Senior Databricks Data Engineer

Moore Brussel, Moore Antwerpen, Moore Gent

Full-time

Permanent employee

Your mission

We are looking for a Senior Databricks Data Engineer to join our Data Platform & Data Engineering Team. You work on multiple projects building data platforms on Databricks for our clients. On those projects you are the Databricks reference: you define the architecture of the data platform and solutions, make decisions on how things are built and coach colleagues.

You are a Databricks Champion, or you have the ambition to become one. You will be surrounded by an exceptional peer groupwith deep experience in Analytics Engineering within the Microsoft & Databricks tech stack, so you will always have colleagues to spar with on the (technical) decisions you make.

Your responsibilities

As a Senior Databricks Data Engineer, you work hands-on to deliver data platforms that are ready for analytics and AI, and you own them from first requirement to production. Every mission we embark on will be a collaboration with the customer, where we translate their ambitions into concrete deliverables.

Design, build and maintain ETL pipelines and data models on Databricks, with Spark and Delta Lake
Implement streaming and Change Data Capture with Lakeflow, including Declarative Pipelines
Establish governance and access control in Unity Catalog
Bring AI into the platform with Databricks Genie and Genie Spaces
Translate customer questions into technical solutions, shape the solution design (data platform strategies and architectures) and implement it in Databricks
Coach colleagues and client teams, and review their work

Your profile

You have coached colleagues before, and you enjoy it

4+ years of experience as a data engineer or in BI, of which 2+ years in the cloud, preferably Azure, with ETL jobs you designed, built and maintained yourself
Strong data modelling and coding (mostly SQL, Python, PySpark) skills
Hands-on experience with Databricks and the open-source technology underneath: Spark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, streaming and CDC
You use AI hands-on in your own engineering work and are keen to do more with it
Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate or Professional is a plus, or you are open to obtaining it
A team player and problem solver who turns a customer question into a design, switches easily between projects and explains technical choices to any stakeholder
Enthusiastic about being part of a growing team & industry
You already reside in Belgium
You are fluent in English, and either Dutch or French

At element61, we hire for personality, drive, and a passion for learning, not just for what’s on your CV. You do not need to tick every bullet above: your ambition and motivation matter most to us, and we’ll support your growth.

Why us?

A market-leading compensation package, complemented by a wide range of extra-legal benefits and flexible options through our cafeteria plan and mobility budget

Serious investment in your training and personal development, with knowledge sharing days where we learn and grow together
Up-to-date technology: you always work on the latest releases, with access to a broad set of AI tools, from Claude to our own agentic engineering harness built around it, where our AI agent Ralph works alongside you as a colleague in every development
Room for initiative: entrepreneurship is encouraged
Plenty of team buildings and events together

About us

element61 is the thought-leading Analytics, AI and Performance Management consulting company in Belgium. Since 2007, we have helped on average 50 new customers per year deliver value to their organisations with optimised management information and actionable data use. We continue to serve over 400 existing customers annually with more than 140 Analytics experts.

We partner with your teams to create insights that deliver new Business Insights while sharing our Data & Analytics knowledge, experience & expertise.