Databricks Engineer

About Cronos Europa Portugal

Cronos Europa Portugal is the Lisbon delivery centre of Cronos Europa part of the Cronos Group a technology federation of 9000 professionals and 500 competence centres across Europe. From our office at IDB Lisbon we deliver application development architecture and IT operations for major European organisations working as an integrated nearshore extension of our clients teams.

Cronos Europa Portugal is recruiting two Senior Databricks Engineers for an international technology services group.

As a member of an established data engineering team you will design build and operate data solutions on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform. This role requires hands-on expertise across the full data engineering lifecycle from architecture and development to production deployment and operational support.

We are looking for autonomous senior engineers capable of transforming ambiguous business requirements into scalable production-ready data solutions while taking full ownership of their technical decisions.

Responsibilities:

• Design build and maintain scalable data pipelines on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform.
• Develop high-quality solutions using PySpark Spark SQL and Python.
• Design and optimize Delta Lake tables including partitioning schema evolution and performance tuning.
• Implement layered data architectures (Raw Cleansed Curated).
• Build and manage workflows using Databricks Jobs Workflows and Delta Live Tables.
• Optimize Spark workloads including partitioning caching shuffling join strategies and file sizing.
• Manage cluster configurations and monitor platform cost efficiency.
• Implement logging monitoring alerting and recovery mechanisms to ensure reliable operations.
• Integrate data quality controls throughout the pipeline lifecycle.
• Work within Unity Catalog to support data governance lineage and access control.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to CI/CD-driven delivery practices.
• Collaborate in Agile ceremonies including planning refinement reviews and retrospectives.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation and design decisions.

Technical skills:

• Minimum 6 years of professional experience in Data Engineering.
• Significant hands-on experience with Databricks in production environments.
• Strong expertise in Apache Spark PySpark and Spark SQL.
• Proven practical experience with Delta Lake.
• Advanced Python and SQL skills.
• Experience designing deploying and supporting production-grade data pipelines.
• Experience with Git and CI/CD practices.
• Knowledge of Databricks Workflows Jobs and Delta Live Tables.
• Experience with Unity Catalog governance and data lineage is an asset.
• Cloud experience with Azure AWS and/or GCP is highly valued.
• Knowledge of Terraform Databricks Asset Bundles dbt or Airflow is considered a plus.
• Databricks certifications (Data Engineer Associate or Professional) are an advantage.
• Exposure to MLflow and Databricks ML workflows is a plus.

Profile :

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering or a related field.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of technical decisions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills within international teams.
• Experience in product engineering environments is considered a strong asset.
• Fluent English written and spoken is mandatory.
• Ability to work effectively in a fully remote environment.

Why Cronos Group

Well propose you:

• An attractive salary package.
• A good work-life balance environment.
• The opportunity to work on large-scale international data platforms.
• Exposure to modern cloud data engineering and analytics technologies.
• The assurance of working with cutting-edge technologies in an entrepreneurial spirit.
• Tailor-made training courses aligned with your professional goals.
• A good job in a friendly and collaborative environment.

If you wish to integrate a dynamic structure on a human scale while working with the latest technologies dont wait anymore and join Cronos!

Required Experience:

IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1