Senior Databricks Engineer in Mississauga

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 industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron’s progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms.

We are seeking a highly skilled Azure Data Engineer with strong expertise in Databricks to join our data team. The ideal candidate will design, implement and optimize large-scale data pipelines, ensuring scalability, reliability and performance. This role involves working closely with multiple teams and business stakeholders to deliver cutting-edge data solutions.

The Role Responsibilities:

• 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/non-relational systems.
• Work closely with multiple teams to prepare data for dashboard and BI Tools.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and deliver tailored data solutions.
• Optimize Databricks workloads for cost efficiency and performance.
• Monitor and troubleshoot data pipelines to ensure reliability and accuracy.
• Implement and manage data security, access controls and governance standards using Unity Catalog.
• Ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory data policies.
• Leverage Databricks Asset Bundles for seamless deployment of Databricks jobs, notebooks and configurations across environments.
• Manage version control for Databricks artifacts and collaborate with the 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.
• Familiarity with Databricks Runtimes and advanced configurations.
• Knowledge of streaming frameworks like Spark Streaming.

Preferred, but not required:

• Detail-oriented, 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 multi-task, handling multiple efforts at once.
• Strong desire to understand and learn domain.
• Experience in a financial services/banking industry.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment; to be flexible and learn quickly.
• Ability to multi-task 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 long-term disability.
• Flexible hybrid policy.
• RRSP with employer’s contribution up to 4%.
• A higher education certification policy.
• On-demand 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 world’s leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms.
• A truly diverse, fun-loving and global work culture.

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.