 4 years of Python experience for ETL development.
• SQL: Expertise in writing and optimizing SQL queries, preferably with experience in databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, or Snowflake.
• Data Warehousing: Experience working with data warehousing concepts and Databricks platform.
• ETL Tools: Familiarity with ETL tools & processes
• Data Modelling: Experience with dimensional modelling, normalization/denormalization, and schema design.
• Version Control: Proficiency with version control tools like Git to manage codebases and collaborate on development.
• Data Pipeline Monitoring: Familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, or custom monitoring scripts) to track pipeline performance.
• Data Quality Tools: Experience implementing data validation, cleaning, and quality frameworks, ideally Monte Carlo.

NICE TO HAVE

• Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform.
• Understanding of Investment Data domain (desired).