Principal Data Engineer - Databricks/Azure Lead (Hybrid)

cw; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to lead complex data initiatives and shape enterprise-scale architectures on Databricks and the Azure cloud. This senior role blends deep technical execution with strategic influence and mentoring across teams.

Reporting to the Global Head of Data Architecture & Engineering, you will embed with projects to accelerate delivery, implement standards, and promote engineering excellence.

Responsibilities

• Engineering delivery: Take on the most technically demanding data engineering work - high-scale pipelines, performance‑critical workloads, workload optimization, and platform‑level capabilities on Databricks and Azure - where deep expertise is essential to success.
• Engineering excellence: Write, review, and refactor production code that exemplifies the team's standards for performance, reliability, security, observability, and cost efficiency.
• Standards and principles: Help define and continuously evolve the engineering and architectural principles, patterns, and reference implementations used across the Data Organization.
• Continuous learning: Maintain near‑expert depth in Databricks and Azure data services and proactively build expertise in adjacent and emerging technologies on our roadmap.

Job description

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to lead complex data initiatives and shape enterprise-scale architectures on Databricks and the Azure cloud. This senior role blends deep technical execution with strategic influence and mentoring across teams.

Reporting to the Global Head of Data Architecture & Engineering, you will embed with projects to accelerate delivery, implement standards, and promote engineering excellence.