Lead Databricks Data Platform Engineer

Mitsubishi Chemical America; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Mitsubishi Chemical America, Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead our global Databricks data platform, shaping the enterprise data strategy and mentoring a growing team.

You will design, implement, and optimize scalable data solutions that empower BI, analytics, and AI initiatives across regions. You will collaborate with data scientists, analysts, business partners, and IT to translate requirements into robust lakehouse architectures, ETL/ELT pipelines, and governed data models.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field required.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with SQL and Python.
• 5+ years of experience working with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• At least 5 years of hands-on experience specifically in Databricks development and architecture, including designing, building, optimizing, and supporting production-grade lakehouse solutions.
• Strong experience designing and building enterprise-scale data pipelines and ETL/ELT solutions.
• Solid understanding of data modeling, governance, and security principles.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation and continued enhancement of our global Databricks data platform.
• Define and evolve the Databricks platform architecture, including lakehouse design, data integration patterns, governance, security, performance, reliability, and cost optimization.
• Design, build, and optimize scalable ETL/ELT pipelines for structured and semi-structured data.
• Develop modern data models, data warehouses, and data marts to support enterprise analytics.
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, business partners, and IT teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Improve data quality, governance, security, and platform reliability.
• Optimize data workflows for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Provide technical mentorship to junior and mid-level data engineers while helping establish engineering best practices.

Skills

SQL

Python

Databricks

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/IS

Tools

Databricks

Spark

Kafka

CI/CD

Job description

Mitsubishi Chemical America, Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead our global Databricks data platform, shaping the enterprise data strategy and mentoring a growing team.

You will design, implement, and optimize scalable data solutions that empower BI, analytics, and AI initiatives across regions. You will collaborate with data scientists, analysts, business partners, and IT to translate requirements into robust lakehouse architectures, ETL/ELT pipelines, and governed data models.