Databricks Platform Architect & AI Lead

Nutanix; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Incorporated seeks a hands-on Databricks Lead (Staff IT Engineer) to design, build, and operate enterprise Databricks solutions in San Diego, CA or Boulder, CO. This on-site role drives platform adoption, AI-native development, and cloud modernization while mentoring engineers and defining engineering standards.

You will lead scalable Lakehouse architectures, develop automation, and advance AI/ML enablement with best practices for SDLC and platform operations.

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of IT experience.
• 4–5 years hands-on Databricks experience.
• Experience in enterprise cloud and AI platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate scalable Databricks Lakehouse architectures.
• Lead technical delivery and mentor engineers.
• Develop reusable platform accelerators and automation.
• Promote AI-native software engineering practices.
• Ensure reliability and observability of platforms.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Databricks

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

MLflow

Mosaic AI

Python

SQL

Spark

Workflows

Serverless

REST APIs

GitHub

CI/CD

AIOps observability

Job description

Qualcomm Incorporated seeks a hands-on Databricks Lead (Staff IT Engineer) to design, build, and operate enterprise Databricks solutions in San Diego, CA or Boulder, CO. This on-site role drives platform adoption, AI-native development, and cloud modernization while mentoring engineers and defining engineering standards.

You will lead scalable Lakehouse architectures, develop automation, and advance AI/ML enablement with best practices for SDLC and platform operations.