Databricks Platform Engineer

Zurich Insurance Group; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 105.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Flexible working model

Work abroad up to 25 days yearly

Home office setup allowance

Training and language courses

Health Insurance

Descripción de la vacante

Zurich Insurance Group in Barcelona seeks a senior Data Engineer to own and evolve the Databricks platform, building scalable data ingestion pipelines across batch, streaming, API, and CDC sources. You will manage Delta Live Tables, Delta Lake, and Unity Catalog governance while collaborating with cloud, data, and product teams.

The role emphasizes Python/PySpark development, DevOps practices, and AWS-based infrastructure. A flexible working model and location in Barcelona are offered.

Formación

• 5–8 years in Data Engineering, Data Platform Engineering, or Cloud Data Architecture.
• 3+ years owning Databricks platforms in enterprise environments.
• Strong Python, PySpark and Databricks SQL for scalable pipelines.

Responsabilidades

• Own and evolve the Databricks platform underpinning Zurich's Global Finance Data Hub.
• Design and maintain data ingestion frameworks for batch, streaming, API, and CDC patterns.
• Develop and manage Delta Live Tables pipelines with data quality controls.
• Administer Delta Lake environments, perform tuning and optimization tasks.
• Implement Unity Catalog governance, access controls, and data lineage.

Conocimientos

Databricks platform ownership

PySpark

Python

CI/CD

DevOps practices

Airflow

Kafka/MSK

AWS

Herramientas

Unity Catalog

Delta Lake

Delta Live Tables

Workflows

Asset Bundles

CloudFormation

CDK

S3

CloudWatch

Grafana

Descripción del empleo

Who Are We?

You’re reading about Zurich Insurance Group, a global leader in insurance, but this role specifically pertains to our Technology Delivery Center (TDC). Established in Barcelona in 2006, the TDC operates as an integral part of Zurich Insurance Group, providing cutting-edge technological solutions and support to Zurich’s local and global business units.

We specialise in areas such as software development, data analytics, cybersecurity, and IT infrastructure. Our primary mission is to support Zurich’s strategic goals and enhance operational efficiency through innovative technology solutions.

If you’re considering a role with us, know that you’ll be joining a hub of technological excellence dedicated to driving Zurich’s success on a global scale.

What Can You Expect?

• Own and evolve the Databricks platform that underpins the Zurich Global Finance Data Hub, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and cost efficiency.
• Design, build, and maintain data ingestion frameworks supporting batch, streaming, API, and CDC data integration patterns across multiple source systems.
• Develop and manage Delta Live Tables (DLT) pipelines, implementing data quality controls, expectations, schema enforcement, and change data capture processes.
• Administer and optimise Delta Lake environments, including performance tuning, schema evolution, time travel, VACUUM, and OPTIMIZE operations.
• Implement and manage Unity Catalog governance practices, including access controls, data lineage, data classification, and namespace management.
• Build, deploy, and support Databricks Workflows for orchestration of complex multi-task pipelines, dependency management, retries, and event-driven processing.
• Establish and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Git-based development practices and Databricks Asset Bundles to promote code across development, testing, and production environments.
• Collaborate with cloud and infrastructure teams to implement Infrastructure as Code solutions using AWS CloudFormation or CDK.
• Manage authentication and authorisation mechanisms, including AWS IAM roles, instance profiles, service principals, secret management, and credential rotation processes.
• Monitor platform health, performance, operational metrics, and costs using Databricks system tables, CloudWatch, Grafana, and related observability tools.
• Define and enforce cluster policies, compute strategies, and DBU governance controls to optimise platform utilisation and expenditure.
• Ensure platform security through the implementation of PrivateLink, VPC endpoints, row-level security, and column-level security controls.
• Partner with data engineering, finance, architecture, and product teams to deliver a robust and scalable enterprise data platform.
• Drive platform best practices, technical standards, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives across the data ecosystem.

What Makes You a Great Fit?

• 5-8 years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Platform Engineering, or Cloud Data Architecture.
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience owning and managing Databricks platforms in enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise in Databricks services, including Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, Delta Live Tables, Workflows, and Asset Bundles.
• Proven experience designing and supporting batch, streaming, API, and CDC data ingestion frameworks.
• Advanced proficiency in PySpark, Python, and Databricks SQL for scalable data pipeline development.
• Solid knowledge of DevOps practices, including Git-based development, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation or CDK).
• Strong AWS experience covering S3, IAM, networking, security controls, and secrets management.
• Experience working with large-scale data platforms in regulated industries; financial services experience is highly desirable.
• Preferred: Databricks and/or AWS certifications.
• Experience with Airflow, Kafka/MSK, and enterprise data governance frameworks.

What Makes Us Special?

As well as a competitive salary and a yearly bonus, we offer:

• To support your work-life balance, we have adopted a flexible working model.
• Option to work abroad up to 25 days yearly.
• Over 300 euros to set up your home office and additional monthly home office allowance.
• Wide range of internal and external trainings, including English, German and Spanish classes depending on the needs.
• Ticket restaurant and Health Insurance with the flexibility to exchange it for other benefits.
• Life and accident insurance.
• Collective Life retirement Plan
• 2000 referral bonus if you bring other talented people like you to the company to the company.
• Special banking and insurance conditions plus Exclusive Employees discounts.
• Functional diversity benefits.
• Stock options and mortgage benefits.

Where Are We Located?

Barcelona, Poblenou.

Zurich Technology Delivery Center – Your Talent, Our Strength

At Zurich, we are an equal opportunity employer. We attract and retain the best‑qualified individuals available, regardless of race/ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability.

Location(s): ES - Barcelona

Schedule: Full Time

Recruiter name: Alvaro Gallego Zazo