Senior Databricks Data Architect — Lakehouse Builder

Motion Recruitment; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Vacation Time

Bonus eligible

Job summary

Motion Recruitment seeks a Senior Databricks Data Engineer to design, build, and optimize enterprise-scale data solutions using Databricks, Azure, PySpark, Delta Lake, SQL, and modern cloud technologies. This full-time role focuses on delivering scalable data products and shaping the data architecture.

You will drive architecture decisions, influence engineering standards, and help build a Lakehouse platform from the ground up alongside talented engineers who value innovation and continuous

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, or Data Platform development.
• 3+ years of hands-on Databricks experience in a production environment.
• Strong expertise with PySpark and Apache Spark.
• Advanced SQL development and query optimization skills.
• Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines at enterprise scale.
• Experience working within Azure, AWS, or GCP cloud environments.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to partner with technical and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Tech breakdown: 50% Databricks / PySpark / Spark; 25% Azure Data Platform Services; 25% SQL & Data Modeling.
• Daily responsibilities: 70% Hands On; 30% Team Collaboration.

Skills

Databricks

PySpark

Spark

SQL

ETL/ELT

Cloud environments

Communication

Tools

Airflow

Terraform

ARM templates

Databricks Workflows

Job description

Motion Recruitment seeks a Senior Databricks Data Engineer to design, build, and optimize enterprise-scale data solutions using Databricks, Azure, PySpark, Delta Lake, SQL, and modern cloud technologies. This full-time role focuses on delivering scalable data products and shaping the data architecture.

You will drive architecture decisions, influence engineering standards, and help build a Lakehouse platform from the ground up alongside talented engineers who value innovation and continuous