Senior Databricks Engineer (In-person interview)

Job title: Senior Databricks Engineer

Location: Austin, TX (Hybrid)

Duration: 12+ Months

Client job number: 529701754

Due date: 07/31/2026

The primary work location(s) will be at 4601 W Gudalupe St Austin, TX 78751.

Position will be 3 days remote with 2 days (Mondays and Thursdays) required to be onsite at the location listed above. Program will only accept LOCAL ONLY candidates for this position.

Interview type: In-person is mandatory

Job Description:

The Databricks Engineer should design, develop, and optimize scalable data solutions on Databricks, leveraging PySpark or Scala for large-scale data processing. Build and maintain ingestion pipelines, Declarative Pipelines (DLT), and Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold) to support enterprise analytics and reporting. Develop robust data models and implement data quality, validation, and governance frameworks. Create dynamic dashboards, Databricks Apps, and analytical solutions to deliver actionable business insights. Optimize workloads, monitoring, and operational processes to ensure scalability, security, and cost efficiency.

Required Skill:

8 Years of Experience in IT, supporting the design, development, deployment, or delivery of technology solutions.

8 Years of Experience with Databricks, including building and optimizing ETL/ELT data pipelines using Apache Spark.

8 Years of Experience in data warehousing and dimensional data modeling (star/snowflake schemas).

8 Years of Proficiency in SQL and Python (or Scala) for large-scale data processing.

8 Years of Experience designing and developing dashboards and applications natively within Databricks (e.g., Databricks SQL dashboards, Databricks Apps).

8 Years of Experience implementing data governance, data quality, and data security practices.

8 Years of Experience implementing Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines (formerly Delta Live Tables/DLT) for building and managing production data pipelines.

8 Years of Experience with Delta Lake, medallion architecture (bronze/silver/gold layers), data lakehouse design, and creating and scheduling offline jobs using Lakeflow Jobs (formerly Databricks Workflows) or similar orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow).

8 Years of Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, including presenting insights to technical and business stakeholders.

Preferred Skills:   

1 Year of Experience working in public sector or state government environments.

1 Year of Databricks certification (e.g., Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate/Professional).

1 Year of Experience with CI/CD practices for data pipelines (DevOps, Git-based workflows).