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Senior Data Engineer

Darwin Recruitment • Contract • Zurich Zürich • 3d ago

Senior Data Engineer – Freelance – Switzerland

Location: Zurich, Switzerland

Availability: Full-time

Start Date: July 2025

Contract Duration: 12 months

Our client is seeking an experienced Data Engineer to support a major transformation project. This hands-on role focuses on delivering production-ready data pipelines using PySpark on Databricks, built to scale and optimized for performance.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop and maintain data pipelines using PySpark on Databricks
Ensure performance and scalability (billions of records, hundreds of attributes)
Collaborate with engineers, analysts, and architects to meet technical goals
Balance fast delivery with code maintainability and low technical debt

Skills & Experience:

Strong PySpark experience (Python alone not sufficient)
Proven experience with Delta Lake and Databricks
Solid understanding of Azure fundamentals
5+ years in software/data engineering
Strong SQL and Python development skills
Experience working in agile teams and large codebases
Fluent in English

Interested?

If this role is of interest, please send an up-to-date CV to taylor.lewis@darwinrecruitment.com.

Darwin Recruitment AG is a Zurich based, SECO licensed, privately owned subsidiary of Darwin Professional Staffing Group Ltd (a Global IT Recruitment Consultancy).

Darwin Recruitment AG manages client relationships whilst also utilising Darwin Professional Staffing Group databases and networks to source Candidates and fulfil client requests.

We do not ask for a placement fee from Candidates/Employees.

If you wish to contact a specialist regarding this role, or your job search in general, please contact +41 (0)43 456 29 09

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Taylor Lewis

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