Tech Lead, Databricks & Contemporary Data Stack - Company : Creole Studios

Location : Ahmedabad, India

Reports to : Founder & CEO

Type : Full-time - About the role

- Creole Studios is launching a dedicated Data & AI practice focused on the modern data stack, with Databricks as the anchor. The target market is US mid-market companies that need data platforms that actually work in production.
- We are hiring our first Tech Lead for this practice. You will be one of the first engineers on the ground, lead a small pod of data engineers, and own technical delivery on our early client engagements.
- This is a hands-on lead role. Roughly 60% deep technical work (architecture, code, reviews), 30% team leadership (mentoring, planning, quality), 10% client and pre-sales support.
- If you are a strong senior data engineer ready for a lead role with real ownership, this is the seat. **- Requirements

What you will do - Technical delivery

- Architect and build Databricks-based data platforms for US mid-market clients.
- Design and implement medallion architectures, Delta Lake pipelines, Unity Catalog governance, and Workflows-based orchestration.
- Write production PySpark and SQL. Yes, you will still be in the code.
- Set engineering standards: code quality, testing, CI/CD, IaC, monitoring.
- Own technical decisions on your projects. Architecture, tooling, trade-offs. - Team leadership
- Lead a pod of 3 to 5 data engineers across 1 to 2 client engagements.
- Run code reviews, design reviews, and weekly technical syncs.
- Mentor mid and junior engineers. Help them get certified.
- Interview and help hire engineers into your pod. - Client work
- Be the technical point of contact for client engineering teams.
- Run technical workshops, requirement-gathering sessions,



and architecture reviews with client stakeholders.
- Translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Support pre-sales: scoping calls, technical proposals, effort estimates. You will not own pre-sales, but you will be in the room. - Practice building
- Contribute to internal IP: reusable accelerators, reference architectures, demo assets.
- Help shape engineering standards and delivery playbooks for the practice.
- Co-author technical blog posts and case studies. - What you bring - Must have
- **
- 6 to 10 years in data engineering**, with at least 3 years on Databricks or Spark at production scale.
- Strong PySpark and SQL. You can write, debug, and optimize Spark jobs without help.
- Databricks ecosystem fluency : Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Workflows or DLT, MLflow basics. Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate or Professional (or willing to get certified within 60 days of joining).
- One cloud at strong level , ideally AWS or Azure. Comfortable with IAM, networking basics, and Terraform or equivalent IaC.
- Modern data stack exposure beyond Databricks: Airflow, dbt, Fivetran, or similar.
- Prior lead or senior engineer experience. You have led at least one team of 3+ engineers on a real project. You know how to run a code review, push back on bad design, and unblock a junior.
- Solid English, written and spoken. You will be on calls with US clients regularly. - Strong bonus




- Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional or ML Associate.
- Experience working with US clients in a services or consulting setting.
- GenAI or LLM work on Databricks (Mosaic AI, vector search, RAG pipelines).
- DevOps fluency: CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, observability tooling.
- Open source contributions, technical writing, or conference talks. - What this role is not
- A pure individual contributor seat. You will lead people.
- A management-only role. You will still be in the codebase every week.
- A 9-to-5 with a fixed scope. Early-practice work is variable. Some weeks are heavy delivery, some are pre-sales support, some are internal R&D.;
- Benefits

What you get

- A leadership role in a brand new practice with room to grow into a Principal or Practice Lead position over 2 to 3 years.
- Direct working relationship with the founder. Decisions get made quickly.
- US client exposure from day one. Real platforms, real production scale.
- Strong compensation with a performance-linked component.
- Full sponsorship for Databricks certifications, cloud certifications, and relevant training.
- A small, senior team to work with. No bureaucracy. No legacy projects. - How to apply
- A resume or LinkedIn profile.
- A short note (5 to 10 lines) on the most complex Databricks or Spark problem you have solved and how you approached it.
- Optional: links to GitHub, technical writing, or conference talks.- Creole Studios is a 12 year old bootstrapped software studio with offices in Ahmedabad and a US entity. We build custom software, AI products, and data platforms for founders and operators globally._

Date Opened

05/27/2026

Job Type

Full time

Industry

IT Services

City

ahmedaba

📌 Tech Lead - Databricks & Modern Data Stack (Ahmedabad)
🏢 Creole Studios
📍 Ahmedabad