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Role: Senior Databricks Engineer Experience: 5+ years Work Mode: Remote Employment Type: Contract Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform. Implement and administer Unity Catalog for enterprise data governance, access control, lineage, and data sharing. Support hydrocarbon reporting workflows, including ingestion, transformation, validation, and reconciliation of production and operational data. Develop ETL/ELT pipelines using Spark, Delta Lake, and Delta Live Tables (Lakeflow experience is a plus). Optimize Databricks workloads for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency. Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate reporting requirements into scalable technical solutions. Implement data quality checks, monitoring, and automated validation frameworks. Work closely with solution architects and data engineers on platform enhancements and production support. Document technical designs, governance standards, and operational procedures. Participate in code reviews, CI/CD implementation, and DevOps best practices. Required Qualifications 5+ years of data engineering experience with 3+ years of hands-on Databricks experience. Robust experience implementing and managing Unity Catalog in enterprise environments. Experience supporting Oil & Gas, Energy, or Hydrocarbon Reporting projects. Expertise with o Databricks Lakehouse o Apache Spark (PySpark) o Delta Lake o SQL o Python Experience building enterprise ETL/ELT pipelines. Experience with Azure Databricks (AWS Databricks also considered). Strong understanding of data governance, security, metadata management, and lineage. .
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
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When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.