Backend Engineer
Tech Lead â Databricks & Data Platform
Warsaw
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About our promises. We can offer:
đ§ Flexible working hours and a hybrid home office model (2-3 times per week in the office) as work-life balance is crucial at Sollers.
đž A chance to be promoted twice a year.
đž A clearly defined career path and salary forecast.
đ± Opportunities for growth with a training budget that you can use for courses, conferences. We also provide access to an online course platform and organize and co-fund language classes.
đ§ An internal coach to guide you through the onboarding and further training and career opportunities and a budget to be used for your lunches together.
đ đŠș A chance to #domore for the planet and the community as part of Sollers Change Makers - our volunteering program.
đ Lots of teambuilding activities, trips, hobby groups and cultural events to create a company powered by teamwork.
đźđŠ Great places to work: comfortable offices in city centers with chill zones (foosball tables, PS5, etc.) and team lunches on regular basis.
đ§ đ€žđ Probably all the benefits you can think of.
About the role. You will:
- Lead the technical delivery of enterprise-scale data platform initiatives for a major international client.
- Act as a key technical sparring partner for both business stakeholders and IT teams.
- Take full technical ownership of end-to-end ETL/ELT pipelines using the Medallion Architecture.
- Design and optimize advanced Databricks environments, taking responsibility for the overall platform architecture, cost-to-performance ratio, and data governance strategies.
- Drive the DataOps and CI/CD strategy to ensure automated and scalable data delivery.
- Mentor and guide a team of data engineers in Poland, ensuring top-tier code quality through peer reviews and advanced engineering standards.
About the skills and tools. You will use:
- Advanced pySpark for distributed processing extending far beyond basic data manipulation (deep understanding of Spark internals), including Structured Streaming.
- Databricks platform as your core ecosystem, leveraging Asset Bundles (DABs), Databricks Workflows, Lakeflow Pipelines.
- Advanced data governance, utilizing Unity Catalog for end-to-end lineage and fine-grained security.
- Various performance tuning strategies â e.g. Liquid Clustering, partitioning, skew handling, broadcast, compute optimization.
- Azure ecosystem services supporting the data platform, primarily ADLS Gen2, Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure SQL, Key Vault, Azure Functions, and Azure Entra ID.
- Data architectures, focusing on Data Lakehouse and Medallion patterns.
- Core programming and query languages: Python and SQL.
About the requirements. You need:
- At least 5 years of commercial experience in data engineering or similar data-focused roles.
- A minimum of 2 years of experience in a Tech Lead or similar technical leadership position.
- Proven mastery of the Databricks platform and a deep understanding of Spark internals and performance tuning.
- Strong command of English (C1 level) for daily, direct collaboration with international stakeholders.
- A solid understanding of software engineering principles, including data structures, algorithms, and design paradigms.
About the wishes. Nice to haves:
- Previous experience in IT consulting or direct client-facing advisory roles.
- Domain knowledge within the insurance or financial sectors.
- Practical experience in data modeling and logical or physical design.
- Professional certifications such as Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional or Azure Data Engineer Associate.
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