Databricks Data Engineer
Job Description
Join Deloitte's Core AI & Data practice in Seattle, onsite, and help clients modernize data platforms, unlock scalable analytics, and drive AI-enabled decision making. This role centers on building cloud-based data solutions with Databricks and Spark, collaborating with business and technology teams to enable large‑scale data transformation across client engagements. The position carries a competitive salary range of USD 86,700 to 170,900 per year.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain data pipelines and engineering solutions using Databricks, Apache Spark, Python, and SQL
- Support modernization of enterprise data platforms by implementing cloud-based ingestion, transformation, and storage patterns
- Develop and maintain 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 and Deloitte teams 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 50% on average based on client needs and engagements
- Limited immigration sponsorship may be available
Technologies
- Databricks, Apache Spark, Python, SQL
- Delta Lake, Databricks Workflows, Unity Catalog
- Git, CI/CD pipelines
- AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
The Team
Deloitte's Core AI & Data practice partners with organizations to modernize data platforms, strengthen foundational data capabilities, and scale analytics and AI across the business. The team designs, engineers, and deploys cloud-based data solutions that support better decision‑making, foster innovation, and enable large‑scale transformations. Practitioners collaborate across business and technology lines to tackle challenges in data modernization, governance, platform engineering, and insight delivery.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with Delta Lake, Databricks Workflows, and Unity Catalog
- Proficiency with Git-based version control and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience supporting batch and streaming data workloads
- Knowledge of data warehousing, lakehouse architectures, and performance optimization
- Background supporting analytics or machine learning data pipelines
- Experience working in consulting or client service delivery environments
Accommodation information
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