Principal Data Architect, Databricks Platform Leader

Caylent; Canada; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/remote flexibility

Premium health benefits

Equipment stipend

Learning and development stipend

Unlimited vacations

Paid holidays

Job summary

Caylent is an all-remote AI-first cloud services company helping enterprises implement Databricks, AWS data platforms, and AI-driven solutions. This Principal Data Architect role focuses on high-visibility engagements, guiding clients from initial design through production deployments with hands-on delivery and coaching across teams.

You'll define guardrails, standards, and self-service capabilities while leading architectural discussions, staffing, and pre-sales activities to ensure scalable,

Qualifications

• Deep Databricks expertise including Unity Catalog and lakehouse design
• Experience designing and delivering data platforms for enterprise clients
• Strong ability to translate business needs into technical scope and outcomes

Responsibilities

• Define strategic roadmaps and Databricks adoption plans for clients
• Embed with client teams to implement top-priority use cases
• Translate client needs into platform feature requests and guardrails
• Coach client architects and engineers on best practices
• Oversee data standards and semantic/ lineage layers across platforms
• Conduct technical interviews for architect and engineer roles
• Build trusted relationships with client leadership to balance governance and speed

Skills

Databricks

AWS data landscape

Communication

Data architecture

Tools

Terraform

Python

CI/CD

Job description

Caylent is an all-remote AI-first cloud services company helping enterprises implement Databricks, AWS data platforms, and AI-driven solutions. This Principal Data Architect role focuses on high-visibility engagements, guiding clients from initial design through production deployments with hands-on delivery and coaching across teams.

You'll define guardrails, standards, and self-service capabilities while leading architectural discussions, staffing, and pre-sales activities to ensure scalable,