Senior Data Engineer - Databricks Platform Lead

PRIMARK; Normanton on Trent; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Primark is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join the Data Platform & Engineering team. You will design and deliver scalable data solutions on our Databricks-based enterprise platform, building trusted data products for reporting, analytics, AI and data science across the business.

This hands-on role requires deep expertise in Databricks, dbt Cloud, Spark and SQL, and a track record of delivering high-quality data solutions.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on data engineering experience with large-scale pipelines.
• Experience with Databricks, PySpark and SQL in enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of Azure-based data platforms and lakehouse architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and optimise scalable data pipelines using Databricks and PySpark.
• Develop robust lakehouse architectures and reusable data models.
• Lead engineering initiatives, promote CI/CD and best practices.
• Provide technical guidance and mentor Data Engineers.
• Support migration from Teradata to Databricks and platform modernisation.
• Collaborate with Analytics, Data Science and business stakeholders.

Skills

Databricks

PySpark

SQL

Azure

dbt Cloud

Data Modeling

Data Quality

CI/CD

Leadership

Mentoring

Job description

Primark is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join the Data Platform & Engineering team. You will design and deliver scalable data solutions on our Databricks-based enterprise platform, building trusted data products for reporting, analytics, AI and data science across the business.

This hands-on role requires deep expertise in Databricks, dbt Cloud, Spark and SQL, and a track record of delivering high-quality data solutions.