IT & Software

Senior Azure Data Engineer (Databricks)

Capco

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you design, build and deploy scalable data pipelines on Azure Databricks to support client data needs and business transformation. You’ll work with cross-functional teams in a world-class consulting environment to deliver secure, lakehouse-based solutions and promote best practices. You will help shape data engineering capabilities, from ingestion to serving, in a fast-paced, collaborative setting that serves Tier 1 financial institutions. This is an opportunity to impact transformation initiatives through hands-on engineering and continuous learning.

Pay / Benefits
  • Discretionary bonus
  • competitive pension
  • health insurance
  • life insurance and critical illness cover
  • Mental Health support
  • flexible leave policies including maternity and shared parental leave
Responsibilities
  • Design and develop robust pipelines using DeltaLake, Spark Structured Streaming, and Unity Catalog
  • Build real-time event-driven solutions with Kafka and Azure Event Hubs
  • Apply DevOps principles to develop CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions
  • Collaborate with clients and stakeholders to translate data needs into strategic technical solutions
  • Champion clean code, data lifecycle optimisation, and software engineering best practices
Key requirements
  • Proven hands-on experience with Databricks platform and orchestration
  • Strong skills in Python, PySpark, and SQL, with knowledge of distributed data systems
  • Expertise in developing full lifecycle data pipelines across ingestion, transformation, and serving layers
  • Experience with data lakehouse architecture, schema design, and GDPR-compliant solutions
  • Working knowledge of DevOps tools and CI/CD processes
  • Collaborative mindset
  • Innovative and proactive problem-solver
  • Client-facing communication
  • Databricks platform and orchestration
  • Python, PySpark, SQL
  • DeltaLake, Spark Structured Streaming, Unity Catalog

Reference: WJ-747_30166379

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