Lead Data Engineer – Databricks

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Data Engineer Lead leading cloud data migrations with Databricks, Python, and Spark. Building Big Data and Machine Learning systems for Muttdata’s clients.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead end-to-end data migration initiatives, ensuring a smooth, secure, and business-aligned transition
  • Define and communicate data architecture decisions across cloud data platforms such as AWS Redshift, Databricks, and related technologies
  • Coordinate discovery and documentation of dependencies, schema inventories, data flows, and critical migration processes
  • Own migration and cutover planning, including validations and contingency measures
  • Serve as primary liaison between engineering, analytics, product, and business stakeholders
  • Translate technical changes into clear business impact assessments
  • Define and document assumptions, requirements, and acceptance criteria
  • Oversee validation of migrated datasets for accuracy, consistency, and integrity
  • Identify, assess, and mitigate migration-related risks and escalate blockers and dependencies
  • Drive problem-solving and decision-making in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
  • Create and maintain migration runbooks, testing strategies, rollback plans, and operational procedures
  • Provide project status updates to technical and executive stakeholders
  • Promote data governance, quality, and operational best practices
  • Align engineers, analysts, and product stakeholders around priorities, timelines, and delivery expectations

Requirements:

  • Experience in Data Engineering, including building and optimizing data pipelines
  • Experience working with Databricks, Python, and Spark, building batch and streaming
  • Advanced English Level
  • Familiarity with a BI visualization tool like Looker or Tableau

Benefits:

  • Remote-first culture – work from anywhere!
  • AWS, DBT, Google Cloud, Azure & Databricks certifications fully covered
  • In-Company English Lessons
  • Birthday off + an extra vacation week (Mutt Week!)
  • Referral bonuses
  • Maslow: Monthly credits to spend in our benefits marketplace
  • Annual Mutters' Trip
  • Monthly Childcare Reimbursement