Senior Databricks Data Engineer

Location: Hybrid, Budapest, Hungary

Company

hirify.global is a Budapest-based business solutions company with 250+ employees, delivering data warehouses, business intelligence, data analytics, application development, and innovative solutions for Hungarian and international projects.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and implement complex, scalable Lakehouse solutions on Databricks across Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Build and optimize modular Delta Lake pipelines and implement governance and secure access with Unity Catalog.
• Write maintainable SQL and Python code and develop automation using Databricks CLI and REST APIs.
• Establish and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions or GitLab CI/CD, with Declarative Automation Bundles as the primary deployment mechanism.
• Automate and orchestrate data pipelines using Databricks Workflows or Spark Declarative Pipelines, and integrate cloud-native storage and security services.
• Own technical delivery aspects, participate in planning, estimation, testing, stakeholder communication, and technical documentation.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of hands-on data engineering experience with a strong focus on Databricks Lakehouse architecture.
• Proficiency in both SQL and Python, with experience writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code for cloud data platforms.
• Hands-on experience with AI coding tools and agents such as Databricks Assistant, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or Claude Code.
• Experience with API integration and scripting for platform automation.
• Hands-on experience using Declarative Automation Bundles to manage, bundle, and deploy Databricks resources as code.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions or GitLab CI/CD, plus Git or Databricks Repos.
• Experience delivering at least one complex, scalable data solution using Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, and Databricks SQL.
• Strong experience operating Databricks in at least one major cloud environment: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Native Hungarian and excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• Strong teamwork, proactive problem-solving, analytical thinking, and structured decision-making skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with dbt, specifically dbt-databricks.
• Knowledge of Databricks AI/ML and GenAI capabilities, including Mosaic AI, Databricks Assistant or Genie, MLflow, Feature Store, or Model Serving.
• Apache Spark knowledge.

Culture & Benefits

• Diverse technical and business projects supporting continuous growth.
• Flexible ways of working with an office and community space on Bartók Béla Road.
• Emphasis on work-life balance and focused work without unnecessary meetings or administration.
• Mentoring from the first day and continuous career support.
• Learning and development opportunities within a supportive, respectful, and collaborative culture.