Databricks Solution Architect — Lead Data & ML Platform

Ethereum Technologies; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Ethereum Technologies in San Francisco, CA seeks a Databricks Solution Architect to design and govern data solutions on Databricks, covering ingestion, medallion architecture, data serving, and ML workloads. You will translate business requirements into scalable reference designs and roadmaps while leading architecture reviews and vendor evaluations.

The role emphasizes security, FinOps, and migration from legacy Hadoop/Hive environments, with a focus on multi-account AWS setups and data

Qualifications

• 7+ years in data engineering or architecture.
• 5+ years with Databricks.
• Strong AWS architecture knowledge.
• Experience with Unity Catalog and data security.
• Migration of Hadoop/Hive to modern data platforms.
• Knowledge of Kafka and Spark Structured Streaming.
• Databricks cost optimization and FinOps.

Responsibilities

• Define target-state architecture covering data ingestion, medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold), data serving, and ML workloads on Databricks.
• Lead stakeholder discovery, translate business requirements into solution designs, reference architectures, and delivery roadmaps.
• Design marketing data solutions for customer identity resolution, segmentation, campaign measurement, and compliant data sharing.
• Architect collections data solutions for delinquency monitoring, contact data, agency/vendor integrations, and regulatory compliance.
• Define batch and streaming patterns, AWS networking, IAM, multi-account architecture, high availability, and disaster recovery.
• Establish security and governance using Unity Catalog, PII/NPI protection, encryption, audit logging, and data lineage.
• Plan migration from legacy Hadoop, Hive, EMR, and data warehouse platforms.
• Develop Databricks cost and capacity models, FinOps controls, and platform investment business cases.
• Lead architecture reviews, vendor evaluations, proofs of concept, and architecture standards.

Skills

Databricks

Apache Spark

Delta Lake

SQL

Medallion architecture

Dimensional modeling

AWS

Unity Catalog

PII protection

Hadoop migration

Kafka

Structured Streaming

FinOps

Stakeholder management

Architecture documentation

Job description

Ethereum Technologies in San Francisco, CA seeks a Databricks Solution Architect to design and govern data solutions on Databricks, covering ingestion, medallion architecture, data serving, and ML workloads. You will translate business requirements into scalable reference designs and roadmaps while leading architecture reviews and vendor evaluations.

The role emphasizes security, FinOps, and migration from legacy Hadoop/Hive environments, with a focus on multi-account AWS setups and data