Databricks Data Engineer
Job Description
Databricks Data Engineer role on Deloitte's Core AI & Data team, onsite in Charlotte, NC, focused on designing, building, and optimizing cloud-based data solutions with Databricks, Spark, Python, and SQL to enable large-scale transformation and analytics.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain data pipelines and data engineering solutions leveraging Databricks, Apache Spark, Python, and SQL.
- Contribute to modernizing enterprise data platforms by implementing cloud-based ingestion, transformation, and storage patterns.
- Develop and manage batch and streaming data workflows that support reporting, analytics, and AI use cases.
- Apply data architecture, integration, and modeling practices to improve data quality, scalability, and platform performance.
- Collaborate with client teams and Deloitte stakeholders to troubleshoot issues, implement enhancements, and support delivery of large-scale data transformation programs.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, Mathematics, or Statistics.
- 3+ years of experience in data engineering, ETL development, or data platform engineering.
- 2+ years building data pipelines in Databricks using Apache Spark, Python, and SQL.
- Experience implementing data models, data integration patterns, and cloud-based data processing workflows.
- Experience with at least one cloud platform: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Ability to travel approximately 50% on average depending on client engagements.
- Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.
- Experience with Delta Lake, Databricks Workflows, and Unity Catalog.
- Experience using Git-based version control and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience supporting batch and streaming data workloads.
- Experience with data warehousing, lakehouse architecture, and performance optimization.
- Experience supporting analytics or machine learning data pipelines.
- Experience working in consulting or client service delivery environments.
Technologies
- Databricks
- Apache Spark
- Python
- SQL
- Delta Lake
- Databricks Workflows
- Unity Catalog
- Git
- AWS
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Team
Deloitte's Core AI & Data practice helps organizations modernize data platforms, strengthen enterprise data foundations, and scale analytics and artificial intelligence capabilities across the business. The team collaborates to architect, engineer, and deploy cloud-based data solutions that support informed decision-making and large-scale transformation.
Wage Range
Salary range: USD 86,700 - 170,900 per year. The disclosed range reflects multiple factors including skill sets, experience, training, licensure, certifications, and other business needs, and has not been adjusted for geographic differences.
Accommodation Information
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