Data Engineer

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Daikin Applied is seeking a highly skilled Databricks Data Engineer to join our Data & Analytics team. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in building scalable data pipelines, optimizing Lakehouse architecture, and enabling advanced analytics and AI use cases on the Databricks platform. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions that support analytics, machine learning, and business intelligence across the organization. This role focuses on designing, building, and maintaining complex data pipelines that ingest and curate data from diverse sources, delivering wellgoverned and highquality data products. Come be a part of an exciting journey at Daikin Applied, where innovation and excellence drive everything we do!

Location:Plymouth, MN - Hybrid

What you will do:

• Design, build, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest, transform, curate and store data from multiple sources
• Optimize data processing workflows for performance, reliability, and scalability
• Implement real-time and batch data processing using technologies like Apache Spark, Kafka, and Databricks
• Work with structured and unstructured data
• Implement data validation, cleansing, and monitoring to ensure high-quality datasets
• Implement data governance, security, and compliance policies (e.g., GDPR, CCPA)
• Maintain metadata management, data lineage, and documentation for data assets
• Deploy and manage data solutions on cloud platforms (Azure, Databricks)
• Develop and maintain documentation, data models, and technical standards
• Optimize query performance, cost efficiency, and storage utilization
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve issues in production data pipelines and environments
• Stay current with the latest advancements in data engineering, cloud computing, and analytics technologies on the Databricks ecosystem
• Partner with data analysts, and software engineers to support analytics initiatives

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 8+ years of Data Engineering, with a strong understanding of cloud-based data solutions
• At least 3 years hands-on experience building and delivering data products on Databricks
• Proven experience in data engineering and pipeline development on Databricks
• Hands-on expertise across the data lifecycle: ingestion, transformation, modelling, governance, and consumption
• Deep expertise with the Databricks platform (SQL, Python and PySpark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, MLflow)
• Strong SQL and Python skills for data processing and data manipulation
• Strong problem-solving skills and an analytical mindset
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Extensive experience with data ingestion methodology including ADF
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, or Scala for data processing
• Experience with cloud data services (Azure Data Factory, Databricks)
• Hands-on experience with big data frameworks (Databricks, Apache Spark)
• Strong knowledge of data modeling, database optimization, and API-based data integration
• Proficiency in designing and implementing the Medallion Architecture on Databricks
• Experience with code repositories, CI/CD processes and release management
• Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Daikin Applied offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Multiple medical insurance plan options + dental and vision insurance
• 401K retirement plan with employer contributions matching 100% of the first 3% of employee contributions and 50% on the next 2% of employee contributions
• Company provided life insurance + optional employee paid voluntary life insurance, dependent life coverage and voluntary accident coverage
• Short term and long-term disability
• 3 weeks of paid time off for new employees + 11 company paid holidays
• Vacation accrues on a monthly basis, unless applicable federal, state and local law requires a faster accrual
• Paid sick time in accordance of the federal, state and local law
• Paid parental leave and tuition reimbursement after 6 months of continuous service

The typical annual base salary for this position ranges from $90,000 - $148,000 (+ 10% bonus) in Minnesota. The range displayed represents the pay range for all positions in the job grade which this position falls. Individual base pay will depend on a wide range of factors including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

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