Senior Data Engineer – Databricks

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.

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:

1. Design, develop, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines using PySpark, Databricks, and Snowflake.
2. Develop batch and real-time data processing solutions for structured and semi-structured data.
3. Build and optimize Databricks notebooks, workflows, and Delta Lake solutions.
4. Design and implement Snowflake databases, schemas, views, stored procedures, tasks, and streams.
5. Develop scalable data models, data marts, and data warehouse solutions.
6. Optimize PySpark jobs, Databricks workloads, and Snowflake queries for performance and cost efficiency.
7. Implement data quality, validation, governance, and security controls.
8. Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, and cross-functional teams to deliver data solutions.
9. Manage source control and CI/CD deployments using Git and Azure DevOps.
10. Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and ensure pipeline reliability.
11. 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 Description:

Position: Lead / Senior Data Engineer

Location: Chennai

Shift: US Eastern Time ( 5:00 PM – 2:00 AM )

Experience : 8+ years

Notice Period: Immediate Joiner only

Roles and Responsibilities:

Role Overview

The Lead Data Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and delivering high-quality software and data solutions while leading a team of engineers. The role involves hands-on technical work, architectural decision-making, mentoring junior developers, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure successful delivery of scalable data platforms and analytical solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead the end-to-end design, development, and delivery of software systems, data pipelines, and components.

Define technical strategy, architecture, and best practices for development and data engineering.

Design and build optimized data pipelines using cutting-edge technologies in a cloud environment.

Construct infrastructure for efficient ETL processes from various sources and storage systems.

Architect, design, and maintain database pipeline architectures, ensuring readiness for AI/ML transformations.

Lead the implementation of algorithms and prototypes to transform raw data into useful information.

Review code for quality, scalability, and performance.

Collaborate with Product Managers, Business Managers, Designers, and QA teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Develop analytical tools, programs, and reporting mechanisms.

Create data validation methods and data analysis tools.

Interpret data trends and patterns to establish operational alerts.

Conduct complex data analysis and present results effectively.

Prepare data for prescriptive and predictive modeling.

Ensure compliance with data governance and security policies.

Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex technical issues.

Drive continuous improvement in software and data development processes, tools, and methodologies.

Mentor and guide engineers through code reviews, technical discussions, and training.

Ensure timely delivery of projects while maintaining high engineering standards.

Continuously explore opportunities to enhance data quality and reliability.

Apply strong programming and problem-solving skills to develop scalable solutions.

Demonstrate passion for testing strategy, problem-solving, and continuous learning.

Willingness to acquire new skills and knowledge.

Possess a product/engineering mindset to drive impactful data solutions.

Experience working in distributed environments with global teams.

Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends to propose innovative solutions.

Technical Skills and Experience Requirements

Minimum 8+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, deploying, testing, maintaining, monitoring, and owning scalable, resilient, and distributed data pipelines.

High proficiency in Python, Scala, and Spark for applied large-scale data processing.

Expertise with big data technologies, including Spark, Data Lake, Delta Lake, and Hive.

Solid understanding of batch and streaming data processing techniques.

Proficient knowledge of the Data Lifecycle Management process, including data collection, access, use, storage, transfer, and deletion.

Expert-level ability to write complex, optimized SQL queries across extensive data volumes.

Experience with RDBMS and OLAP databases such as MySQL and Snowflake.

Familiarity with Agile methodologies.

Obsession for service observability, instrumentation, monitoring, and alerting.

Knowledge or experience in architectural best practices for building data lakes.

Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.

Job Title : Data Engineer – Databricks

Experience : 6+ Years

Location : Noida / Hyderabad / Chennai / Pune / Bengaluru (Hybrid)

Shift : IST (Normal Shift)

Job Summary :

We are seeking an experienced Data Engineer with strong expertise in Databricks, Snowflake, Python, and Spark to build and optimize scalable data pipelines and support AI/ML model deployments. The ideal candidate should have experience working with cloud-based data platforms and preferably possess exposure to the Healthcare domain.

Required Skills :

• Databricks (Preferred)
• Snowflake
• Python
• Apache Spark
• SQL
• Azure Cloud
• Kubernetes
• Apache Airflow
• GitHub & CI/CD Pipelines
• AI/ML Model Deployment
• Data Analytics

Preferred :

• Experience in the Healthcare domain.
• Strong understanding of scalable data engineering architectures and best practices.

Description

We are looking for Senior Data Engineers to join our Data Platform team and build scalable, high-performance data platforms that power data processing, analytics, and downstream applications.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in distributed data processing, ETL pipelines, and Big Data technologies, with hands-on expertise in Apache Spark and Python Scala.

You will be responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing large-scale data pipelines while collaborating closely with cross-functional engineering teams to build reliable, production-grade data solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL and data processing pipelines for large-scale datasets.
• Build and optimize distributed data applications using Apache Spark and Python Scala.
• Develop reliable, high-performance data pipelines for batch and streaming workloads.
• Design and manage data workflows using Apache Airflow.
• Build and operate data workloads on AWS, with strong usage of Amazon S3 for large-scale data storage.
• Work with large datasets to ensure data quality, consistency, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, analytics, and other platform teams to deliver robust data solutions.
• Optimize data workflows for scalability, reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Troubleshoot production issues, identify bottlenecks, and continuously improve platform performance.

Requirements

Candidates who demonstrate:

• 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Big Data Engineering, or a similar role.
• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Spark and Scala.
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining large-scale ETL pipelines.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS, particularly Amazon S3.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Airflow for workflow orchestration and scheduling.
• Strong SQL skills and a solid understanding of distributed data processing concepts.
• Experience working with batch and/or streaming data pipelines.
• Excellent debugging, problem-solving, and performance optimization skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Good to Have

• Experience with Databricks and the broader Databricks data platform.
• Familiarity with streaming technologies such as Apache Kafka.
• Experience working on large-scale data platforms handling high-volume data workloads.
• Exposure to additional AWS data services and cloud-native data architectures.

🚨 WE ARE HIRING – SENIOR DATA ENGINEER | BANGALORE 🚨

Looking for experienced Senior Data Engineers with strong expertise in PySpark, Oracle SQL/PLSQL, and Data Modeling!

🔹 Role: Senior Data Engineer

🔹 Experience: 7+ Years

🔹 Location: Bangalore

🔹 CTC: Up to 26 LPA

🔹 Notice Period: Immediate to 10 Days Preferred

💻 Mandatory Skills

✅ PySpark

✅ Oracle SQL / PL/SQL

✅ Data Modeling & Design / Modernization

✅ Python

✅ ETL

✅ Data Pipelines

⚙️ Good to Have / Ecosystem Skills

✅ Kafka

✅ Hadoop

✅ AWS / Azure / GCP

✅ Git

✅ JIRA

📌 Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines using PySpark

• Work extensively with Oracle SQL/PLSQL for data processing and transformation

• Design and implement data models and data architecture

• Work on data design and modernization initiatives

• Develop and optimize ETL processes and data pipelines

• Handle large volumes of data using PySpark and Python

• Work with technologies such as Kafka, Hadoop, and Cloud platforms

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable data solutions

• Use Git and JIRA for version control and project tracking

📩 Interested candidates can share their updated CV along with:

Total Experience:

Relevant PySpark Experience:

Relevant Oracle SQL/PLSQL Experience:

Data Modeling Experience:

Current Location:

Notice Period:

Current CTC:

Expected CTC:

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Senior Data Engineer – PySpark & Oracle

Experience: 7+ Years

Location: Bangalore

Notice Period: Immediate to 10 Days

Key Skills:

• Strong expertise in Data Modeling, Data Design & Modernization
• Primary skills: PySpark, Oracle SQL/PLSQL
• Secondary skills: Python, ETL & Data Pipelines
• Experience with Kafka and Hadoop
• Exposure to AWS / Azure / GCP
• Good knowledge of Git and JIRA

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and modernize scalable data models and data architecture.
• Develop and optimize data processing solutions using PySpark and Oracle SQL/PLSQL.
• Build and maintain robust ETL workflows and data pipelines.
• Work with Kafka, Hadoop, and cloud platforms for data processing and integration.
• Perform data transformation, optimization, and performance tuning.
• Collaborate with technical teams on data design, development, testing, and deployment.

Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)

Technical Skills:

Python

Pyspark

SQL

ETL Aws, Azure, gcp

Job Summary

We are looking for a skilled and experienced Data Engineer to join our growing data team. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Python, PySpark, Data Modeling, and Power BI, with hands-on experience in designing, developing, and optimizing scalable data solutions. The role requires working closely with business stakeholders, data architects, and analytics teams to build robust data pipelines and semantic models that enable data-driven decision-making.

Technical Skills

• Strong hands-on experience in Python and PySpark development.
• Expertise in building and optimizing Data Engineering solutions and ETL pipelines.
• Strong understanding of Data Modeling concepts (Star Schema, Snowflake Schema, Dimensional Modeling).
• Experience with Power BI Data Modeling and Semantic Layer development.
• Proficiency in DAX (Data Analysis Expressions).
• Experience designing and managing Semantic Models in Power BI.
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with large datasets.
• Knowledge of data warehousing concepts and best practices.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Exposure to modern data platforms like Databricks.
• Understanding of data governance and data quality frameworks.

4 - 10 years of experience in designing and buildingarchitecting highly resilient data platforms 

∙Strong knowledge of data engineering, architecture and data modeling 

∙Experience in platforms like Databricks and Snowflake 

∙Experience on building applications on cloud (AWS or Azure or Google Cloud) 

∙Strong analytical and problem-solving skills 

∙Prior experience in developing data or computation intensive (e.g. grid based) backend applications is an 

advantage 

∙OOP design skills with an understanding or at least personal interest towards the concepts of Functional 

Programming  

∙Willingness to understand and enhance other people’s code, being able to work in an environment where 

developers will oversee and work on wider components also dealing with older “legacy” code 

∙Strong programming skills (Java/ Scala / Python) skills with the willingness to pick up the other language if not 

already mastered at a sufficient level is important 

∙Spring knowledge is an advantage, but in general willingness to learn, work with and even enhance in-house 

developed frameworks is a must 

∙Prior experience in working with Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins, working with PR-s, using JIRA, following the Scrum Agile 

methodology is an advantage 

∙Prior knowledge of financial products is an advantage 

∙Bachelors or Masters in any relevant field of IT/Engineering area is an advantage