Data Platform Engineer (Hybrid Or Remote) - $25 - $30 An Hour

Data Platform Engineer (Azure Databricks) Fully Remote from Spain

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€25–30/hour

12-month contract (Autonomo setup)

We are looking for a

Data Platform Engineer

to support and evolve multiple

Unity Catalog–enabled Azure Databricks environments

.

This role is focused on

platform engineering and operations

, NOT on building data pipelines or ML models. You will work on improving, automating, and scaling the platform itself.

Key Responsibilities:

• Platform Engineering & Operations
• Improve implementation patterns across jobs and platform components
• Identify and resolve scalability, reliability, and maintainability bottlenecks
• Standardise workspace configurations and environment structures
• Monitor platform health and performance
• Unity Catalog Management
• Maintain consistent and secure Unity Catalog configurations
• Ensure governance structures (catalogs, schemas, grants, service principals) are efficient and developer-friendly
• Performance & Cost Optimisation
• Optimise compute configurations and autoscaling behaviour
• Analyse Spark jobs, Delta Lake usage, and storage layout for performance and cost efficiency
• Automation & Infrastructure-as-Code
• Automate environments using Databricks Asset Bundles (DABs) and Terraform
• Ensure reproducible, versioned environments aligned with CI/CD principles
• Minimise manual configuration
• Documentation & Guidance
• Document platform patterns and operational runbooks
• Support engineers and analysts working with Databricks

Required Experience:

• ~3–5+ years in Platform (Data) Engineering
• ~ Strong hands-on experience with Azure Databricks
• ~ Strong knowledge of Unity Catalog (access models, governance, service principals, workspace configs)
• ~ Solid PySpark and SQL skills
• ~ Understanding of performance optimisation (partitioning, Z-ordering, caching, data layout)
• ~ Experience with CI/CD, Git workflows, and Infrastructure-as-Code
• ~ Bonus: MLOps experience
• If you're based in Spain and available for a 12-month Autonomo contract, feel free to apply or message me directly. xqysrnh