Data & AI Delivery Architect

Menlo Ventures; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Delivery Solutions Architect (DSA) to partner with Sales, Solutions Architecture, and Field Engineering to accelerate adoption and growth of the Databricks platform. You will serve as a trusted technical advisor, helping customers design, implement, scale, and optimize data and AI solutions that deliver measurable business value.

This role focuses on architecture, technical strategy, and customer outcomes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in solutions architecture, solutions engineering, technical consulting, or related technical role.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, Scala, or similar languages; ability to build, debug, and validate solutions.
• Deep understanding of distributed data systems, data engineering, analytics, data warehousing, AI/ML, and modern cloud architectures.
• Experience designing secure, governed, scalable, production-ready data solutions.
• Ability to solve ambiguous technical problems and validate solutions.
• Experience leading architecture discussions with technical leads and stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of platform operational excellence, including security, governance, performance, reliability, and cost optimization.

Responsibilities

• Define and influence technical execution strategies across complex use cases and multiple workstreams within strategic accounts.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customer technical leads and architects, guiding architectural decisions.
• Design secure, governed, and scalable Databricks architectures balancing performance, cost, and reliability.
• Build and demonstrate working solutions, prototypes, and reusable technical assets.
• Anticipate platform maturity and scaling needs and establish best practices for security and governance.
• Drive adoption and consumption by influencing architecture and connecting technical work to business outcomes.
• Mentor peers and contribute reusable technical guidance and enablement across the organization.
• Partner with Databricks, customers, and implementation teams to align resources and manage risks.

Skills

Solutions architecture

Python

SQL

Scala

Cloud architectures

Architecture leadership

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Delivery Solutions Architect (DSA) to partner with Sales, Solutions Architecture, and Field Engineering to accelerate adoption and growth of the Databricks platform. You will serve as a trusted technical advisor, helping customers design, implement, scale, and optimize data and AI solutions that deliver measurable business value.

This role focuses on architecture, technical strategy, and customer outcomes.