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# Databricks Data Engineer

- **Company:** IT America
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Business Analytics Applications, Microsoft Azure, Data Validation, Data Governance, Data Integration, Data Mart, Data Vault Modeling, Data Warehousing, Software Design Patterns, Digital Assets, Apache Hive, Python (Programming Language), Microsoft SQL Server, Performance Tuning, Query Optimization, Standard Sql, Search Technologies, SQL Databases, SQL Server Integration Services, Data Streaming, Enterprise Data Management, Data Ingestion, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Large Language Models, Apache Spark, Generative AI, Git, Data Lakes, Pyspark, Restful APIs, Terraform, Data Pipelines, Jenkins, Databricks
- **Published:** November 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/95f0571b-0536-4ee6-8b5a-3d68ec1065ee/databricks-data-engineer

## About the Role

Key Skills: Looking for a Senior Databricks Data Engineer with SQL Server + SSIS + DW modernization experience, and ideally GenAI/LLM/Agent experience

## Description

* 12yrs of Data Engineer and IT exp is mandatory
 * Design and implement enterprise scale solutions on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform.
 * Architect end to end data pipelines for batch and real time processing using Apache Spark and PySpark.
 * Develop scalable data ingestion, transformation, and data quality frameworks.
 * Design and implement Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold) using Delta Lake.
 * Build and optimize data warehouses, data marts, and analytical solutions.
 * Implement data governance, security, lineage, and access controls using Unity Catalog.
 * Develop and support AI/BI dashboards, semantic models, and self-service analytics solutions.
 * Configure and optimize Genie Spaces to enable natural language business queries and conversational analytics.
 * Design and deploy Generative AI and RAG based solutions using Databricks Mosaic AI and Vector Search.
 * Collaborate with business users to translate requirements into scalable data and AI solutions.
 * Optimize Databricks workloads for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
 * Lead cloud native implementations across Azure environments.
 * Define architecture standards, best practices, and reusable design patterns.
 * Mentor data engineers, analysts, and architects on Databricks technologies and platform adoption.
 * Lead migration initiatives from legacy data warehouses and analytics platforms to Databricks.
 * Build and maintain Genie Spaces for business self-service analytics.
 * Create semantic models, metrics, and trusted data assets for AI driven reporting.
 * Develop natural language to SQL analytics solutions using Databricks Genie.
 * Implement RAG solutions using enterprise data and Vector Search.
 * Optimize AI/BI dashboards and conversational analytics experiences.
 * Troubleshoot Spark performance, query optimization, and workload management.
 * Automate data validation, monitoring, and governance controls.
 * Support AI use cases using Mosaic AI model serving and inference endpoints.

Technical Skills:

 * Databricks Lakehouse Platform
 * Apache Spark, PySpark, Spark SQL
 * Python, SQL
 * Delta Lake, Delta Live Tables, Lakeflow
 * Unity Catalog
 * Databricks AI/BI and Genie
 * Mosaic AI, Vector Search, RAG
 * Data Modeling (Dimensional & Data Vault)
 * Structured Streaming
 * Data Quality and Data Governance
 * Azure
 * Terraform, Git, Azure DevOps, Jenkins
 * REST APIs and Data Integration
 * Performance Tuning and Cost Optimization