Azure Databricks Engineer

Job Role: Azure Databricks Lead

Location: Jersey City, NJ (Hybrid - 3 Days per Week)

Job Type: Full-Time Permanent role

Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced Azure Databricks Engineer with strong expertise in cloud-based data engineering, ETL development, and distributed data processing. The ideal candidate should have solid hands-on experience with PySpark, Delta Lake, Azure Data Factory, and building scalable data pipelines on Azure.

The engineer will work closely with business, Data Architects, and cross-functional teams to design, develop, and optimize data pipelines for enterprise-grade analytics and reporting.

Key Responsibilities

Data Engineering and Pipeline Development

• Design, develop, and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines using Azure Databricks and PySpark.
• Build scalable data ingestion workflows from various structured and unstructured sources.
• Implement transformation logic, data cleansing, enrichment, and validation frameworks.
• Work with Delta Lake to build medallion architecture: Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers.
• Develop reusable Databricks notebooks and jobs for production data workflows.

Azure Cloud Integration

• Build and orchestrate pipelines using Azure Data Factory (ADF).
• Integrate Databricks with other Azure services such as ADLS, Azure SQL, Event Hub, Key Vault, and Synapse.
• Optimize compute environments, clusters, pools, and autoscaling.
• Implement DevOps processes using Git, CI/CD, and Azure DevOps.

Performance, Quality, and Governance

• Optimize PySpark jobs for performance and cost efficiency.
• Implement best practices for data governance, security, and access control.
• Troubleshoot production issues and perform root-cause analysis.
• Conduct code reviews, ensuring coding standards and data quality.

Collaboration and Documentation

• Work with Data Architects to define architecture and design patterns.
• Prepare technical documents, solution diagrams, and runbooks.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.

Mandatory Skills

• Azure Databricks notebooks, jobs, workflows, and Delta Lake.
• PySpark dataframes, Spark SQL optimization, and debugging.
• Azure Data Factory (ADF), triggers, pipelines, and integration runtime.
• Data Lake Storage (ADLS Gen2), folder structures, partitioning, and security.
• CI/CD, Git branching strategies, and Azure DevOps pipelines.
• SQL, with strong proficiency in writing optimized queries.

Good-to-Have Skills

• Azure Synapse Analytics.
• Azure Event Hub and Kafka.
• Azure Functions.
• Databricks REST APIs.
• Streaming pipelines and Structured Streaming.
• Experience with data modeling.
• Knowledge of Lakehouse architecture.

Behavioral and Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and in cross-functional teams.
• Good communication skills for stakeholder interaction.
• Comfortable working in Agile/Scrum models.