Databricks Platform Engineer (f/m/d)

Frankfurt am Main

Your career at Deutsche Börse Group

Your area of work:

As part of Deutsche Börse Group’s digital transformation and cloud migration journey, the Big Data & Advanced Analytics (BDAA) team is seeking a skilled and forward-thinking Databricks Platform Engineer. This role is central to designing, building, and optimizing our enterprise-grade data platform on Databricks, enabling scalable data product development across the value chain from BI to AI.

You will join a dynamic team of data & automation engineers and architects, contributing to the definition and deployment of cloud data architecture, platform automation, and operational excellence. Your work will directly support business use cases in big data and advanced analytics across one of the world’s leading financial exchanges.

Your responsibilities:

• Provision and configure Databricks workspaces using Terraform, CLI, and SDK.
• Manage workspace-level settings including clusters, libraries, compute policies, and access controls.
• Define and maintain catalogs, schemas, and tables across workspaces using Unity Catalog.
• Ensure the data platform is secure, scalable, and highly available.
• Contribute to the implementation of the Data Mesh paradigm across domains.
• Act as a technical advisor to data scientists, analysts, and business users.
• Drive onboarding, training, and enablement programs to scale platform adoption.
• Maintain technical documentation and contribute to Agile ceremonies and sprint planning.

Your profile:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in cloud big data platforms, preferably Azure or GCP.
• Hands-on experience with Databricks, Delta Lake, and Spark; familiarity with Kafka, Flink, or similar frameworks is a plus.
• Experience building data pipelines using tools like Apache Airflow, Data Factory, or Apache Beam.
• Proficiency in Terraform, Python and CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions.
• Strong understanding of data management, monitoring, security, and privacy.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams.
• Fluent in English; additional language skills are a plus.

Why Deutsche Börse Group?

We are committed to providing a work environment where everyone feels welcome and can reach their full potential. Our standards go far beyond simply matching candidates with the right position.

Mobility

We enable you to move freely with our job tickets, job (e-)bikes and free parking opportunities.

Work environment

Collaboration, communication, or deep focus – in our modern office buildings you will find the perfect work environment. Free drinks and food and meal allowances included.

Health and wellbeing

We care for your health and wellbeing and besides various health promotion measures we offer you a group accident insurance and additional insurance offers at discounted rates.

Financial stability

We provide financial stability by offering attractive salaries, company pension schemes, participation in our Group Share Plan, as well as bonuses, subsidies and discounts.

Hybrid work

Collaborate and exchange on-site or work remotely several days a week in line with business needs and local regulations. Our hybrid working model combines the best of both worlds.

Flexible working hours

We want your job to fit your life situation and offer flexible working time models, childcare allowance, or the possibility to study alongside your job.

Internationality

Our market infrastructures are globally connected. Working with us means collaborating with like-minded colleagues across over 60 locations from more than 100 nations.

Development

We promote individual development by offering internal development programmes, mentoring, further education and training budgets.