Senior Solutions Architect - Data Engineering & AI Platforms

Databricks Inc.; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks in Amsterdam seeks an experienced Specialist Solutions Architect - Data Engineering to guide strategic customers in designing and optimizing production-grade data workloads on the Databricks platform, leading PoCs and workload sizing with field teams.

You will design scalable batch and streaming pipelines, enable AI-driven workflows, mentor peers, and deliver technical workshops to scale expertise across accounts, with up to 30% travel in a hybrid schedule.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in data or software engineering with hands-on proficiency in distributed processing (Apache Spark™, Delta Lake, SDP) and real-time streaming technologies (Spark Streaming, Kafka, CDC).
• AI-First Builder Mindset: daily reliance on AI coding tools and LLMs to accelerate pipeline development, troubleshooting, and asset generation.
• Production programming in Python, SQL, and Scala or Java; solid data modeling and system design fundamentals.
• Customer advisory & delivery: 5+ years in pre-sales or post-sales technical consulting, managing customer engagements and multi-stakeholder discussions.
• Operational & HTAP architectures: experience with OLTP, low-latency serving, reverse ETL, and HTAP processing.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end technical design, PoCs, and workload sizing for strategic engagements, acting as a trusted advisor to technical stakeholders.
• Architect production data systems: design, build, and optimize scalable batch and streaming pipelines and end-to-end performance tests.
• Deploy interactive data applications using Databricks Apps, transforming data pipelines and AI models into usable tools.
• AI-native engineering: leverage AI coding assistants, LLMs, and agentic workflows to prototype and deliver architectural assets.
• Enablement & domain leadership: mentor peers, deliver workshops, and share reusable assets across accounts.

Skills

Data engineering

AI-first

Production coding

Customer advisory

HTAP architectures

Tools

Apache Spark

Delta Lake

Spark Streaming

Kafka

Postgres

Job description

Databricks in Amsterdam seeks an experienced Specialist Solutions Architect - Data Engineering to guide strategic customers in designing and optimizing production-grade data workloads on the Databricks platform, leading PoCs and workload sizing with field teams.

You will design scalable batch and streaming pipelines, enable AI-driven workflows, mentor peers, and deliver technical workshops to scale expertise across accounts, with up to 30% travel in a hybrid schedule.