SugarAI

Senior Data Engineer - Databricks

$155K–$185KFull-time · Denver, CO
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Mid-level · 4+ yrs exp

Requirements

Experience: 4+ years

Skills & tools

DatabricksCloud PlatformsManagementPerformance TuningSQLEtlData AnalysisCustomer Success

Benefits — mentioned in this posting

401(k) / retirementPaid time offFamily / parental leaveWellness & perksBonus / commission
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Responsibilities

Own Databricks production support for the Sugar Predict data platform, including monitoring, alerting, and incident response across all production data flows

Maintain and report on SLA performance metrics for data pipeline delivery, ensuring visibility into platform health and accountability across internal and external stakeholders

Identify and implement pipeline optimizations that reduce Databricks compute costs, improve throughput, and reduce processing windows while tracking impact s through measurable KPIs

Migrate legacy ETL /ELT pipelines to Databricks, building automation tooling to reduce manual intervention and ensure uninterrupted data delivery during transitions

Support new customer s onboarding by provisioning, validating , and hardening tenant data pipelines that deliver reliable, isolated data from day one

Design and build high-performance Databricks pipelines that ingest, transform, and serve ERP and CRM data at scale across both Azure and AWS environments

Own the Delta Lake architecture including schema design, partitioning strategies, data quality enforcement, and incremental processing patterns

Enforce data security best practices across Databricks environments, including role-based access control, secrets management, Unity Catalog Isolation Attestation Maps, and compliance controls for enterprise CRM and ERP data.

Implement data quality monitoring and observability across pipeline health and ML model inputs, ensuring data integrity that directly supports Sugar Predict prediction accuracy

Apply and enforce multi-tenant data isolation patterns ensuring reliable, secure data delivery across Sugar Predict enterprise customers

Partner with the Enterprise Architecture team to ensure Sugar Predict data pipelines integrate seamlessly with the broader SugarAI product ecosystem

Support a globally distributed operation through on-call rotation and after-hours incident response, meeting SLAs across multiple time zones

Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and architectural decision records, contributing to team knowledge sharing and operational readiness across on-call and incident response scenarios

Apply CI/CD best practices to data pipeline development, including version control, automated testing, and deployment tooling to ensure reliable and repeatable pipeline delivery

4+ years of data engineering experience  

A t least 2 years on Databricks or the Apache Spark ecosystem across Azure and/or AWS

Proficiency in PySpark , SQL, and Python with a strong track record building and operating production-grade pipelines under SLA constraints

Hands-on experience with Delta Lake including schema evolution, ACID transactions, optimize/vacuum lifecycle, and both incremental and streaming processing patterns

Hands-on experience with pipeline performance tuning and compute optimization in production Databricks environments

Solid working knowledge of PostgreSQL including query optimization, schema design, and use as a source or sink in production data pipelines

Experience supporting and maintaining legacy ETL tooling (SSIS, Informatica, custom Python/SQL pipelines, or similar) in production

Experience supporting large-scale multi-tenant architectures with a focus on tenant isolation, per-tenant performance, and data privacy, including navigating tools and platforms that default to single-tenant assumptions

Proven ability to work collaboratively across data science, product, and infrastructure teams, owning end-to-end delivery in a cross-functional environment

Strong understanding of data governance, security, and compliance principles, including access control, data privacy, and protection of sensitive enterprise data across multi-tenant environments

Requirements

Experience operating Databricks workspaces across both Azure and AWS, including cost governance, cluster management, and cross-cloud data access

Experience optimizing Databricks workloads in a Serverless environment, including compute cost governance and performance tuning for serverless compute

Experience with Microsoft SQL Server in a data engineering or ETL context

Exposure to ML feature engineering or feature stores (Databricks Feature Store, Feast, or similar) supporting predictive analytics

Experience with customer onboarding automation or IaC patterns for provisioning tenant data pipelines at scale

Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate or Professional certification

what we're looking for. We also know that diversity of background and thought makes for better problem solving and more creative thinking, which is why we're dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team.

Benefits and Perks: Beyond a stellar work environment, friendly people, and inspiring work, we have some sweet benefits and perks:

  • Excellent healthcare package for you and your family
  • Savings and Investment - 401(k) match
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Online Legal Services (Rocket Lawyer)
  • Financial Planning Services (Origin)
  • Discounted Pet Insurance (Embrace Pet Insurance)
  • Corporate Benefit Program (Working Advantage). This benefit offers you exclusive travel and entertainment offers and special discounts that are not available to the general public
  • Health and Wellness Reimbursement Program
  • Travel Discounts
  • Educational Resources - Career & Personal Development Program
  • Employee Referral Bonus Program
  • We are a merit-based company - many opportunities to learn, excel and grow your career!

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