Embedded Delivery Expertise

Databricks engineers embedded in your team

We embed experienced Databricks engineers and architects directly into your team. They own delivery, not just advice.
Recognise any of these?

The gap between data ambition and a buildable plan

Most teams we work with aren't starting from zero. They have Databricks in place. They have initiatives in the backlog. What they're missing is the Databricks delivery capacity to push those initiatives into production.
Delivery capacity

The backlog is prioritised. The roadmap is signed off. The internal team is stretched across existing commitments and can't give the next initiative what it needs.

Depth of expertise

Strong engineers, but the gap between working in Databricks and running complex production workloads on it is real. The initiative needs someone who has been here before.

Speed to production

The PoC worked. Stakeholders are waiting. Getting it to production requires production-grade engineering architecture, testing, ops readiness not another sprint on the prototype.

What we deliver

The right expertise for your specific challenge.

Embedded delivery engagements are matched to your situation. These are the capability areas we most commonly embed into. Every engagement starts with a conversation about your specific platform, team, and objective, then we match the right expert profile.
Platform Engineering

Design, build, and operate production Databricks Lakehouses. Covers data modelling, pipeline engineering, Unity Catalog, and the operational layer that keeps the platform reliable at scale.

Data Migration

Move workloads from legacy environments - Snowflake, Synapse, Redshift, on-premise warehouses - to Databricks.

MLOps & AI Deployment

Move ML models and AI agents out of experimentation and into production on Databricks. Covers MLflow tracing and evaluation, Agent Bricks, Vector Search, Model Serving with AI Gateway, and the monitoring that makes AI repeatable, not just demonstrable.

Pipeline Optimisation

Diagnose and fix underperforming pipelines, inefficient queries, and runaway compute costs. The focus is production impact, not theoretical improvement, work that changes what you see in the dashboard next week.

Architecture & Governance

Design the architecture for a platform being built or restructured, covering workspace and network layout, ingestion patterns, data flows, Unity Catalog structure, and access control. These are the decisions that are expensive to undo later, so we make them before anything is built.

Team Enablement

Capability building embedded into the delivery work, not separated from it. Our expert works within your team, pairing with your engineers, reviewing code together, and explaining the reasoning behind each decision, so skills build up as the work gets done.

Deliverables

A platform your team inherits,
not one it depends on us to run.

Every embedded delivery engagement is set up so your team gains both the platform and the skills to run it. Knowledge builds through the work itself.
01
Embedded Databricks expertise

Our Databricks experts are working as part of your team during the engagement and document all architectural decisions and changes.

02
Operational runbooks

Step-by-step guidance for your team to monitor, debug, and maintain what was built. Written by the engineer who built it, so the details that matter don't get lost.

03
Knowledge transfer embedded in delivery

Your team learns through pairing, design and code reviews, and documented decisions throughout the engagement. Understanding grows at the same pace as the platform.

04
Handover session

The final step in knowledge transfer that runs throughout the engagement. Dedicated sessions with your technical team bring everything together: what was built, how to run it, what to watch, and what the next natural build phase looks like. Any remaining gaps in context are closed, so work carries on at your side with the full picture.

The Process

Tailored to your challenge.
Productive from the first week.

Every embedded engagement starts with a focused conversation, not a month-long discovery phase. We match the right expert to your stack and challenge, at the level of seniority the work requires. Once objectives are agreed, they join your team and get straight to work.
step 01
Scope
A focused technical conversation about your current setup, your team, and the gap you need to fill. We define what success looks like and the capability profile it calls for, before we match anyone.
step 02
Match
We select the right engineer or architect for your stack, domain, and delivery context, at the level of seniority the work requires. You meet them before they start. We don't fill slots. We match people.
step 03
Embed
From the first week, our expert works as a member of your team, joining your stand-ups, planning, and delivery. Real contributions start straight away.
step 04
Deliver
Hands-on execution against the agreed objectives. Knowledge transfer runs alongside it, so your team learns as the work progresses.
step 05
Hand Over / Scale
If there's more to build, we extend the engagement or bring in additional expertise. When the work is complete, handover sessions close any remaining gaps, so your team takes over with the full picture.
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Related services

If your team needs support beyond hands-on delivery, we can help define priorities, review technical architecture, or resolve specific performance issues in your Databricks environment.