Databricks Lead Engineer

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We're looking for someone with strong recent experience delivering modern, production-grade data platforms on Databricks. This is a hands-on technical leadership role, so we're looking for someone who can lead engineering delivery and design solutions, rather than simply work from an existing blueprint. Location: London - 3 days per week on-site Rate: Up to £575 per day Contract: Inside IR35 Duration: 6 months initial contract with potential extension Start: ASAP Key requirements: • 2+ years of recent, hands-on Databricks experience delivering production solutions • Active/current Databricks certification - Data Engineer, Machine Learning or Generative AI • Strong experience designing and implementing Databricks Lakehouse architectures • Hands-on implementation of Medallion Architecture - Bronze, Silver and Gold layers • Experience with Unity Catalog, including governance, access control, lineage and secure data sharing • Strong experience building Declarative Pipelines / DLT, including Expectations, data quality, failure handling and observability • Experience with Databricks-native ingestion approaches such as AutoLoader and/or Lakeflow Connect • Strong PySpark and SQL skills • Delta Lake experience, including MERGE, schema evolution, optimisation and performance tuning • Experience with Databricks Workflows and production pipeline orchestration • Strong understanding of CI/CD, testing, monitoring, alerting, incident triage and operational best practice • Ability to mentor engineers and act as the technical escalation point within the delivery team Nice-to-have experience includes: • Mosaic AI, Vector Search, model serving or RAG pipelines • Lakeflow ingestion connectors • Row-level security, column masking and sensitive data handling through Unity Catalog • Databricks performance optimisation, including Photon, cluster sizing, partitioning and shuffle/skew mitigation • Cost optimisation and understanding of Databricks compute and DBU drivers This is a great opportunity for a technically strong Databricks specialist who wants to take ownership of engineering delivery and help shape a modern enterprise data platform. If you're interested, or know someone who could be a good fit, please get in touch. #Databricks #DataEngineering #DataEngineer #Lakehouse #PySpark #DeltaLake #UnityCatalog #DataJobs #ContractJobs #LondonTech #InsideIR35 Reference: AMC-AQU-DLEN Postcode: EC2V 6AA #adqu Apply Similar Databricks Lead Engineer Jobs Popular with Other Job Seekers Commissioning Engineer JAM Recruitment Ltd London £75 - £79 per hour 3 weeks ago Senior Electrical Engineer Notion4 Limited City of London (EC2A) From £65,000 to £90,000 per annum 4 days ago BMS Commissioning Engineer LJB & Co France £65 per hour + Accommodation + 10/4 Rotation 1 week ago Control Systems Engineer OT SCADA Gazelle Global Consulting Ltd London Unspecified 2 weeks ago Principal Power Electronics Engineer Ampere Recruitment Ltd London From £75,000 to £85,000 per annum 1 month ago Principal Electrical Engineer - Water Sector Stantec London 2 weeks ago Data Centre Mechanical Commissioning Engineer JAM Recruitment Ltd Denmark €80000 - €100000 per annum 1 week ago Senior Electrical Engineer Future Engineering City of London (EC1), EC1 £65000 - £85000 per annum + + Pension + Holidays 2 weeks ago PLC Software Engineer Drebbelogic Limited Republic of Ireland Up to £50 per hour 2 weeks ago Technician Specialist Skilled Thames Water Utilities London 2 days ago Databricks Lead Engineer jobs Databricks Lead Engineer jobs in City Of London Engineering jobs Engineering jobs in City Of London Management jobs Management jobs in City Of London Jobs in City Of London Full Time jobs Weekend jobs Retail jobs Summer jobs NHS jobs Night Shift jobs Apprenticeship jobs Immediate Start jobs Warehouse jobs Cleaning jobs No Experience jobs Remote jobs Admin jobs Administration jobs Apprenticeships jobs Tesco jobs Get hired. 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