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# Lead Data Engineer- Databricks

- **Company:** Marktplaats BV
- **Location:** Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Data Validation, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Database Applications, Python (Programming Language), Simple Data Format, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Parquet, Apache Spark, Containerization, Data Lakes, Pyspark, Kubernetes, Data Management, Machine Learning Operations, Terraform, Docker, Databricks
- **Published:** July 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.nl/details/5726347291

## About the Role

For this position the ideal candidate has 10+ years of hands-on experience in Software Development/Data Engineering. Prior experience building and operating data platforms is a plus.

 * Experience with Databricks (Lakehouse, ML/MosaicAI, Unity Catalog, MLflow, Mosaic AI, model serving etc).
 * Proven experience on building cloud native data intensive applications (both real time and batch based). AWS experience is preferred.
 * Strong background in Data Engineering to support other Data Engineers, Back Enders and Data Scientists in building data products and services.
 * Hands-on experience of building and maintaining Spark applications. Python and PySpark(Scala Spark is a plus)
 * Experienced in AWS Cloud usage and data management (automation, data governance, cost optimisation, delivering reliable & scalable data solutions)
 * Ensure data quality, schema governance and monitoring across pipelines.
 * Experience with orchestrators such as Airflow, Databricks workflows.
 * Solid experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
 * Fundamental understanding of various Parquet, Delta Lake and other OTFs file formats.
 * Proficiency on an IaC tool such as Terraform or Terragrunt.
 * Data validation/analysis skills & proficiency in SQL is considered as a foundational skill.
 * Collaborate in a small, fast moving team with high levels of autonomy and impact.
 * Strong written and verbal English communication skill and proficient in communicating with non-technical stakeholders.



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