Senior Databricks Architect: Real-Time Data Mesh Lead

Nigel Frank; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 99,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

Nigel Frank in London is seeking a Senior Data Architect with deep Databricks expertise to own real-time data architectures and drive a major cloud transformation. You will design enterprise-scale data solutions powering analytics and data products.

The role offers architectural ownership, exposure to complex challenges, and collaboration with business and platform teams to enable data-driven decisions. Hybrid working with a competitive salary up to £110,000.

Qualifications

• Experience designing enterprise-scale data architectures.
• Knowledge of data mesh principles and governance processes.
• Experience with real-time data ingestion and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement real-time data ingestion pipelines.
• Develop robust data solutions on the Databricks platform.
• Lead adoption of Medallion Architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold).
• Design and deliver reusable data products aligned to data mesh principles.
• Ensure data quality, governance, security and reliability across the data estate.
• Collaborate with business, domain and platform teams to enable data-driven decisions.

Skills

Data architecture

Stakeholder management

Data governance

Legacy integration

Cloud data platforms

Data mesh

Tools

Databricks

Data Lake architectures

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

Nigel Frank in London is seeking a Senior Data Architect with deep Databricks expertise to own real-time data architectures and drive a major cloud transformation. You will design enterprise-scale data solutions powering analytics and data products.

The role offers architectural ownership, exposure to complex challenges, and collaboration with business and platform teams to enable data-driven decisions. Hybrid working with a competitive salary up to £110,000.