Databricks Lead Engineer — Modern Data Platform Architect

OpenTalent; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenTalent seeks a hands-on Databricks Lead Engineer to drive the delivery of a modern enterprise data platform for a leading financial services organisation based in London, United Kingdom.

The role will take technical ownership of Databricks lakehouse solutions, covering ingestion through to curated serving layers, and will involve mentoring engineers to maintain production-quality delivery standards.

Qualifications

• H hands-on experience leading data engineering teams.
• Proficient with Databricks lakehouse architecture.
• Knowledge of Medallion Architecture and Unity Catalog.
• Experience building declarative pipelines and scalable ingestion patterns.
• Delivery-focused with production-quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Take technical ownership of Databricks lakehouse solutions across ingestion to curated serving layers.
• Mentor engineers and drive production-quality delivery.

Skills

Databricks lakehouse

Engineering leadership

Mentoring engineers

Medallion Architecture

Ingestion pipelines

Tools

Databricks

Unity Catalog

Declarative Pipelines

Job description

OpenTalent seeks a hands-on Databricks Lead Engineer to drive the delivery of a modern enterprise data platform for a leading financial services organisation based in London, United Kingdom.

The role will take technical ownership of Databricks lakehouse solutions, covering ingestion through to curated serving layers, and will involve mentoring engineers to maintain production-quality delivery standards.