About the Role

We are looking for an exceptional Director Databricks Practice to establish, build and lead a new offshore Databricks practice in Bangalore.

This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for a technically robust data engineering leader who can combine hands-on Databricks and Azure expertise with practice building, architecture, delivery leadership, team management, client engagement and consulting.

The successful candidate will be responsible for building and scaling a high-performing team of Data Engineers, Data Scientists and Data Architects, while providing technical and strategic leadership for enterprise Databricks and Azure data initiatives.

The role will work closely with stakeholders and clients, serving as a key technical liaison between the offshore team and onshore teams.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Practice Leadership & Strategy
- Establish and build the offshore Databricks practice in Bangalore from the ground up.
- Define and execute the practice growth strategy in alignment with the broader global data strategy.
- Build, recruit,



mentor and lead high-performing teams of Data Engineers, Data Scientists and Data Architects.
- Establish a culture of continuous learning, technical excellence and innovation within the Microsoft and Databricks ecosystem.
- Define technical standards, engineering best practices, delivery frameworks and operating processes.
- Oversee the end-to-end delivery of complex Databricks and data engineering solutions.
- Ensure projects are delivered within agreed timelines, budgets and quality standards.
- Optimize offshore delivery operations and ensure seamless collaboration.

2. Technical & Architectural Leadership
- Provide hands-on technical leadership across Databricks, Apache Spark, Delta Lake and the Azure data ecosystem.
- Design and review scalable enterprise data architectures, modern data lakehouse solutions and complex data pipelines.
- Provide technical guidance to Data Engineers, Architects and technic

📌 Director - Databricks Practice | Azure Data Engineering (Bengaluru)
🏢 Knowledge Foundry
📍 Bengaluru