Databricks Data Architect & Lead Data Engineer (Hybrid)

Hewett Recruitment; Worcester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Hybrid working

Company pension

Life assurance

Critical illness cover

25 days holiday

Holiday purchase scheme

Flexible start/finish

Employee discounts

Wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Hewett Recruitment in Worcester is seeking a Data Architect / Lead Data Engineer to shape data architecture while delivering hands-on engineering. You will work across cloud data platforms including Databricks, building data pipelines, governance and analytics capabilities.

The role blends architectural leadership with practical delivery across data products and platforms. Ideal candidates will have extensive Databricks experience, advanced data modelling skills, and proficiency in Python,

Qualifications

• Databricks experience is essential and hands-on.
• Experience with Unity Catalog, notebooks, Delta Lake or Delta Live Tables.
• Proficient in data modelling (relational, dimensional, Data Vault).
• Strong Python, PySpark or SQL skills.
• Experience building or improving cloud-based data platforms.
• Familiarity with batch, streaming or event-driven integration.
• Experience with Azure data services is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve data architecture principles, standards and roadmaps.
• Design conceptual, logical and physical data models.
• Hands-on work with Databricks, notebooks and data pipelines.
• Support delivery of internal and customer-facing data products.
• Review designs and guide engineering teams on architecture decisions.
• Establish reusable patterns and reduce duplications and debt.
• Support data quality, metadata, lineage and access controls via Unity Catalog.
• Design batch, streaming and event-driven integration approaches.
• Assist migration from legacy systems to modern cloud platforms.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring without direct management.

Skills

Databricks experience

Unity Catalog

Notebooks

Delta Lake/Delta Live Tables

Data lakehouse architecture

Advanced data modelling

Python

PySpark

SQL

Cloud platforms

Data migration

Batch/streaming integration

Azure data services

Power BI or analytics tools

Data governance and security

Technical leadership

Tools

Databricks

Job description

Hewett Recruitment in Worcester is seeking a Data Architect / Lead Data Engineer to shape data architecture while delivering hands-on engineering. You will work across cloud data platforms including Databricks, building data pipelines, governance and analytics capabilities.

The role blends architectural leadership with practical delivery across data products and platforms. Ideal candidates will have extensive Databricks experience, advanced data modelling skills, and proficiency in Python,