Senior Forward Deployed Engineer – Enterprise Data & Databricks

Job Juncture; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Job Juncture is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer for a long-term embedded engagement in London. You will design data models, build pipelines with SQL and PySpark on Databricks, and partner with Finance, HR, Risk and Compliance to translate complex requirements into scalable data solutions.

This hands-on, client-facing role offers ownership of end-to-end delivery in a fast-moving environment, with relocation assistance available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science or a related discipline.
• Databricks Professional certification: Preferred.
• Strong experience in enterprise data architecture, data engineering and advanced data modelling.
• Hands-on expertise in Databricks, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog and Databricks Workflows.
• Production experience with SQL, Python/PySpark and dbt and/or Spark Declarative Pipelines.
• Strong understanding of data governance, security and access-control design.
• Excellent stakeholder-management and business-communication skills.
• Ability to explain architectural decisions and trade-offs in platform-agnostic terms.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable enterprise data models and lakehouse architectures.
• Build production-grade data pipelines using SQL, Python/PySpark and Databricks.
• Implement data governance, security and access controls through Unity Catalog.
• Work directly with business stakeholders to understand and prioritise requirements.
• Establish data-quality, modelling and engineering standards.
• Take ownership of delivery in a fast-moving, autonomous environment.

Skills

Databricks

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Databricks Workflows

SQL

Python/PySpark

dbt

Spark Pipelines

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering/Data Science

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

SailPoint

Okta

Job description

Posted: September 30 2026

Relocation Assistance: Available

We are supporting a hiring of a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer for a long-term, embedded engagement with a leading enterprise client in London, UK.

This hands-on, client-facing role will focus on enterprise data modelling, data architecture and Databricks engineering. You will partner with Finance, HR, Risk and Compliance teams to translate complex business requirements into scalable data solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design scalable enterprise data models and lakehouse architectures
• Build production-grade data pipelines using SQL, Python/PySpark and Databricks
• Implement data governance, security and access controls through Unity Catalog
• Work directly with business stakeholders to understand and prioritise requirements
• Establish data-quality, modelling and engineering standards
• Take ownership of delivery in a fast-moving, autonomous environment

Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science or a related discipline
• Databricks Professional certification: Preferred
• Strong experience in enterprise data architecture, data engineering and advanced data modelling
• Hands-on expertise in Databricks, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog and Databricks Workflows
• Production experience with SQL, Python/PySpark and dbt and/or Spark Declarative Pipelines
• Strong understanding of data governance, security and access-control design
• Excellent stakeholder-management and business-communication skills
• Ability to explain architectural decisions and trade-offs in platform-agnostic terms

Experience with Terraform, Databricks Asset Bundles, GitHub Actions, SailPoint/Okta, BI tools or financial-services data would be advantageous.

Why is This a Great Opportunity:

• Work across the Databricks platform.
• Own the solution end to end.
• Build for global scale.
• Have a voice in technical direction.