Senior Data Engineer Databricks

Cushman & Wakefield; Lisboa; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Cushman & Wakefield is hiring a Senior Data Engineer to advance our Databricks-based lakehouse across EMEA & APAC. You will help build agentic data pipelines and governance, design scalable data models, and own end-to-end data quality.

The role emphasizes AI-enabled workflows, production support, and cross-domain data products in a real estate context. The ideal candidate has 6+ years in data engineering, strong SQL/Python, Databricks expertise, and familiarity with Delta Lake and Unity Catalog.

Formación

• 6+ years of relevant experience in data engineering or similar
• Degree in a quantitative field (CS, data science, math, physics)
• Strong SQL and Python/PySpark proficiency
• Experience with Databricks platform and data lakehouse concepts

Responsabilidades

• Lead the shift to AI-driven data engineering and orchestration
• Steward Databricks-based data framework and improve it incrementally
• Design scalable data models consolidating sources worldwide
• Build ingestion pipelines from diverse data sources
• Own production troubleshooting and root cause analysis of data pipelines
• Report data quality improvements and ship measurable gains

Conocimientos

Databricks

PySpark

SQL

Data Modeling

CI/CD

Azure

Educación

Bachelor's degree in CS/Math or related field

Herramientas

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Descripción del empleo

Job Title Senior Data Engineer Databricks

Job Description Summary Senior Data Engineer | Databricks | Agentic AI | EMEA & APAC

We are the team leading the data transformation of our EMEA and APAC business, and we are hiring a Senior Data Engineer to help build what comes next. Our Databricks-native Lakehouse is established and mature and already supports the business end to end. The work ahead is more ambitious: applying agentic capabilities at genuine enterprise scale, across a breadth of domains, and shaping how we win in the age of AI.

Job Description

We are the team leading the data transformation of our EMEA and APAC business, and we are hiring a Senior Data Engineer to help build what comes next. Our Databricks-native Lakehouse is established and mature and already supports the business end to end. The work ahead is more ambitious: applying agentic capabilities at genuine enterprise scale, across a breadth of domains, and shaping how we win in the age of AI.

What you will work on

• Driving the shift from a code writing team to an AI orchestration team. This means building agentic workflows that handle data engineering tasks and CI/CD, designing semantic models for downstream consumption, and implementing an AI Gateway for governance.
• Stewarding our AI amplified Databricks based framework, maintaining it and improving it incrementally as we learn.
• Designing data models that bring sources from anywhere in the world into a single coherent shape.
• Building data solutions for domains like custom MDM, geocoding, client mastering, and profiling. Real estate context is a plus but not required.
• Designing and implementing stable, automated ingestion pipelines from diverse sources.
• Owning production troubleshooting and root cause analysis. When things go wrong, you diagnose and resolve pipeline failures, performance issues, and data quality problems by working through code, logs, and documentation systematically.
• Reporting on data quality and shipping the improvements that move the numbers.

What we are looking for

Core technical skills

• Systems thinking. You see the bigger picture and build for scale rather than for the ticket in front of you.
• Production troubleshooting and root cause analysis. You diagnose and resolve pipeline failures, performance issues, and data quality problems under pressure, working through code, logs, and documentation systematically rather than guessing.
• Data modeling. You design cross functional data products, establish data contracts, and handle complex business rules.
• Advanced SQL, including window functions, query optimization, and MERGE/UPSERT operations.
• Python and PySpark. You write reusable, parameterized functions and work comfortably with JSON, CSV, and Parquet.
• Platform knowledge Deep experience with Databricks (Declarative Pipelines, DABS, Delta Lake, Spark optimization, job orchestration). Familiarity with the Azure ecosystem. Working understanding of Unity Catalog.

About you

• Around 6 or more years of relevant experience.
• A degree in a quantitatively rigorous field such as computer science, data science, econometrics, mathematics, or physics.
• Driven and curious. You want to work on things that have not been figured out yet.
• Strong written communication. Async updates and clear documentation are part of the job.

Nice to have

• Experience with agentic data engineering, using coding agents in real delivery and building the harness around them: repo conventions, reusable context, tests and guardrails that make agent output trustworthy.
• Geospatial data processing (H3 indexes, spatial SQL, point in polygon at scale).
• Recursive CTEs and complex SQL patterns.
• Infrastructure familiarity (Azure Portal, resource management, CLI).
• Strong Git workflows and code review habits.
• Real estate domain experience.

What we offer

• Autonomy. We set the high level roadmap. You decide how to get there.
• Dedicated learning time and a team that levels each other up. The frontier moves weekly. We give you the time to keep up with it, and you will be surrounded by people doing the same.
• A rare growth path. You will build leading capability in a field where very few organisations in our sector have yet begun, giving you a skill set you could not have assembled elsewhere in this industry.
• A solid technical foundation. The architecture, standards, and best practices are already in place. You build on top, not from scratch.

Cushman & Wakefield is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic. Cushman & Wakefield is committed to equity in employment, and our goal is to have a diverse, inclusive and barrier-free workplace.

If you are a person with a disability and need any other accessible accommodations during the hiring process, you are invited to bring this to the Talent Acquisition Advisor’s attention once they have made contact.

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About Cushman & Wakefield

Cushman & Wakefield Cushman & Wakefield Cushman & Wakefield Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) is a leading global commercial real estate services firm for occupiers and investors with approximately 53,000 employees in over 350 offices and nearly 60 countries. In 2025, the firm reported revenue of $10.3 billion across its core service lines of services, Leasing, Capital markets, and Valuation and other. Built around the belief that Better never settles, the firm receives numerous industry and business accolades for its award-winning culture.

For additional information, visit www.cushmanwakefield.com