Lead Data Engineer - Databricks

JR United Kingdom; West Midlands Combined Authority; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to enhance their analytics through AI capabilities. This fully remote role involves hands-on Databricks development and collaboration with multiple vendors, focusing on best practices in data engineering. Ideal candidates will have strong experience in Databricks and performance optimization.

Qualifications

• Up-to-date knowledge of best practices in Databricks data engineering.
• Experience with Databricks Unity Catalog and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Assist in building AI capabilities to enhance analytics.
• Work with multiple vendors on AI capabilities.

Skills

Databricks development

Performance optimization

Code version management

AI capabilities

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23.05.2025

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Your new role

As a Lead Data Engineer, you will be responsible for assisting our client in building AI capabilities to enhance analytics. The role requires hands-on Databricks development experience, with current knowledge of best practices in data engineering, including code version management (GIT/DevOps integration), Unity Catalog, and performance optimization in Databricks transformation workloads. You will work with multiple vendors on AI capabilities.

• Fully remote opportunity
• 6-month contract (likely extension)

What you'll need to succeed

• Up-to-date knowledge of best practices in Databricks data engineering
• Experience with Databricks Unity Catalog and performance optimization

What you need to do now

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