Sr. Databricks Data Engineer, Vice President, Hybrid

Who We Are Looking For

The person in this role will have extensive technical, people and process skillsets that enable us to successfully deliver on this initiative. The position requires a strong background in application architecture and development, a very good understanding of leading IT technologies. The person in this role will be hands‑on, will contribute to the development, enhancement and maintenance of platforms as a member of an agile scrum team.

This is an opportunity to work within a very strong development team and help to develop challenging new products in the financial space using cutting edge technology.

As Sr. Databricks Data Engineer you will

• Design, build and test end‑to‑end data pipelines including data ingestion (streaming, events, and batch) on cloud‑based infrastructure using Azure and Cosmos DB
• Develop and implement ETL processes for data ingestion, transformation and loading data into data lakes
• Work extensively on Databricks and data warehousing concepts
• Design & develop custom high‑throughput and configurable frameworks/libraries
• Drive change through collaboration, influence and demonstration of POCs
• Be responsible for all aspects of the software development lifecycle, including design, coding, integration testing, deployment and documentation
• Work collaboratively within an agile project team
• Follow best practices and coding standards
• Grow your personal skillset

These skills will help you succeed in this role

• Experience in micro‑services architecture and understanding of Cloud Computing is highly desirable (Azure preferred)
• Proficient working knowledge on Data Warehousing platforms such as Databricks, Delta Lake and Apache Spark
• Hands‑on development experience in Databricks SQL and Scala
• Strong understanding of the Databricks platform including clusters, jobs and other resources
• Monitor and troubleshoot data pipelines to identify and resolve issues
• Implement data quality checks and validations to ensure data accuracy
• Experience performing data analysis and data exploration
• Strong hands‑on experience troubleshooting Dev Ops pipelines (ADO and Harness)
• Experience working in a multi‑developer environment, using version control (e.g., Git)
• Strong critical thinking, communication, and problem‑solving skills
• Experience handling semi‑structured data (Avro, JSON and XML)
• Basic knowledge of shell scripting, UNIX, TOAD and SQL developer

• Bachelor’s Degree level qualification in a computer or IT related subject
• 10+ years of overall big‑data data pipeline experience
• 5+ years of Databricks hands‑on experience
• 5+ years of experience on cloud‑based development including Azure Services, Azure Dev Ops, Kubernetes and Docker
• Experience on Snowflake is plus

• Communicate effectively in a professional manner both written and orally
• Team player with a positive attitude, enthusiasm, initiative and self‑motivation
• Ability to multi‑task, energetic fast learner & problem solver
• Experience of working in the financial industry
• Experience with agile development methodology

Our technology function, Global Technology Services (GTS), is vital to State Street and is the key enabler for our business to deliver data and insights to our clients. We are driving the company’s digital transformation and expanding business capabilities using industry best practices and advanced technologies such as cloud, artificial intelligence and robotic process automation. We offer a collaborative environment where technology skills and innovation are valued in a global organization.

We’re looking for top technical talent to join our team and deliver creative technology solutions that help us become an end‑to‑end, next‑generation financial services company. Join us if you want to grow your technical skills, solve real problems and make your mark on our industry.

State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation, we’re making our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries,…