Databricks Engineer - Remote & Hybrid Data Platform Expert

AXIS (AXIS Capital); Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 78,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work-from-home options

Three days in-office per week

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

AXIS Capital is seeking an experienced Databricks Engineer to join the Data & Analytics organization. You will design, build, and operate data integration and analytics solutions, translating architectural designs into production-ready implementations.

You will strengthen delivery capacity, improve platform reliability, and ensure best practices across squads, with guidance from senior architectural leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a numerate discipline.
• At least 5 years of experience in data engineering roles.
• At least 3 years of hands-on Databricks and Delta Lake experience.
• Strong Azure data platform expertise (Databricks, ADF, Synapse, Event Hubs, Functions, ADLS Gen2, Key Vault, DevOps).
• Proficiency in Spark, PySpark, and SQL.
• Experience implementing Medallion / Lakehouse architectures.
• Familiarity with data governance, Unity Catalog, and DQ frameworks.
• Understanding of security, compliance, CI/CD, and IaC (Bicep/Terraform).
• MLOps and AI platform knowledge: MLflow, feature stores, model lifecycle and deployment patterns.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Data Integration & Ingestion: Design and implement data integration solutions in collaboration with the Solution Engineer and data architects.
• Data Modeling & Consumption: Contribute to data modeling standards and implement analytics-ready models and semantic layers for BI/ML.
• Governance, Security & Compliance: Implement data cataloging, lineage, and data quality controls; apply RBAC/ABAC, encryption, auditability controls.
• Performance & Operational Excellence: Optimize Databricks performance, cost, and storage; monitor pipelines and workloads.
• Platform Evolution & Collaboration: Support platform modernization, POCs, migrations; participate in design reviews; collaborate with offshore teams.

Skills

Databricks

Delta Lake

Azure data platform

Spark

PySpark

SQL

MLOps

Security

CI/CD

IaC

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Databricks

ADF

Synapse

Terraform

ARM templates / Bicep

Job description

AXIS Capital is seeking an experienced Databricks Engineer to join the Data & Analytics organization. You will design, build, and operate data integration and analytics solutions, translating architectural designs into production-ready implementations.

You will strengthen delivery capacity, improve platform reliability, and ensure best practices across squads, with guidance from senior architectural leadership.