Senior Databricks Platform Engineer – AI/ML Automation Hybrid

Confiar Services; Edina (MN); Hybrid; USD 74,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Confiar Services is seeking a Senior Databricks Engineer (Admin) to design, build, and enhance an enterprise Databricks platform that supports analytics, data products, machine learning, and AI initiatives across the organization.

You will collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Data Engineering, Product Management, Cloud Engineering, and Data Science teams to develop reusable templates, automation, and self-service capabilities that drive platform adoption and developer productivity while

Qualifications

• 5 or more years of relevant experience required.
• 2 or more years of hands-on experience with the Databricks platform required.
• Experience with Azure cloud services and cloud-native architectures preferred.
• Experience developing automation solutions and reusable engineering components.
• Strong knowledge of Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Apache Spark, and lakehouse architecture concepts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance enterprise Databricks platform capabilities that support analytics, data products, machine learning, and AI workloads.
• Implement platform architectures, engineering standards, and reusable design patterns aligned with enterprise technology strategies.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code solutions, CI/CD pipelines, and platform automation to improve consistency and operational efficiency.
• Create reusable templates, accelerators, and deployment patterns that enable self-service platform adoption and solution delivery.
• Optimize platform scalability, performance, reliability, and cost efficiency across cloud environments.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Cloud Engineering, Data Engineering, Product Management, and Data Science teams to operationalize platform capabilities.
• Support platform services including MLflow, Model Registry, Feature Store, Vector Search, and related Databricks capabilities.
• Evaluate emerging Databricks features and cloud technologies through technical assessments and proof-of-concepts.
• Recommend platform enhancements, automation opportunities, and engineering best practices that improve developer experience and platform maturity.
• Contribute to the evolution of enterprise platform standards, reference architectures, and strategic roadmap initiatives.

Skills

Databricks

AI/MLOps

Plumini

Azure Devops

Python

Apache Spark

Education

Relevant degree preferred

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Confiar Services is seeking a Senior Databricks Engineer (Admin) to design, build, and enhance an enterprise Databricks platform that supports analytics, data products, machine learning, and AI initiatives across the organization.

You will collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Data Engineering, Product Management, Cloud Engineering, and Data Science teams to develop reusable templates, automation, and self-service capabilities that drive platform adoption and developer productivity while