Databricks Engineer - Data & Analytics Platform Expert

AXIS Capital; Halifax; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Tuition reimbursement

Paid annual leave

Job summary

AXIS Capital in Halifax, Canada is seeking a Databricks Engineer to design, build, and operate data integration and analytics solutions with the Solution Engineer and Data Architecture teams. You will translate architectural designs into production‑ready implementations, strengthening delivery capacity and platform reliability.

Ideal candidates have deep expertise in Databricks, Delta Lake, Spark, PySpark, SQL, and Azure data services, with a passion for data governance and scalable pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or a numerate discipline.
• 5+ years in data engineering with hands-on Databricks and Delta Lake.
• Strong Azure data platform expertise (Databricks, ADF, Synapse, Key Vault).
• Proficiency with Spark, PySpark, SQL, and data governance concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement data integration solutions with engineers and architects.
• Operate data pipelines using Databricks Workflows, ADF, and Synapse.
• Optimize performance, cost, and storage for the data platform.
• Ensure data contracts, governance, and security controls are in place.
• Collaborate with offshore teams and business stakeholders.

Skills

Databricks

Delta Lake

Spark

PySpark

SQL

MLOps

CI/CD

IaC

Unity Catalog

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Terraform

ARM templates

Bicep

Job description

AXIS Capital in Halifax, Canada is seeking a Databricks Engineer to design, build, and operate data integration and analytics solutions with the Solution Engineer and Data Architecture teams. You will translate architectural designs into production‑ready implementations, strengthening delivery capacity and platform reliability.

Ideal candidates have deep expertise in Databricks, Delta Lake, Spark, PySpark, SQL, and Azure data services, with a passion for data governance and scalable pipelines.