Senior Data Engineer with Databricks

Poland and Middle-Eastern Europe
Poland
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Aimed at experienced Data Engineers with Databricks production expertise who can navigate legacy systems and collaborate across global teams.

Best fit for

  • Experienced Data Engineers with a track record in Databricks production pipelines and data transformation layers
    — “Hands-on experience with Databricks (production-grade pipelines)”
  • Candidates with a background in financial or market data and strong CI/CD practices for data pipelines
    — “Experience working with financial or market data”
  • Individuals who have successfully migrated and refactored legacy data pipelines in multi-region environments
    — “Migrating and refactoring legacy data pipelines”

Things to consider

  • Work permit is required for EU region employment, which may limit eligibility for non-EU candidates
    — “Work from the European Union region and a work permit are required.”
  • The role involves collaboration with analytics teams and data architects, requiring cross-functional coordination
    — “Collaborating with data architects and analytics teams.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with medallion architecture and large-scale data pipeline migrations
    — “Knowledge of data modeling (medallion architecture, dimensional models)”
  • Emphasize your ability to optimize resource usage and manage performance under capacity constraints
    — “Working under capacity constraints and optimizing performance and resource usage.”
  • Showcase your hands-on work with dbt and Python in data transformation projects
    — “Developing data transformations using dbt and Python.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Designed and implemented scalable data pipelines on Databricks
  • Standardized existing pipelines
  • Migrated and refactored legacy data pipelines
  • Developed data transformations using dbt and Python
Typical background
Strong experience as a Data EngineerHands-on experience with DatabricksExperience with dbt and data transformation layers

Skills & requirements

Required

DatabricksPythondbtData Pipeline DesignCloud-based Data PlatformsData ModelingLegacy Systems Migration

Preferred

Data ScienceMlopsGlobal, Distributed TeamsLarge-scale, Multi-region Data Onboarding

Stack & domain

PythonDatabricksdbtAWSAzureGCPSnowflakeData ModelingCI/CDCommunicationTeam CollaborationFinanceHealthcare

About the role

Original posting from Poland and Middle-Eastern Europe via Greenhouse

Xebia is a global AI-first, digital transformation, and engineering partner. With over 25 years of experience and a team of 5,000 professionals across 16 countries, we help organizations design and build scalable products, platforms, and data-driven solutions. 

We specialize in Artificial Intelligence, Data and Cloud, Intelligent Automation, and Digital Products, combining deep technical expertise with a strong focus on engineering excellence and a people-first culture.  

In the CEE region, we’re a team of nearly 1,000 experts delivering modern applications, data platforms, and AI solutions for clients such as Millennium, ING, Play, Edenred, Arabian Drilling, FedEx, Leroy Merlin, Truecaller, Volotea, Schmitz Cargobull, and many, many more. We work with leading technologies including AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks, and Snowflake, and combine strong engineering culture with a consulting mindset and a continuous focus on growth and knowledge sharing. 

You will be:

Designing and implementing scalable data pipelines on Databricks.

Standardizing existing pipelines (gold standard approach).

Migrating and refactoring legacy data pipelines.

Developing data transformations using dbt and Python.

Supporting onboarding of new datasets (US, APAC regions).

Collaborating with data architects and analytics teams.

Contributing to future Data Science and MLOps foundations.

Working under capacity constraints and optimizing performance and resource usage.

Your profile:

Strong experience as a Data Engineer.

Hands-on experience with Databricks (production-grade pipelines).

Very good knowledge of Python for data processing.

Experience with dbt and data transformation layers.

Solid understanding of data pipeline design, orchestration, and scalability.

Experience working with legacy systems and pipeline migration.

Experience with cloud-based data platforms (Azure / AWS / GCP).

Knowledge of data modeling (medallion architecture, dimensional models).

Experience working with financial or market data.

Familiarity with CI/CD practices for data pipelines

Ability to work independently and take ownership of data solutions.

Strong communication skills and team collaboration mindset.

Work from the European Union region and a work permit are required.

Nice to have:

Experience with Data Science environments or MLOps.

Knowledge of ML lifecycle support in Databricks.

Experience working in global, distributed teams.

Exposure to large-scale, multi-region data onboarding projects.

Recruitment Process:

CV review – HR call – Interview – Client Interview – Decision

Source: Poland and Middle-Eastern Europe careers (Greenhouse)

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