Sr. AI & Data Engineer - Databricks

We are:

The Advanced Technology Centers (ATCs) are the engine for reinvention in our clients' transformation journey. Powered by more than 255,000 people across 24 countries, ATCs provide our clients with seamless access to industry insights and innovative technology solutions.

Stronger together!

The Advanced Technology Centers (ATCs) make a tremendous impact in solving our clients' business problems by leveraging innovation, intelligence, industry insights, new IT, and new technology skills. With the global environment changing at a faster pace, our clients are facing unprecedented challenges, and they need us more than ever before. As a Network, ATCs are positioned to unlock greater opportunities and exponential value for our clients.

The value for our clients and our people:

For our clients, the Network provides the strength of our geographic diversity, greater resilience, and seamless access to the deepest industry knowledge, the latest in Gen AI solutions, and tech expertise from around the world.

For our people, it brings an opportunity to shape truly boundaryless career paths in a highly collaborative team of experts where they can learn from each other and solve the world's most complex client challenges.

You are:

An experienced, hands-on Data & AI Engineer with deep hands-on expertise in Databricks and Azure data services to design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines. You design and implement autonomous agents using Databricks Mosaic AI Agent Framework and frameworks like Lang Chain or Auto Gen. You'll work closely with analytics, data science, and cloud teams to ensure reliable, high-performance data delivery for the clients we serve.

The Work:

There will never be a typical day and that's why people love it here. The opportunities to make a difference within exciting client initiatives are unlimited in the ever-changing technology landscape. You will be part of a highly collaborative and growing network of technology and data experts, who are taking on today's biggest, most complex business challenges using the latest data and analytics technologies.

We will nurture your talent in an inclusive culture that values diversity. You will have an opportunity to work in a variety of roles covering all aspects of Data Engineering including Data Modelling, Data Integration, Data Analytics, Pipeline Development, Agentic AI, RAG, Cloud and Infrastructure integration, Data Quality, Observability & Governance.

Key Responsibilities:

- Architect, develop, and maintain scalable, low-latency data pipelines to ingest and transform diverse datasets leveraging Azure Databricks workflows and Spark technologies.

- Design and optimize Lakehouse architecture using Delta Lake tables following Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers to ensure efficient, reliable, and governed data storage.

- Partner closely with data scientists and business analysts to deliver clean, validated, and well-modeled datasets that support advanced analytics and AI initiatives.

- Design and implement autonomous agents using Databricks Mosaic AI Agent Framework and frameworks like Lang Chain or Auto Gen.

- Build and optimize vector search indexes using Databricks Vector Search for accurate context retrieval.

- Process large-scale distributed datasets on the Databricks Intelligence Platform with Apache Spark.

- Design and implement data models that meet business requirements and enhance data usability.

- Continuously evaluate and improve data architecture processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

- Design AI agents with retrieval, orchestration, tool invocation, evaluation harnesses, and lifecycle observability.

- Continuously monitor pipeline health and performance; implement automated alerting and observability frameworks to facilitate rapid troubleshooting and proactive optimization.

This is a hybrid role and will require three days per week in the office. Hiring locations:
Dallas, TX;
Houston, TX;
Columbus, OH; or Tampa, FL.

What you need

- A minimum of three years of professional experience as a Data & AI Engineer or in a related role.

- A minimum of three years of experience working with Microsoft Azure cloud data services.

- A minimum of two years experience with Databricks (PySpark, SQL, Delta Lake, workflows).

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)

Preferred:

- Advanced Python (PySpark) and SQL for data transformation and pipeline development.

- Experience with Azure…