Tech Lead Big Data Spark / Databricks
About the job
- Solid overall experience in data engineering and demonstrated experience in a Tech Lead role.
- Strong command of Spark, Java, and a Databricks environment is essential.
- Good knowledge of database architectures, SQL, and PL/SQL; Python knowledge is desirable.
- Strong operations (RUN) expertise, including operating systems, flow stability, and continuous improvement, with an interest in DevOps practices including CI/CD, Git, and Jenkins.
- Ability to analyze, work autonomously, and operate rigorously; communication skills for facilitating a team.
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance data pipelines in Spark using Java.
- Lead the migration of legacy processing systems, including Informatica and PL/SQL, to modern Big Data architectures.
- Define the team's technical direction, prioritize workstreams, and translate the roadmap into operational plans.
- Contribute to the strategic cloud modernization project and implement new data flows using Databricks.
- Serve as the technical interface between developers, the Apps Lead, and DevOps teams.
- Facilitate the Spark guild, promote development best practices, and ensure code quality.
- Support Data developers' skill development across the technology stack.
- Define tooling needs, including CI/CD and development workflows, and improve processing robustness, performance, and observability.
- Python knowledge.
About the company
NEXTON plans and builds digital projects for large French companies and online businesses, combining digital strategy with software development and marketing. Its teams cover product management, user-experience design, agile delivery and data work, and build websites, mobile applications and customer communications. Clients pay for specialist consultants assigned to their teams or for projects delivered by NEXTON's own agency. The agency combines designers, developers and marketing specialists to handle projects from planning and interface design through development and delivery. Founded in Paris in 2011, NEXTON is headquartered there at 5-7 rue Saint-Fiacre and operates across France.
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2011
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- NEXTON recruits entirely on permanent employment contracts, providing a salaried path into client assignments.
- NEXTON consultants joined client Veolia at Google's enterprise-AI event in March 2026, studying tools alongside customer teams.
- NEXTON's client portfolio spans rail, telecom and insurance through SNCF, Orange and AXA.
What critics are saying
- NEXTON's Montpellier Java role pairs new banking features with incident analysis and corrective maintenance, per October 2026 posting.
- French demand exposure: Numeum reported 1.8% contraction for 2025 IT services in December 2025; NEXTON's six offices are French.
- NEXTON's Paris customer marketing lead handles mobile campaigns and supervises an apprentice, per its October 2026 posting.
What makes NEXTON unique
- NEXTON runs an in-house digital factory in rural Saint-Augustin, extending project delivery beyond metropolitan offices.
- Figma lists NEXTON as a service partner for design-system implementation, migration and team training.
- NEXTON's seven employee-run communities connect mentoring, software, design, AI/data, sustainability, agile product work and sport.
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- Commuter Benefits
- Professional Development Budget