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Senior Data engineer (Azure & Databricks)

Summary

Build and optimize end-to-end data pipelines on Azure and Databricks, integrating data for analytics and AI use cases using Python, Spark, and SQL.

About the Job

Key Responsibilities

  • Pipeline Engineering: Build end-to-end data pipelines including data collection, transformation, quality, and integration.
  • Solution Design: Collaborate with business teams to identify data requirements and assemble large, complex datasets.
  • Optimization: Design, implement, and fine-tune analytics solutions to meet technical performance metrics.
  • Integrity & Security: Work with the Data Architect to maintain data model integrity and data governance.
  • Operations: Partner with DevOps engineers to support consistent pipeline deployments and stable operations.
  • AI & API Collaboration: Develop robust APIs and data tools to assist data scientists and machine learning engineers.

Education & Experience

  • Degree: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field.
  • Experience: Minimum of 5 years in SQL, data engineering, and Business Intelligence (BI) solutions.

Technical Stack (Mandatory)

  • Databricks: Hands‑on experience delivering data projects using Databricks (Spark, notebooks, pipelines) is mandatory.
  • Cloud Platform: Proven experience designing and building solutions on the Azure cloud platform.

Languages & Databases

  • Languages: High proficiency in Python, Spark, Scala, and advanced SQL scripting.
  • Databases: Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) and NoSQL platforms (e.g., HBase, MongoDB, Cassandra).
  • Architecture: Strong knowledge of Data Lakes, Data Factory, Data Warehousing, and BI Dashboards.

Modern AI Tools & Concepts

  • AI Productivity: Experience using coding assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot) to uplift development speed.
  • GenAI Awareness: Familiarity with GenAI concepts (RAG, LangChain, LlamaIndex, vector databases) to collaborate effectively on AI use cases.

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