Databricks Software Architect

Luxoft Germany; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

DXC-Luxoft is seeking an experienced automotive software engineer to lead Databricks-based data platforms for next-generation vehicle programs. You will architect end-to-end Azure Databricks solutions, including ingestion, governance, transformation, and delivery of data products for BI dashboards and AI workflows.

You will work with a multinational team, define standards, and provide cost guidance while communicating with stakeholders and customers.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• Deep hands-on knowledge of the Azure Databricks platform and Lakehouse architectures.
• Experience designing and implementing medallion architecture as an enterprise standard.
• Proficiency in Databricks SQL and Python with strong documentation habits.
• Ability to compare Databricks with alternative solutions and justify choices.
• Experience setting up a Databricks environment in Azure and documenting it clearly.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving for customer needs.
• Experience delivering AI/ML or LLM-based solutions on Azure Databricks.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture guidance and technical leadership across customer projects.
• Develop and implement Databricks-based solutions addressing project needs.
• Own end-to-end Databricks solution architecture including ingestion, governance, and reporting.
• Establish engineering standards: medallion architecture, CI/CD, IaC, testing and observability.
• Document architecture with ADRs and run design/code reviews.
• Collaborate with data science/AI teams on AI-powered workflows and agents.

Skills

Azure Databricks

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Lakeflow

Auto Loader

SQL Warehouses

Databricks SQL

Python

LLM-based solutions

AI/BI Dashboards

Medallion architecture

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Data quality

Observability

ADR documentation

Agent-based integrations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Databricks Apps

Genie One

Lakebase

Agents

Job description

Project description

DXC-Luxoft is an industry-leading software integrator and solution house for automotive OEMs and suppliers. There are millions of cars on the road today with solutions designed by DXC-Luxoft. DXC-Luxoft is currently supporting several German OEMs in building their next-generation battery-electric vehicle platforms. We help industrializing, integrating and testing the platform and functional software, especially during critical integration phases approaching start-of-production. For expanding our business offering in the European market, we seek to establish experienced automotive engineers. DXC-Luxoft is happy to receive applications from self-motivated and self-disciplined applicants who communicate well, like to work in teams, and are highly motivated to bring value to our automotive customers.

For the successful candidate, we offer the opportunity to enhance and develop your career with the following benefits:

• Join a highly competent and motivated international team
• Apply your talent to creating the mobility solutions of the future
• Gain hands-on experience working with well-recognized customers
• Personal growth and promotion options
• Make an impact on the overall growth of DXC-Luxoft
• Our interesting project connected with cutting-edge automotive technologies.

Responsibilities

• - Lead data driven initiatives across customer projects by providing architecture guidance and technical leadership.- Develop a deep understanding of customer environment, develop and implement solutions on Databricks platform to address existing project's needs.- Own the end-to-end Databricks solution architecture across integration, ingestion, transformation, governance, serving, reporting and operations.- Establish engineering standards: medallion architecture, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Databricks Asset Bundles, testing, data quality and observability.- Document architecture through ADRs, design guidelines and run design and code reviews.- Partner with Data science/AI team on AI-powered solutions, LLM-based tooling and agentic workflows.- Optimize performance and costs, give customer transparent cost guidance.- Support pre-sales activities by creating solution concepts, architecture proposals, estimates and technical presentations.- Collaborate with stakeholders, product owners and engineering teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

SKILLS

Must have

• - 7+ years of professional software development experience- Deep hands-on knowledge of the Azure Databricks platform: Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Lakeflow (Connect, Declarative Pipelines, Jobs), Auto Loader, SQL Warehouses and serverless compute.- Proven experience designing and implementing Lakehouse / medallion architecture as an enterprise standard.- Knowledge of Databricks Apps, AI/BI Dashboards, Genie One, Lakebase and Agents.- Proficiency in Databricks SQL, Python.- Ability to explain pros and cons of Databricks compared with other solutions.- Experience in setting up a Databricks environment in Azure and producing decent documentation.- Eager to learn, good communication and collaboration skills- Strong focus on business needs and willingness to understand and to solve Customer problems- Experience designing and delivering AI/ML or LLM-based solutions on Azure Databricks.- Experience with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and agent-based integrations.

Nice to have

• Experience in Automotive engineering
• Ability to write clean, maintainable and testable code
• Databricks certification.