Senior Databricks Developer / Data Engineer
Industry: Financial Services
Location: Delaware, Ohio (OH)
Work Arrangement: 100% Onsite — 5 Days per Week
Employment Type: W2 Contract
Overall Experience: 8–15 Years
Preference: Local candidates preferred
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced Senior Databricks Developer / Data Engineer for an enterprise financial-services technology environment.
The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience developing and supporting enterprise-scale data engineering solutions using Databricks, Apache Spark, PySpark, Python, SQL, cloud platforms, and modern data architecture.
Required Skills
Required skill | Minimum experience |
|---|
Overall IT Experience | 8 years |
Databricks | 5 years |
Apache Spark / PySpark | 5 years |
Cloud Platform (AWS / Azure / Google Cloud Platform) | 5 years |
ETL / ELT Development | 6 years |
Data Pipeline Development | 6 years |
Python Programming | 5 years |
SQL | 6 years |
Delta Lake / Delta Tables | 4 years |
Data Modeling | 5 years |
Additional preferred skills
Preferred skill | Suggested experience |
|---|
AWS S3 / Glue / Lambda | 3+ years |
Unity Catalog | 2+ years |
CI/CD and Git | 3+ years |
Apache Airflow / Workflow Orchestration | 2+ years |
Production Support / Performance Tuning | 3+ years |
Banking / Financial Services | 2+ years |
Technical Responsibilities
Design, develop, test, and maintain enterprise Databricks data pipelines.
Develop scalable ETL/ELT solutions using Python, PySpark, SQL, and Delta Lake.
Integrate data from multiple enterprise sources.
Optimize Spark jobs, SQL queries, and Databricks workloads.
Implement data quality, validation, and reconciliation controls.
Support data governance, security, access controls, and lineage.
Support production monitoring, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
Collaborate with architecture, analytics, business, and technology teams.
Additional Preferred Skills
AWS S3, Glue, Lambda, and IAM.
Unity Catalog and metadata management.
Batch and streaming data processing.
Apache Airflow or equivalent workflow orchestration.
CI/CD, Git, Jenkins, or Bitbucket.
Production monitoring and performance tuning.
Financial services, banking, payments, risk, or compliance experience.
Work Requirements
Must be available for W2 contract employment.
Must be able to work onsite five days per week in Delaware, OH.
Local candidates are preferred.
Candidate Information
Candidates must provide their current location, total IT experience, individual years of experience across required technologies, W2 availability, and confirmation of the five-day onsite requirement.