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# Senior Data Engineer

- **Company:** SPORTFIVE
- **Location:** Hamburg, Germany
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Azure, Continuous Integration, Data Vault Modeling, DevOps, Distributed Computing Environment, Graph Database, Python (Programming Language), Meta-Data Management, NoSQL, Performance Tuning, Role-Based Access Control, Standard Sql, Search Technologies, SQL Databases, AI Infrastructure, Azure Data Factory, Delivery Pipeline, Data Lakes, Machine Learning Operations, Data Pipelines, Databricks
- **Published:** June 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://de.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=afccc480ddc02557

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Unity?, * 8+ years Azure data/AI engineering with Python/SQL expertise

 * Deep experience: Databricks, Fabric, Lakehouse architectures
 * AI/ML integration (OpenAI, Cognitive Services, RAG, vector search)
 * Data modeling, Delta Lake, performance optimization, financial data
 * Governance tools (Purview, Unity Catalog) + CI/CD/DevOps practices
 * Distributed processing across SQL/NoSQL with strong analytical mindset

DON'T MEET ALL THE CRITERIA? NO WORRIES!
For us, people and potential come first. Your enthusiasm for the role and SPORTFIVE, as well as your willingness to learn and develop, are just as important as your skills. We see potential as the key to success and are committed to helping you grow and acquire new skills on your journey with us.

## Description

* Design/build AI-ready Lakehouse architectures (Databricks, Fabric) and data pipelines for analytics/ML
 * Develop financial data models (Data Vault 2.0) with governance (Purview, Unity Catalog)
 * Architect AI infrastructure: Cognitive Search, RAG, vector DBs, knowledge graphs for agentic AI
 * Optimize Databricks + establish CI/CD/DevOps pipelines (Azure DevOps)
 * Ensure security, lineage, compliance via RBAC and metadata management
 * Collaborate across data, AI, and business teams to deliver a scalable platform


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