Senior Databricks Architect — Data & AI, Client‑Facing

DVF Recruitment; Greater London, Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

DVF Recruitment are supporting a rapidly growing Data & AI Advisory firm specialising in Databricks. They are seeking a Data & AI Databricks Architect to lead client engagements from London or Manchester.

In this hybrid role you will design and implement Databricks architectures, champion cloud data strategies, and work with senior stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable data solutions. Salary ranges up to £90-110k, with potential to £120k for the right candidate.

Qualifications

• Deep Databricks Platform expertise incl Unity Catalog, Lakehouse, Delta Lake, Spark, MLflow.
• Strong Python & SQL; Scala a plus; solid ETL/ELT and cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP).
• Proven client-facing and senior stakeholder experience.
• Databricks Solutions Architect Champion Certification.

Responsibilities

• Engage with clients to design and implement Databricks architectures.
• Lead engagements with senior stakeholders to drive cloud data strategies.

Skills

Databricks

Python

SQL

Spark

MLflow

ETL/ELT

Azure

AWS

GCP

Consulting

Tools

Unity Catalog

Lakehouse

Delta Lake

Microsoft Azure

Job description

DVF Recruitment are supporting a rapidly growing Data & AI Advisory firm specialising in Databricks. They are seeking a Data & AI Databricks Architect to lead client engagements from London or Manchester.

In this hybrid role you will design and implement Databricks architectures, champion cloud data strategies, and work with senior stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable data solutions. Salary ranges up to £90-110k, with potential to £120k for the right candidate.