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First Point Group

Software Data Engineer / Databricks

Hybrid

Dallas, United states

Junior

Freelance

06-11-2025

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Skills

Python Java Scala SQL Apache Kafka Apache Spark GitHub CI/CD DevOps Docker Monitoring Azure Data Factory Azure DevOps Linux Machine Learning PyTorch Scikit-Learn TensorFlow apache Azure Analytics Spark OpenAI Databricks PySpark Kafka Grafana GitHub Actions Unix/Linux

Job Specifications

Are you passionate about building scalable data solutions that power real-time insights and machine learning? Join our team as a Software Data Engineer, where you'll design and maintain cutting-edge data architectures on Azure using Databricks.

What You’ll Do:

Design and optimize data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows using Databricks on Azure.
Build and manage modern data platforms including Data Lakes, Warehouses, and Lakehouses for both streaming and batch processing.
Integrate large-scale datasets from diverse sources using Delta Lake and other formats.
Develop feature stores and data prep workflows for ML applications.
Ensure data quality through validation frameworks and governance standards.
Monitor and optimize workflows for performance, cost-efficiency, and reliability.

What We’re Looking For:

3+ years of hands-on experience with Databricks on Azure, Apache Spark (PySpark/Spark SQL), and Delta Lake.
Strong knowledge of Azure Data Factory, ADLS, Synapse Analytics, Azure ML Studio.
Proficiency in Python, SQL, Unix/Linux scripting; Java/Scala is a plus.
Experience with streaming technologies like Apache Kafka, Azure Event Hubs, and Azure Stream Analytics.
Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions), workflow orchestration (Airflow, ADF, Databricks Workflows).

Bonus Skills:

Experience with ML frameworks (scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch) and feature engineering on Azure.
Familiarity with LLM applications, prompt engineering, and AI agent frameworks (Azure OpenAI, Semantic Kernel).
Containerization experience with Docker, AKS.
Monitoring tools like Azure Monitor, Datadog, Grafana.

Education:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

About the Company

We are a leading, global recruitment company within Telecommunications, Technology, Data Centre and Energy. We love being part of the evolution of telecommunications, data centre, technology and energy. In doing so, we recruit for a range of businesses, from the world's largest tech/telco companies and hyperscalers to emerging start-ups and consultancies. Our recruitment services have been recognised over the last 20 years through many awards including 'Best International Recruitment Agency' & 'Best Client Service' with m... Know more