Tech Lead - Data Bricks

We are seeking a skilled Databricks Architect to design, implement, and optimize scalable data solutions within our cloud-based data platform. This role requires extensive knowledge of Databricks (Azure/AWS), data engineering, and a deep understanding of data architecture principles, with the ability to drive strategy, best practices, and hands-on implementation for high-performance data processing and analytics solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Solution Architecture:
• Design and architect end-to-end data solutions using Databricks and Azure/AWS, including data ingestion, processing, and storage.
• Delta Lake Implementation:
• Leverage Delta Lake and Lakehouse architecture to create robust, unified data structures that support advanced analytics and machine learning.
• Data Processing Development:
• Develop, design, and automate large-scale, high-performance data processing systems (batch and/or streaming) to drive business growth and enhance the product experience.
• Performance Tuning:
• Ensure optimal performance of data pipelines and workloads by implementing best practices for resource management, auto-scaling, and query optimization in Databricks.
• Engineering Best Practices:
• Advocate for high-quality software engineering practices in building scalable data infrastructure and pipelines.
• Architecture/Solution Development:
• Develop Architecture or solution for large data project using Databricks.
• Project Leadership:
• Lead data engineering projects to ensure pipelines are reliable, efficient, testable, and maintainable.
• Data Modeling:
• Design data models optimized for storage, retrieval, and critical product and business requirements.
• Logging Architecture:
• Understand and influence logging to support data flow, implementing logging best practices as needed.
• Standardization and Tooling:
• Contribute to shared data engineering tools and standards to boost productivity and quality for Data Engineers across the company.
• Collaboration:
• Work closely with leadership, engineers, program managers, and data scientists to understand and meet data needs.
• Partner Education:
• Use data engineering expertise to identify gaps and improve existing logging and processes for partners.
• Data Governance:
• Collaborate with stakeholders to build data lineage, data governance, and data cataloging using unity catalog.
• Agile Project Management:
• Lead projects using agile methodologies.
• Communication:
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all organizational levels.
• Team Development:
• Recruit, retain, and develop team members, preparing them for increased responsibilities and challenges.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
• ETL Expertise:
• Skilled in custom ETL design, implementation, and maintenance.
• Data Modeling:
• Experience in developing and designing data models for reporting systems.
• Databricks Proficiency:
• Hands-on experience with Databricks SQL workloads.
• Data Ingestion:
• Expertise in data ingestion from offline files (e.g., CSV, TXT, JSON) along with API and DB, CDC data ingestion. Should have handled such projects in past.
• Pipeline Observability:
• Skilled in setting up robust observability for complete pipelines and Databricks in Azure/AWS.
• Database Knowledge:
• Proficient in relational databases and SQL query authoring.
• Programming and Frameworks:
• Experience with Java, Scala, Spark, PySpark, Python, and Databricks.
• Cloud Platforms:
• Cloud experience required (Azure/AWS preferred).
• Data Scale Handling:
• Experience working with large-scale data.
• Pipeline Design and Operations:
• Proven experience in designing, building, and operating robust data pipelines.
• Performance Monitoring:
• Skilled in deploying high-performance pipelines with reliable monitoring and logging.
• Cross-Team Collaboration:
• Able to work effectively across teams to establish overarching data architecture and provide team guidance.
• ETL Optimization:
• Ability to optimize ETL pipelines to reduce data transfer and storage costs.
• Auto Scaling:
• Skilled in using Databricks SQL s auto-scaling feature to adjust worker numbers based on workload.
• Tech Stack: Cloud Platform:
• Azure/AWS.
• Azure/AWS:
• Databricks SQL Serverless, Databricks SQL, Databricks workspaces, Databricks notebooks, Databricks job scheduling, Data Catalog.
• Data Architecture:
• Delta Lake, Lakehouse concepts.
• Data Processing:
• Spark Structured/Streaming.
• File Formats:
• CSV, Avro, Parquet.
• CI/CD:
• CI/CD for ETL pipelines.
• Governance Model:
• Databricks SQL unified governance model (Unity Catalog) across clouds, supporting open formats and APIs.