Databricks Engineer

We are

At Synechron we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industryleading digital solutions. Synechrons progressive technologies and optimization strategies span endtoend Artificial Intelligence Consulting Digital Cloud & DevOps Data and Software Engineering servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models Digital Underwriting mobilefirst applications and more. Over the last 20 years our company has been honored with multiple employer awards recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about Synechron has a global workforce of 14500 and has 58 offices in 21 countries within key global markets.

Our challenge

We are seeking highly skilled Azure Data Engineer with strong expertise in Databricks to join our data team. The ideal candidate will design implement and optimize largescale data pipeline ensuring scalability reliability and performance. This role involves working closely with multiple teams and business stakeholders to deliver cuttingedge data solutions.

Additional Information*

The base salary for this position will vary based on geography and other accordance with law the base salary for this role if filled within Mississauga ON is CAD $120k CAD $125k/year & benefits (see below).

The Role

Responsibilities:

Data Pipeline Development:

• Build and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Databricks.
• Leverage PySpark/Spark and SQL to transform and process large datasets.
• Integrate data from multiple sources including Azure Blob Storage ADLS and other relational/nonrelational systems.

Collaboration & Analysis:

• Work Closely with multiple teams to prepare data for dashboard and BI Tools.
• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to understand business requirements and deliver tailored data solutions.

Performance & Optimization:

• Optimize Databricks workloads for cost efficiency and performance.
• Monitor and troubleshoot data pipelines to ensure reliability and accuracy.

Governance & Security:

• Implement and manage data security access controls and governance standards using Unity Catalog.
• Ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory data policies.

Deployment:

• Leverage Databricks Asset Bundles for seamless deployment of Databricks jobs notebooks and configurations across environments.
• Manage version control for Databricks artifacts and collaborate with team to maintain development best practices.

Requirements:

• Strong expertise in Databricks (Delta Lake Unity Catalog Lakehouse Architecture Table Triggers Delta Live Pipelines Databricks Runtime etc..
• Proficiency in Azure Cloud Services.
• Solid Understanding of Spark and PySpark for big data processing.
• Experience in relational databases.
• Knowledge on Databricks Asset Bundles and GitLab.

Preferred Experience:

• Familiarity with Databricks Runtimes and advanced configurations.
• Knowledge of streaming frameworks like Spark Streaming.
• Experience in developing realtime data solutions.

Certifications:

• Azure Data Engineer Associate or Databricks certified Data Engineer Associate certification. (Optional).

Preferred but not required:

• Detailoriented ability to turn deliverables around quickly with a high degree of accuracy.
• Strong analytical skills ability to interpret business requirements and produce functional and technical design documents.
• Good time management skills Ability to prioritize and multitask handling multiple efforts at once.
• Strong desire to understand and learn domain.
• Experience in a financial services/banking industry.
• Ability to work in a fastpaced environment; to be flexible and learn quickly.
• Ability to multitask with attention to detail/ prioritize tasks.

We offer:

• A multinational organization with 58 offices in 21 countries and the possibility to work abroad.
• 15 days 3 weeks) of paid annual leave plus an additional 10 days of personal leave(floating days and sick days).
• A comprehensive insurance plan including medical dental vision life insurance and longterm disability.
• Flexible hybrid policy.
• RRSP with employers contribution up to 4.
• A higher education certification policy.
• Ondemand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses.
• Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups.
• Cutting edge projects at the worlds leading tierone banks financial institutions and insurance firms.
• A truly diverse funloving and global work culture.

SYNECHRONS DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiative Same Difference is committed to fostering an inclusive culture promoting equality diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds race ethnicities religion age marital status gender sexual orientations or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements mentoring internal mobility learning and development programs and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to the applicants gender gender identity sexual orientation race ethnicity disabled or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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