Databricks Data Platform Engineer

Job Role:-Databricks Data Platform Engineer

Job Location:-Abu Dhabi, UAE

Experience:-5+ Years

Design and build scalable, high-performance, and governed data pipelines on Azure Databricks to support analytics, reporting, and enterprise data intelligence initiatives.

• Develop batch pipelines using Delta Lake with proper table design, partitioning, optimization, and lifecycle management
• Implement incremental ingestion using Autoloader with schema evolution and checkpointing
• Build Structured Streaming pipelines with watermarking, state management, and late data handling
• Develop declarative pipelines using Lakeflow standards
• Ensure pipelines support idempotency, replayability, and safe backfills
• Optimize Spark workloads (AQE, skew handling, shuffle tuning, join optimization)
• Build curated, analytics-ready datasets for SQL analytics and downstream consumption
• Develop DBSQL views aligned with enterprise semantic standards
• Implement CI/CD deployments using Repos and asset-based packaging
• Add monitoring, logging, and operational observability to pipelines

• Ensure compliance with Unity Catalog access controls and governance policies
• Embed data quality validations as per governance standards
• Support migration of legacy data workloads to Databricks including validation and performance tuning
• Collaborate with DataOps for deployment readiness and production stability

• Strong hands-on experience with Azure Databricks, Spark, and PySpark
• Deep knowledge of Delta Lake, Autoloader, and Structured Streaming
• Experience with Lakeflow pipelines and DBSQL development
• Expertise in Spark performance tuning and optimization techniques
• Understanding of data governance, access control, and data quality frameworks
• CI/CD and DevOps experience in data platform environments
• Experience supporting production-grade data platforms