Databricks Architect (Data Engineering)

About the roleWe are looking for an experienced Databricks Architect to design and lead modern data platforms built on the Databricks ecosystem. In this role you will define architecture standards, establish engineering best practices, and support development teams in delivering scalable, secure and high-performing data solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end Data Lakehouse architectures based on Databricks
• Define data platform architecture, integration patterns and governance standards
• Lead architecture decisions around ETL/ELT, batch and streaming data processing
• Design scalable solutions using Delta Lake, Unity Catalog and Medallion Architecture
• Collaborate with Data Engineers, Data Scientists, Architects and business stakeholders
• Define security, data governance and access management strategies
• Optimize platform performance and cloud costs
• Support CI/CD implementation and Infrastructure as Code practices
• Review solution designs and mentor engineering teamsDrive adoption of modern Data Engineering best practicesRequirements7+ years of experience in Data Engineering3+ years of hands-on experience with Databricks
• Strong expertise in Apache Spark (PySpark and/or Spark SQL)

Excellent knowledge of Delta Lake and Lakehouse Architecture

• Experience designing enterprise-scale data platforms
• Strong understanding of Medallion Architecture
• Experience with Unity Catalog and data governance
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS or GCP)

Knowledge of orchestration tools (Azure Data Factory, Airflow, Databricks Workflows or similar)

Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based development

• Strong SQL and Python skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Fluent English
• Nice to have
• Databricks certifications
• Experience with dbt
• Experience with Kafka or other streaming technologies
• Terraform or other IaC tools
• Experience designing AI/ML-ready data platforms