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# Senior Databricks Platform Engineer

- **Company:** BC Forward
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $124,800.0 - $135,200.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Continuous Integration, Data Governance, Data Systems, Python (Programming Language), Power BI, Integration Frameworks, Data Management, Api Design, Terraform, Data Pipelines, Databricks
- **Published:** September 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jofdav.com/jobs/59736270-senior-databricks-platform-engineer

## About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Databricks Platform Engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Databricks platform engineering, data pipeline development, CI/CD, IaC, and data governance and a proven ability to deliver reliable data platforms, accelerate research-to-production workflows, and improve data quality and observability., * 8+ years of platform and data solutions experience.

 * Hands-on Databricks experience across workspace, notebooks, and jobs, with a focus on platform capabilities.
 * Proficiency in Python.
 * Proficiency in SQL.
 * Modern CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code, with Terraform strongly preferred.
 * Data governance and observability, including Unity Catalog, lineage, and monitoring.
 * Orchestration with Airflow.
 * AI fluency, including use of AI agents (Claude Code preferred) to design, build, test, and support solutions.

Preferred Skills:

 * Financial domain experience, especially quantitative research.
 * API development.
 * PowerBI.

## Description

* Design, build, and enhance platform capabilities within Databricks and related technologies.
 * Build reusable data products and self-service capabilities.
 * Design and maintain data pipelines and integration frameworks.
 * Improve data quality, reliability, lineage, and monitoring.
 * Accelerate research-to-production delivery by prototyping with researchers, establishing production patterns, and reducing friction between research and engineering workflows.


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