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ShyftLabs

Lead Data Engineer – Databricks

ShyftLabs

. Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Databricks, PySpark, and SQL .

Posted 9/22/2026full-timeCoimbatore • IndiaSeniorWebsite

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Demonstrates strong expertise in designing and optimizing ETL/ELT pipelines using Databricks, PySpark, and SQL, while ensuring data quality and performance. Capable of leading technical decisions and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable data solutions.

Highest-signal resume keywords
PythonPySparkAdvanced SQLDatabricks Lakehouse PlatformETL/ELT Development

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Hard Skills
Data ModelingDimensional Data ModelsData TransformationBatch ProcessingIncremental LoadingData WarehousingSpark Performance TuningQuery OptimizationData Quality ValidationREST API Integration
Soft Skills
CollaborationTechnical Leadership
Tools & Technologies
DatabricksUnity CatalogDelta LakeDatabricks WorkflowsGitCI/CD
Certifications & Qualifications
Databricks Certification
Industry Keywords
Medallion ArchitectureStar SchemaSnowflake SchemaFact TablesDimension TablesSCD ConceptsStructured DataSemi-Structured DataCSVJSON

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AirflowApacheETLKafkaPySparkPythonSparkSQLUnity

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Databricks, PySpark, and SQL
  • Integrate data from multiple sources, including databases, Amazon S3, files, and REST APIs
  • Build data pipelines with Databricks Unity Catalog
  • Implement business logic, data transformations, and dimensional data models
  • Create, schedule, monitor, and optimize Databricks Jobs and Workflows
  • Design and manage Delta Lake tables using Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
  • Ensure data quality through validations, error handling, logging, and monitoring
  • Optimize Spark workloads for performance, scalability, and reliability
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver production-ready data solutions
  • Guide engineers and drive technical decisions in a lead capacity

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Strong expertise in Python, PySpark, and Advanced SQL
  • Hands-on experience with the Databricks Lakehouse Platform
  • Good understanding of Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, Databricks Workflows/Jobs, Clusters, Notebooks, Repos, and Medallion Architecture
  • Experience integrating with REST APIs for data ingestion and data export
  • Strong knowledge of ETL/ELT development, batch processing, incremental loading, and data transformation
  • Experience with data modeling, including Star Schema, Snowflake Schema, Fact & Dimension tables, and SCD concepts
  • Understanding of data warehousing concepts and best practices
  • Experience working with structured and semi-structured data, including CSV, JSON, Parquet, and Delta
  • Knowledge of partitioning, file optimization, Spark performance tuning, and query optimization
  • Experience with Git and CI/CD best practices
  • 9+ years of experience in Data Engineering, including 3+ years of hands-on experience with Databricks
  • Prior experience in a Lead Data Engineer / Technical Lead role, guiding engineers and driving technical decisions
  • Experience designing, developing, and optimizing ETL/ELT data pipelines
  • Experience with Apache Spark and SQL
  • Experience with Auto Loader, Spark Declarative Pipelines, Kafka, Airflow, or dbt is a plus
  • Databricks certification is an added advantage

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive salary
  • Strong insurance package
  • Extensive learning and development resources