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DataBrick Data Engineer -- 100% remote -- Only Independent Visa (Only W2)

Trebecon LLCUnited States🇺🇸United StatesPosted 17 Aug 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This fully remote Databricks Data Engineer role offers significant growth by allowing you to architect cutting-edge lakehouse solutions and optimize PySpark performance. You'll thrive here if you are passionate about designing zero-downtime strategies and refining complex legacy logic, so don't miss this chance to advance your skills.

Quick Overview

Work Type
Remote
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Job Title: Databricks Data Engineer

Location: Remote

Key Responsibilities

Architectural Strategy & Governance
  • Design target Databricks Lakehouse architecture using Delta Lake, Photon, and Unity Catalog.
  • Establish global code refactoring standards, optimization benchmarks, and PySpark best practices.
  • Resolve complex dependency mappings and architect zero-downtime dual-run strategies.
  • Lead technical deployment and integration of specialized migration accelerators.
Hands-on Engineering & Optimization
  • Review automated migration-tool output and manually refactor complex legacy logic into high-performing PySpark notebooks.
  • Eliminate legacy anti-patterns such as row-by-row processing and inefficient lookups.
  • Optimize PySpark performance using Z-Ordering, partitioning, and caching.
  • Build robust Databricks Workflows and orchestrate complex DAGs based on source lineage.
Technical Skills
  • Platforms: Databricks, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Photon, DataStage
  • Languages: PySpark, Python, SQL, Shell Scripting
  • Cloud/DevOps: AWS, CI/CD pipelines
  • Orchestration: Apache Airflow, Databricks Workflows

Skills

SQL
Shell
AWS
Airflow
Apache
Databricks
Python
Unity

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