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Databricks Data Engineer

Job in Greater London, London, Greater London, W1B, England, UK
Listing for: Coltech
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-08-12
Job specializations:
  • Software Development
    Data Engineering, Azure, SQL Developer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 90000 - 130000 GBP Yearly GBP 90000.00 130000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Location: Greater London

Contract: Inside IR35

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Azure Databricks Data Engineer to design, develop and deliver scalable data solutions within an HR technology environment. You will work across the employee lifecycle, building reliable data pipelines and analytics solutions with a strong focus on automation, testing, security and production quality.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design and develop scalable data pipelines and analytics solutions using Azure Databricks and Azure Data Factory.
  • Build and improve data products supporting HR and employee lifecycle processes.
  • Translate business and technical requirements into production-ready solutions.
  • Develop data lake, data warehouse and data mesh solutions using Azure services.
  • Work with large, complex and multi-format datasets.
  • Apply automated testing, CI/CD and Dev Ops practices throughout the development lifecycle.
  • Build observability into solutions to monitor production health and support incident resolution.
  • Ensure solutions meet security, reliability, compliance and performance standards.
  • Collaborate with engineering, product, HR and other cross-functional teams.
  • Contribute to technical decisions with long-term scalability and sustainability in mind.
Essential Skills and Experience
  • 8-10 years of hands‑on data engineering experience.
  • Strong commercial experience with Azure Databricks and Azure Data Factory.
  • Advanced Spark development using Python or Scala, alongside strong SQL skills.
  • Experience with Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 and Azure SQL or PostgreSQL.
  • Strong understanding of Azure analytics services and Azure identity, including SPN, SAMI and UAMI.
  • Experience designing data lake, data warehouse, data mesh and service-oriented integration solutions.
  • Previous ETL development experience using Informatica, SSIS, Talend or similar.
  • Experience delivering solutions within an Agile SDLC environment.
  • Strong Git, Git Lab or Git Hub experience, including branching, pull requests and CI/CD.
  • Hands-on scripting experience with Linux or Power Shell.
  • Exposure to Docker and automated testing practices.
  • Experience with pipeline orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow, Autosys or Control-M, with Airflow preferred.
  • Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
  • Kafka or other streaming technologies.
  • Terraform, ARM templates, YAML or Puppet.
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