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We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer with deep expertise in Databricks to join the team and lead on the design and delivery of scalable, high-performance data solutions within our B2C business. Reporting into the Principal Architect you will drive the technical strategy for our Databricks-based data architecture, delivering critical use cases across safer gambling, real-time analytics, and regulatory compliance.

The role will be a full-time permanent role based from our Wigan (Greater Manchester) office with presence required onsite approx. twice per month/subject to business needs.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead the architecture and implementation of Databricks-based data pipelines, supporting real-time and batch workloads using Structured Streaming, Delta Lake, and Autoloader
• Collaborate with commercial, product and compliance teams to build data products that support responsible gambling, regulatory reporting, and customer insights
• Design and enforce data governance and access controls using Unity Catalog and AWS IAM policies
• Optimise Spark performance, DBU usage, and job scheduling to ensure reliable and cost-effective operation
• Contribute to infrastructure decisions including AWS configuration, Terraform deployments, and monitoring with CloudWatch and Databricks-native tools
• Evaluate and adopt new Databricks features to enhance platform capabilities
  
  

• Expert working knowledge of Databricks, especially PySpark, Delta Lake, and Structured Streaming
• Strong skills in building and optimising pipelines in AWS (e.g., S3, Glue, Lambda, IAM, CloudWatch).
• Strong skills in Python and SQL with a solid understanding of distributed processing patterns
• Experience working in regulated industries (preferably iGaming) with a focus on data privacy and compliance
• An advocate for modern engineering practices including the use of cloud native technologies, DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, containerised applications, and agile delivery
• A Databricks certification (e.g., Data Engineering Professional) is desirable
  
  

• Competitive basic salary
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Company shares option plan
• Contributary pension scheme
• Life insurance (4 x basic salary)
• Simply Health plan
• Holiday entitlement (25 days plus bank holidays)
• Confidential 24/7 365 employee assistance helpline
• Agile and collaborative office environment with free parking, fruit, biscuits, and drinks
• Regular social events, charity events and volunteering opportunities

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Gambling Facilities and Casinos

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