Azure Databricks Developers (Pyspark, Databricks) at TalentXO · Bengaluru (Bangalore), Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Noida, Kolkata · 8 - 15 years · ₹13L - ₹20L / yr · Profitable · Posted 14 Aug 2026

Roles & Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deliver scalable end-to-end data pipelines using Azure Data Factory, ensuring robust integration
of enterprise-wide data from diverse sources
• Build and optimize data engineering workflows using Databricks and PySpark
• Write efficient, high-performance SQL for data transformation and analysis
• Work with the Azure Cloud platform and associated services, applying strong understanding of data warehousing,
data models, and pipelines
• Provide technical leadership to a team of developers, including code reviews and enforcing best practices across the
development lifecycle
• Oversee CI/CD implementation using Azure DevOps, managing deployments across development, QA, and production
environments with proper change control processes
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable data solutions
• Ensure data quality, reliability, and performance across all pipelines and platforms
Ideal Candidate
1Strong Azure Databricks Engineer / Senior Data Engineer Profile
2Mandatory (Experience 1) – Must have minimum 8+ years of overall experience in Data Engineering, Data Development, or related data technology roles, with strong hands-on experience in enterprise data pipeline development.
3Mandatory (Experience 2) – Must have strong hands-on experience with Azure Databricks, including development and optimization of scalable data engineering workflows using Databricks and PySpark.
4Mandatory (Experience 3) – Must have strong hands-on proficiency in PySpark/Python and SQL, with proven experience developing complex data transformations, processing workflows, and performance-optimized queries.
5Mandatory (Experience 4) – Must have hands-on experience with Azure Data Factory (ADF) for designing, developing, and orchestrating end-to-end data pipelines and integrating data from multiple sources.
6Mandatory (Experience 5) – Must have strong experience working on the Azure Cloud platform and associated data services, with solid understanding of data warehousing, data modeling, pipeline architecture, and enterprise data solutions.
7Mandatory (Experience 6) – Must have hands-on experience implementing CI/CD using Azure DevOps, including deployment and release management across development, QA, and production environments.
8Mandatory (Experience 7) – Must have proven technical leadership experience, including code reviews, enforcing development best practices, mentoring developers, and providing technical guidance to a data engineering team.
9Mandatory (Notice Period) – Immediate joiners or candidates who can join within 15 days.
10Mandatory (Note) - The position is open across all Cognizant offices pan India. Candidates must be willing to attend the F2F interview at the nearest Cognizant office location.

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Job Description:
We are seeking a skilled Senior Data Engineer with expertise in Databricks to join our dynamic data team. The ideal candidate will design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and architectures to support our organization's data-driven initiatives and leverage Databricks to process large-scale datasets, optimize data workflows, enable advanced analytics and machine learning, and integrate Power BI for data visualization and reporting.
Key Responsibilities
· 5-8 years of professional work experience in a relevant field
· Proficient in Microsoft Fabric platform, Azure Databricks, ADF, Delta Lake, SQL Data Warehouse, Unity Catalog.
· Good Experience on Microsoft Dynamics 365
· Experience/ prior knowledge on semi structure data and Structured Streaming, Azure synapse, data lake, data warehouse.
· Proficient in creating Azure Data Factory pipelines for ETL/ELT processing; copy activity, custom Azure development etc.
· Good knowledge of SQL and Python for data manipulation, transformation, and analysis
· Understand business requirements to set functional specifications for reporting applications
- Data Pipeline Development: Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable data pipelines using Databricks, Apache Spark, and other cloud-based technologies.
- Data Integration: Ingest, transform, and integrate data from diverse sources, including APIs, databases, streaming platforms, and third-party systems, into Databricks for analytics and reporting.
- Power BI Integration: Develop and optimize data models and datasets in Databricks for use in Power BI, ensuring efficient data connections and high-quality visualizations.
- Performance Optimization: Optimize data workflows, API calls, and queries on Databricks and Power BI for performance, cost-efficiency, and scalability.
- Data Modeling: Build and maintain data models to support business requirements, ensuring data quality, consistency, and accessibility for analytics and reporting.
- Cloud Integration: Implement data solutions on cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) integrated with Databricks, Power BI, and API ecosystems.
- Security & Compliance: Implement data governance, security, and compliance best practices within Databricks, Power BI, and API environments.
- Technical Skills:
- Proficiency in Databricks, including Delta Lake, Spark SQL.
- Strong programming skills in Python, Scala, or Java.
- Experience with Apache Spark for big data processing.
- Knowledge of SQL for querying and transforming data.
- Proficiency in Power BI for creating data models, DAX queries, and interactive dashboards.
Preferred Qualifications
- Databricks certification (e.g., Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate/Professional).
Experience with real-time data processing and streaming
8-12 years experience on Data Engineering role working with Databricks & Azure Cloud technologies.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Strong proficiency in PySpark, Python, SQL.
• Strong experience in data modeling, ETL/ELT pipeline development, and automation • Hands-on experience with performance tuning of data pipelines and workflow
• Proficient in working on Azure cloud components Azure Data Factory, Azure DataBricks, Azure Data Lake etc.
• Experience with data modeling, ETL processes, Delta Lake and data warehousing.
• Experience on Delta Live Tables, Autoloader & Unity Catalog.
Preferred - Knowledge of the insurance industry and its data requirements.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills to work effectively with diverse teams
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work under tight deadlines.
Job Description – Data Engineer
Role: Data Engineer
Experience: 9+ Years
Location: Bangalore / Hyderabad
Notice Period: Immediate to 15 Days
Interview Process: 1st Round – Virtual | 2nd Round – F2F
Mandatory Skills
- Python
- PySpark
- SQL
- Azure Data Engineering
Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Azure Data Engineer with 9+ years of experience and strong hands-on expertise in Python, PySpark, SQL, and Azure Data Engineering.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain scalable data engineering solutions using Azure.
- Build and optimize data processing pipelines using PySpark and Python.
- Write complex SQL queries for data extraction and transformation.
- Work with Azure data services and cloud-based data platforms.
- Perform data processing, transformation, and integration.
- Troubleshoot data pipeline and production issues.
- Collaborate with technical and business teams to deliver data solutions.
Preferred: Immediate to 15 Days joiners.
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in Databricks, Python, PySpark, and SQL to build scalable, high-performance data engineering solutions. You’ll architect and develop large scale, high-performance data pipelines capable of handling massive real-time and batch data volumes across multiple business systems. Databricks is the core enterprise data and processing platform for this role. You will also use Apache Airflow for workflow orchestration and dbt for ELT transformations, and will contribute to designing reliable, secure, and governed data platforms that enable analytics, reporting, and AI-driven use cases.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement large-scale data pipelines using Python/PySpark, Databricks, and Microsoft Fabric.
- Develop and optimize data processing workloads in Databricks using PySpark and Spark SQL, with a strong focus on scalability, reliability, performance, and maintainability.
- Develop and maintain dbt models including layered architecture, incremental models, snapshots, macros, testing, and documentation.
- Design, develop, and maintain Apache Airflow DAGs for orchestrating reliable, scalable, and observable data pipelines.
- Design and implement data quality, observability, and governance frameworks, including automated testing, monitoring, lineage, access control, and data privacy standards.
- Partner with analytics, product, and business stakeholders to turn requirements into trustworthy datasets, and raise the engineering bar through design discussions, code reviews, and mentoring junior engineers.
Required Skills
- Strong expertise in Python for developing scalable, modular, and production-ready data engineering applications.
- Strong expertise in PySpark, including DataFrame API, Spark SQL, Structured Streaming, partitioning strategies, joins, caching, handling data skew, and Spark performance optimization.
- Strong hands-on experience with Databricks for data ingestion, transformation, processing, and optimization, including Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Databricks Workflows, notebooks, jobs, and Databricks-native data engineering capabilities.
- Strong experience in Databricks/Spark performance tuning, including query and job optimization, partitioning, file sizing, caching, join optimization, handling data skew, and efficient use of compute resources.
- Hands-on experience with Delta Lake, including transactional data processing, schema management, incremental data processing, and reliable batch and streaming data pipelines.
- Hands-on experience in developing dbt projects using layered architecture, incremental models, snapshots, macros/Jinja, testing, documentation, and deployment best practices.
- Expertise in advanced SQL and data modelling — dimensional modeling, slowly changing dimensions, schema evolution, and query optimization.
- Hands-on experience in developing and managing Apache Airflow DAGs, scheduling workflows, dependency management, retries, backfills, and operational monitoring.
- Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure or GCP).
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently with business and analytics stakeholders.
Nice to Have
- Hands-on exposure to Microsoft Fabric for data integration and analytics.
- Experience using AI coding assistants (e.g. Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) as part of a development workflow.
- Familiarity with modern DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
- Domain expertise in financial services.
Job Title : Senior Data Engineer – Databricks
Experience : 14 to 20 Years
Location : HSR Layout, Bangalore
Work Mode : Hybrid – 3 Days WFO
Shift : 11:30 AM – 07:30 PM IST
Positions : 2
Notice Period : Immediate Joiners Only
Interview : 1 Technical Round + 2 Client Rounds
Role Overview :
We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to build and lead enterprise-scale data platforms for a Switzerland-based commodity client.
The role requires a strong hands-on Data Engineering professional with expertise in Databricks, PySpark, Python, SQL, and AWS, along with technical leadership and stakeholder management experience.
Must-Have Skills :
- 14 to 20 years of Data Engineering experience
- Databricks & Apache Spark / PySpark
- Python & SQL
- AWS Cloud
- Lakehouse Architecture
- ETL / ELT & Distributed Data Processing
- Batch & Streaming Pipelines
- Data Pipeline Optimization & Data Modeling
- CDC & Incremental Processing
- Git, CI/CD & Testing
- Data Quality, Monitoring & Observability
- Technical Leadership & Stakeholder Management
Key Responsibilities :
- Design and build scalable data pipelines using Databricks, PySpark, Python, SQL, and AWS.
- Own data products from design through production.
- Develop batch / streaming pipelines and reusable ETL / ELT frameworks.
- Optimize pipelines for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost.
- Design scalable data architectures and data models.
- Implement data quality, monitoring, lineage, and CI/CD practices.
- Lead technical discussions and mentor engineering teams.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, product owners, and engineering teams.
- Remain hands-on while providing technical leadership.
Ideal Candidate :
A 14 to 20 years experienced, hands-on Data Engineering leader with strong Databricks + PySpark + AWS expertise, excellent communication, stakeholder management, and experience delivering enterprise-scale data platforms.
🔴 Super Urgent : Only Bangalore-based immediate joiners.
Data Engineer – Microsoft Fabric
Location: Pune, India
Work Mode: Hybrid
Experience: 6+ Years
Employment Type: Full-time contactor
Compensation: As per market standards, commensurate with experience and expertise
Shift Timings: 2:00 PM – 11:00 PM IST
Notice Period: 0 – 15 days
About the Role
Jade Business Services (JBS) is seeking a Data Engineer – Microsoft Fabric to join our Pune team and work on enterprise-scale data transformation and analytics initiatives.
We are looking for a hands-on Data Engineer with strong experience in Microsoft Fabric, SQL, Python/PySpark and modern data engineering practices. The candidate will be responsible for building scalable data pipelines, implementing Lakehouse and Warehouse solutions, developing data models and supporting governed, reliable and AI-ready data platforms.
The ideal candidate should be comfortable working with architects, engineering teams and client stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable and production-ready data solutions.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Design and develop data solutions using Microsoft Fabric, including OneLake, Lakehouse, Warehouse and Data Factory pipelines.
- Build and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines for batch and incremental data processing.
- Develop data ingestion and transformation pipelines using Fabric Data Factory, SQL, Python and/or PySpark.
- Implement Medallion Architecture using Bronze, Silver and Gold layers.
- Work with Lakehouse and Fabric Warehouse for enterprise data processing and analytics.
- Develop and maintain data models, tables, views and optimized SQL queries.
- Build and support semantic models for Power BI and analytical workloads.
- Implement data quality, validation, monitoring and error-handling mechanisms.
- Work with metadata, lineage and governance requirements using Microsoft Purview.
- Implement data security, access controls and role-based permissions across data platforms.
- Support Data Product and domain-oriented data architecture principles.
- Follow DataOps practices including CI/CD, deployment, monitoring and production support.
- Troubleshoot pipeline failures, performance issues and data quality problems.
- Optimize data pipelines, queries and storage for performance and cost efficiency.
- Work closely with Data Architects and business stakeholders to understand requirements and implement technical solutions.
- Participate in technical design discussions, code reviews and architecture reviews.
- Maintain technical documentation, data flow diagrams and pipeline documentation.
- Support production deployments, incident resolution and SLA-driven data platform operations.
- Identify opportunities for automation and AI-assisted improvements across data engineering processes.
Qualifications and Skills
- 6+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Integration or Data Platform development.
- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric.
- Experience with:
- Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse
- Fabric Warehouse
- OneLake
- Fabric Data Factory / Pipelines
- Semantic Models
- Strong understanding of Lakehouse and Medallion Architecture.
- Strong SQL development and query optimization skills.
- Hands-on experience with Python and/or PySpark.
- Experience developing enterprise ETL/ELT and data integration pipelines.
- Experience with batch and incremental data processing.
- Understanding of data modelling concepts including dimensional modelling.
- Knowledge of data quality, metadata, lineage and data governance.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Purview.
- Understanding of Data Mesh and Data Product concepts.
- Experience with CI/CD, version control, monitoring and DataOps practices.
- Understanding of cloud security, access controls and data privacy.
- Good troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work with distributed and client-facing teams.
Preferred Skills
- Microsoft Fabric or Azure Data certifications.
- Experience migrating workloads from Azure Synapse, SQL Server, Databricks or other data platforms to Microsoft Fabric.
- Experience implementing Medallion Architecture on Microsoft Fabric.
- Experience with Power BI and semantic modelling.
- Exposure to AI/ML, Generative AI or Agentic AI use cases on enterprise data platforms.
- Experience working with Data Products or domain-oriented data solutions.
- Experience in Energy & Utilities, Healthcare, Financial Services or Insurance.
- Experience working with US or international enterprise clients.
What We Expect
The ideal candidate should be hands-on first and capable of independently building, troubleshooting and optimizing Fabric data solutions. You should be able to explain the technical decisions behind your implementation and work effectively with architects and engineering teams to deliver production-ready solutions.
Responsibilities and JD
Job Description: We are looking for a Senior Developer with strong expertise in PySpark, Databricks, and Snowflake to build scalable data engineering solutions and enterprise data platforms.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines using PySpark, Databricks, and Snowflake.
- Develop batch and real-time data processing solutions for structured and semi-structured data.
- Build and optimize Databricks notebooks, workflows, and Delta Lake solutions.
- Design and implement Snowflake databases, schemas, views, stored procedures, tasks, and streams.
- Develop scalable data models, data marts, and data warehouse solutions.
- Optimize PySpark jobs, Databricks workloads, and Snowflake queries for performance and cost efficiency.
- Implement data quality, validation, governance, and security controls.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, and cross-functional teams to deliver data solutions.
- Manage source control and CI/CD deployments using Git and Azure DevOps.
- Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and ensure pipeline reliability.
- Mentor junior team members and participate in code reviews and technical design discussions.
Required Skills: PySpark, Databricks, Snowflake, Python, SQL.
Experience: 5+ years of Data Engineering experience with strong hands-on expertise in PySpark, Databricks, and Snowflake.
Job Title : Data / AI / GenAI – Engineering & Analytics
Experience : 4+ Years
Location : Noida / Gurugram / Ahmedabad
Employment Type : Full-time | On-site at client location
Working Days : 5 days per week
Working Hours : Standard business hours
Position Overview : We are seeking professionals to deliver modern data engineering, business intelligence, cloud analytics and AI-powered applications, according to their specialization.
Mandatory Skills :
Python, SQL, ETL/ELT, Data Engineering, Power BI, Azure Data Factory, Databricks, PySpark, Data Modeling, GenAI/LLMs, RAG, Vector Databases, AI Agents (as per role specialization).
Key Roles / Specializations :
- Power BI Developers : Dashboards, DAX, Power Query, reporting and data modeling
- Azure Data Engineers : Azure Data Factory, Data Lake, Azure SQL and cloud pipelines
- Databricks Engineers : Apache Spark, PySpark, Delta Lake and scalable processing
- Data Engineers : ETL/ELT, SQL, Python, data warehousing and quality
- GenAI / RAG Engineers : LLMs, prompts, embeddings, vector databases and retrieval pipelines
- Agentic AI Engineers : AI agents, tool calling, orchestration and multi-agent workflows
Key Responsibilities :
- Design, develop and maintain data pipelines, analytics solutions or AI applications.
- Build and optimize data integration, transformation and processing workflows.
- Develop dashboards and analytical models for business decision-making.
- Use cloud data platforms and modern engineering frameworks.
- Develop and evaluate LLM applications, RAG solutions or AI agents as applicable.
- Ensure data quality, security, performance and reliability.
- Collaborate with engineering teams and stakeholders on testing, deployment and documentation.
Required Skills & Qualifications :
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Data Science, Engineering or related discipline.
- 4–5 years of relevant experience in data, analytics, AI or software engineering.
- Hands-on expertise in at least one listed specialization; not all technologies are required.
- Relevant Python, SQL, DAX or other technical skills depending on the position.
- Understanding of cloud platforms, APIs, integration and software practices.
Preferred Qualifications :
- Azure, Databricks or Microsoft Fabric experience.
- For GenAI roles : Azure OpenAI, OpenAI APIs, LangChain, LlamaIndex or LangGraph.
- For relevant roles : vector databases, CI/CD, Docker, MLOps or LLMOps.
Note : Candidates are expected to have expertise in their relevant specialization, not in every listed technology or role.
Sr. Data Engineer
Location: Pune
Responsibilities
· Lead the end-to-end design and development of scalable, high-performance data pipelines and ETL/ELT frameworks aligned with modern data engineering best practices.
· Architect complex data integration workflows that bring together structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data from both cloud and on-premise sources.
· Build robust real-time, batch, and on-demand pipelines with built-in observability—monitoring, alerting, and automated error handling.
· Partner with analysts, data scientists, and business leaders to define and deliver reliable data models, quality frameworks, and SLAs that power key business insights.
· Ensure optimal pipeline performance and throughput, with clearly defined SLAs and proactive alerting for data delivery or quality issues.
· Collaborate with platform, DevOps, and architecture teams to build secure, reusable, and CI/CD-enabled data workflows that align with enterprise architecture standards.
· Establish and enforce the best practices in source control, code reviews, testing automation, and continuous delivery for all data engineering components.
· Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and preventive maintenance for critical data failures, ensuring minimal business impact and continuous service improvement.
· Guide the team in establishing standards for data modeling, transformation logic, and governance, ensuring long-term maintainability and scalability.
· Design and execute comprehensive testing strategies—unit, integration, and system testing—ensuring high data reliability and pipeline resilience.
· Monitor and fine-tune data pipeline and query performance, optimizing for reliability, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
· Create and maintain detailed technical documentation, including data architecture diagrams, process flows, and integration specifications for internal and external stakeholders.
· Facilitate and lead discussions with business and operational teams to understand data requirements, prioritize initiatives, and drive data strategy forward.
Qualifications
· 7 to 10 years of hands-on experience in data engineering roles with a proven record of building scalable and secure data platforms.
· Over 5 years of experience in scripting languages such as Python for data processing, automation, and ETL development.
· 4+ years of experience with Snowflake, including performance tuning, security model design, and advanced SQL development.
· 5+ years of experience with data integration tools such as Azure Data Factory, Fivetran, or Matillion.
· 5+ years of experience in writing complex, highly optimized SQL queries on large datasets.
· Proven experience integrating and managing APIs, JSON, XML, and webhooks for data acquisition.
· Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) and orchestration tools like Apache Airflow or equivalent.
· Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and code versioning tools (e.g., Git).
· Familiarity with dbt or similar transformation tools and best practices for modular transformation development.
· Exposure to data visualization tools like Power BI for supporting downstream analytics is a plus.
· Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to lead discussions with technical and business stakeholders.
Education
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/Information technology or related field.
Equivalent academic and work experience can be considered.
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