Databricks Lead Engineer: Lakehouse Migration & Governance

Tredence Inc.

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Job summary

Tredence Inc. is seeking an experienced Databricks Lead Engineer / Technical Lead to drive large-scale data platform modernization initiatives.

The role focuses on Databricks Lakehouse architecture, Delta Lake, and Databricks Workflows, with hands-on migration from Azure Synapse and SQL Server to Databricks. You will lead cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and partner with Data Architects and stakeholders to define migration strategies, implement governance with Unity Catalog, and

Qualifications

  • 8+ years data engineering with cloud focus.
  • 4+ years hands-on Databricks development.
  • Experience migrating on-prem data warehouses to Databricks.
  • Strong leadership and client-facing skills.
  • Agile/Scrum delivery experience.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design and delivery of enterprise data solutions on Databricks Lakehouse.
  • Build scalable data pipelines with Delta Lake and Spark.
  • Migrate data warehouses and ETL workloads to Databricks.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define migration strategies.
  • Configure Unity Catalog governance and RBAC.
  • Ensure data governance, security, and compliance.
  • Provide technical leadership to onshore and offshore teams.
  • Act as main technical contact for client stakeholders.
  • Conduct code reviews and performance tuning.
  • Support deployment automation and platform standardization.

Skills

Databricks Workflows
Databricks Lakehouse
Apache Spark
Azure Synapse migrations
SQL Server ETL
Data Warehouses
ETL/ELT Frameworks
Unity Catalog
RBAC
Data Governance
Cloud Data Eng
Technical Leadership
Client Communication
Distributed Teams
DABs
Azure DevOps
CI/CD
Infrastructure as Code

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Azure DevOps
Unity Catalog

Job description

Tredence Inc. is seeking an experienced Databricks Lead Engineer / Technical Lead to drive large-scale data platform modernization initiatives.

The role focuses on Databricks Lakehouse architecture, Delta Lake, and Databricks Workflows, with hands-on migration from Azure Synapse and SQL Server to Databricks. You will lead cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and partner with Data Architects and stakeholders to define migration strategies, implement governance with Unity Catalog, and

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