Senior Databricks Developer - REMOTE (DC Metro Only)

Senior Databricks Developer - REMOTE (DC Metro Only)
New Carrollton, MD 20706

Location Note: Must reside in the Washington DC Metro area
Security Clearance: Active IRS MBI Required
Employment Type: Full Time (W2)

Position Overview
Anakim Consulting is seeking an experienced Senior/Lead Databricks Developer to design, build, and optimize enterprise-grade data solutions across mission-critical programs. In this role, you will analyze complex data landscapes, prototype innovative architectures, and deliver resilient software solutions within cloud environments. This Databricks Developer role goes beyond core engineering and will help to shape technical strategy by identifying architectural gaps, introducing modern data patterns, and providing hands-on mentorship and leadership to a collaborative engineering team.

Key Responsibilities

• Solution Architecture and Development: Design, develop, and deploy scalable data pipelines, analytics workloads, and software applications leveraging Databricks on AWS.
• Prototyping and Analysis: Assess and interpret complex business and technical requirements, rapidly developing proof-of-concept (POC) prototypes during discovery and design phases.
• Code Quality and Testing: Conduct structured peer code reviews, enforce engineering standards, write robust unit/integration tests, and execute systematic debugging, refactoring, and performance tuning across sprint cycles.
• Production Support and Incident Triage: Promptly investigate, diagnose, and resolve defect reports, data anomalies, and system errors to maintain operational stability.
• Architecture Modernization: Evaluate existing project architecture, identify structural gaps, and propose new frameworks or software products to enhance performance and maintainability.
• Technical Leadership: Lead and mentor engineering team members through design, implementation, and delivery, fostering high engineering standards and continuous team growth.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Interface directly with client stakeholders across technical and non-technical tiers, translating mission objectives into technical roadmaps within an Agile framework.