Tech Lead – Databricks & Data Platform

About the wishes. Nice to haves:

• Previous experience in IT consulting or direct client-facing advisory roles.

• Domain knowledge within the insurance or financial sectors.

• Practical experience in data modeling and logical or physical design.

• Professional certifications such as Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional or Azure Data Engineer Associate.

About our promises. We can offer:

• Flexible working hours and a hybrid home office model (2-3 times per week in the office) as work-life balance is crucial at Sollers.

• A chance to be promoted twice a year and a clearly defined career path with salary forecast.

• Opportunities for growth with a training budget that you can use for courses and conferences. We also provide access to an online training platform and co-fund language classes.

• An internal coach to guide you through the onboarding, further training and career opportunities, plus a budget to be used for your lunches together.

• A chance to #domore for the planet and the community as part of Sollers Change Makers – our volunteering program.

• Lots of teambuilding activities, trips, hobby groups and cultural events to create a company powered by teamwork.

• Probably all the benefits you can think of!

About the requirements. You need:

• At least 5 years of commercial experience in data engineering or similar data-focused roles.

• A minimum of 2 years of experience in a Tech Lead or similar technical leadership position.

• Proven mastery of the Databricks platform and a deep understanding of Spark internals and performance tuning.

• Strong command of English (C1 level) for daily, direct collaboration with international stakeholders.

• A solid understanding of software engineering principles, including data structures, algorithms, and design paradigms.

About the role. You will:

• Lead the technical delivery of enterprise-scale data platform initiatives for a major international client.

• Act as a key technical sparring partner for both business stakeholders and IT teams.

• Take full technical ownership of end-to-end ETL/ELT pipelines using the Medallion Architecture.

• Design and optimize advanced Databricks environments, taking responsibility for the overall platform architecture, cost-to-performance ratio, and data governance strategies.

• Drive the DataOps and CI/CD strategy to ensure automated and scalable data delivery.

• Mentor and guide a team of data engineers in Poland, ensuring top-tier code quality through peer reviews and advanced engineering standards.

About Sollers Consulting:

• Sollers Consulting is more than a consultancy and software integrator. As a company founded in 2000, our mission has been to transform the financial & insurance industries by helping them adapt to new technologies.

• The power of collaboration and the limitless potential of Sollers people are at the root of our success. We strive to be the best at what we do, both in the eyes of our team and our customers. We put people at the heart of every project.

• Join us and make Sollers be driven by… you!

About the skills and tools. You will use:

• Advanced pySpark for distributed processing extending far beyond basic data manipulation (deep understanding of Spark internals), including Structured Streaming.

• Databricks platform as your core ecosystem, leveraging Asset Bundles (DABs), Databricks Workflows, Lakeflow Pipelines.

• Advanced data governance, utilizing Unity Catalog for end-to-end lineage and fine-grained security.

• Various performance tuning strategies – e.g. Liquid Clustering, partitioning, skew handling, broadcast, compute optimization.

• Azure ecosystem services supporting the data platform, primarily ADLS Gen2, Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure SQL, Key Vault, Azure Functions, and Azure Entra ID.

• Data architectures, focusing on Data Lakehouse and Medallion patterns.

• Core programming and query languages: Python and SQL.

About Data Competency at Sollers:

• Versatility is the keyword when it comes to what we do in IT. Data Competency is one of our initiatives to support digital transformation of financial sector, enabling our customers to become truly data-driven companies. Our mission is to ensure capabilities to address financial sector data-related needs.

• As a Data Engineer at Sollers, you’ll play a key role in designing, building, and optimizing data pipelines and workflows for our clients. You’ll contribute to a variety of data initiatives, ensuring efficient and reliable data delivery. Whether you’re passionate about creating data systems from the ground up or enhancing existing ones, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to do both in this role.