Role Summary

Avanade India’s Data & AI practice is looking for an Azure Databricks Tech Lead to drive the technical delivery of data estate, data lake, data warehouse, and data migration projects and programs built on Azure Databricks. This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on execution — leading engineering teams through design, build, and deployment, ensuring engineering quality and delivery timelines, and acting as the go-to technical authority on live projects within the practice.

Key Responsibilities

Own technical delivery of Azure Databricks engagements — from solution design through build, testing, deployment, and go-live — across one or more concurrent projects.
Lead and mentor a team of data engineers, guiding design decisions, code quality, and best practices on Databricks-based builds.
Translate solution architecture into detailed technical design and implementation plans, working closely with Architects and Project/Program Managers.
Build and review Azure Databricks pipelines and components: Lakehouse (Delta Lake), Unity Catalog, Databricks SQL,



Workflows, and integrations with the broader Azure data ecosystem.
Drive engineering standards — coding practices, CI/CD, testing, and performance optimization — across the delivery team.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues during build and post-go-live stabilization; own production support escalations where needed.
Track and report delivery progress, risks, and technical dependencies to project/program leadership.
Support estimation and technical inputs for ongoing and upcoming project phases within the practice.
Contribute to reusable delivery accelerators, patterns, and best practices for the Data & AI practice.

Qualifications

Required Skills & Experience

10–12 years in data engineering/technical delivery roles, with solid recent hands-on experience delivering Azure Databricks-based solutions.
Deep hands-on expertise with Databricks: Lakehouse/Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Datab

📌 Azure Databricks Tech Lead (Bengaluru)
🏢 Avanade
📍 Bengaluru