Senior Databricks Data Engineer — Platform & AI Enablement

Georgia Pacific Corp.; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Senior Databricks Data Engineer to join our Data Platform team in Atlanta, Georgia. You will build and enhance the Databricks platform, create scalable data pipelines, and establish reusable engineering patterns aligned with governance and data-quality standards.

The role is hybrid with three in-office days per week at GP HQ on Peachtree St, Atlanta, GA. You will collaborate with Data Governance and other platform teams to deliver governed data assets for enterprise

Qualifications

• Experience designing and maintaining production Databricks pipelines (Delta Lake, Spark).
• Proficient in Python for data engineering tasks and ETL pipelines.
• Hands-on with infrastructure as code (Terraform) and Git workflows.
• Knowledge of data governance with Unity Catalog is a plus.
• Experience with data governance, security, and data quality practices.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, deploy, and support Databricks pipelines including Delta Lake, Lakeflow, Databricks Jobs, Auto Loader, and Unity Catalog resources; automate CI/CD.
• Develop reliable, governed data platforms and pipelines that improve data accuracy, accessibility, consistency, and trust.
• Create automated tools, reusable templates, and self-service patterns to accelerate data development and ingestion.
• Monitor platform performance, resolve incidents, manage migrations and upgrades, and optimize costs.
• Collaborate with product owners, operations, architects, and delivery teams to prioritize and expand adoption.
• Integrate pipelines with governance, metadata, lineage, certification, ownership, and data-quality capabilities.
• Develop governed data assets for AI use cases, including semantic models and APIs.
• Implement validation rules and remediation for critical data assets.

Skills

Databricks

Delta Lake

Apache Spark

Python

Terraform

Git

CI/CD

Unity Catalog

Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines

Automation

Tools

Terraform

Git

CI/CD Pipelines

Unity Catalog

Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines

Job description

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Senior Databricks Data Engineer to join our Data Platform team in Atlanta, Georgia. You will build and enhance the Databricks platform, create scalable data pipelines, and establish reusable engineering patterns aligned with governance and data-quality standards.

The role is hybrid with three in-office days per week at GP HQ on Peachtree St, Atlanta, GA. You will collaborate with Data Governance and other platform teams to deliver governed data assets for enterprise