Senior Data Engineer

Role: Sr. Data Engineer Location: Gurugram & Bangalore Work Mode: Work from Office [5 Days from office] Role Overview: The Databricks Data Engineer will be responsible for designing, building, and optimizing scalable data pipelines and lakehouse solutions using Databricks. The role requires strong hands‐on experience in data engineering, distributed data processing. Key Role and Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines on Databricks using PySpark, Spark SQL, and Delta Lake. • Develop and optimize data ingestion frameworks, data transformations, and end-to-end workflows for batch and streaming use cases. • Implement Delta Lake-based architectures, including versioning, schema evolution, and ACID-compliant pipelines. • Work with stakeholders to understand data requirements and translate them into scalable data engineering solutions. • Manage and optimize Databricks clusters, jobs, and notebooks for performance and cost efficiency. • Integrate Databricks pipelines with cloud services (Azure Data Lake / AWS S3, Event Hub/Kafka, Synapse/Redshift, etc.). • Ensure data quality, reliability, and observability through validation frameworks and monitoring. • Contribute to data modeling, metadata management, and best practices within the data platform. • Collaborate closely with data scientists, analysts, and business teams to support analytics and ML workloads.

Must Have:

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering with strong expertise in Databricks. • Hands-on experience with Spark (PySpark/Spark SQL) and distributed data processing. • Solid SQL knowledge and experience working with large-scale datasets • Strong understanding of Delta Lake, medallion architecture, and scalable lakehouse patterns. • Good understanding of CI/CD, Git, and modern DevOps practices for data pipelines. • Familiarity with structured/unstructured data, data quality frameworks, and performance tuning. Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, MIS or equivalent combination of education and experience

Key Skills: Databricks, Pyspark, SQL