Lead Data Platform Architect (Databricks Practice)

Unison Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Unison Group in London is seeking a Lead Solution Architect – Data Engineering to own solution design on client engagements and defend enterprise architectures in presales. You will drive large-scale migration and cloud transformation programs to Databricks across Azure, AWS, or GCP, while mentoring engineers and shaping reusable accelerators.

The role blends hands-on engineering with leadership, enabling delivery success, case studies, and go-to-market offerings for a fast-growing Databricks

Qualifications

• 12+ years in data engineering/architecture.
• 3+ years on Databricks at enterprise scale.
• Strong Python/SQL/Scala and data platform CI/CD experience.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture decisions on Databricks engagements.
• Lead delivery of production-grade data platforms (ingestion, transformation, governance).
• Lead large-scale migrations and cloud transformations to Databricks on Azure/AWS/GCP.
• Stay hands-on with performance tuning, debugging, and reviews.

Skills

Data engineering

Databricks

Python/SQL/Scala

Presales

Tools

Databricks

Unity Catalog

Airflow

Job description

Unison Group in London is seeking a Lead Solution Architect – Data Engineering to own solution design on client engagements and defend enterprise architectures in presales. You will drive large-scale migration and cloud transformation programs to Databricks across Azure, AWS, or GCP, while mentoring engineers and shaping reusable accelerators.

The role blends hands-on engineering with leadership, enabling delivery success, case studies, and go-to-market offerings for a fast-growing Databricks