Fintech Solutions Architect — Data & AI Strategy Lead

Databricks; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 180,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks seeks an experienced Solutions Architect to drive the technical strategy for key accounts, leading architecture discussions and ensuring successful platform adoption across data engineering, ML/AI, and real‑time analytics. You will act as a trusted advisor to customer tech leads and executives, shaping solutions and demonstrating Databricks’ distinctive value.

Ideal candidates bring 6+ years in solutions architecture or similar roles, deep Python/SQL coding skills, and strong cloud

Qualifications

• 6+ years in solutions architecture or related senior technical role.
• Strong coding in Python and SQL with live coding and debugging ability.
• Deep expertise in scalable data pipelines, streaming, lakehouse patterns, and cloud‑native platforms.
• Experience deploying production workloads on public clouds (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Ability to articulate business value to technical and executive audiences.
• Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end technical strategy for accounts from discovery to production deployment.
• Lead architecture discussions across data engineering, ML/AI, and real‑time analytics.
• Serve as trusted technical advisor to customer architects and executives.
• Drive technical wins by showcasing Databricks differentiation.
• Develop and share an emerging technical specialization archetype.
• Coordinate cross‑functional resources to deliver complex customer solutions.
• Provide feedback on requirements and competitive gaps to influence product direction.

Skills

Python

SQL

Distributed data systems

Platform proficiency

Communication

Cloud deployments

Leadership in architecture

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Databricks Platform

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Databricks seeks an experienced Solutions Architect to drive the technical strategy for key accounts, leading architecture discussions and ensuring successful platform adoption across data engineering, ML/AI, and real‑time analytics. You will act as a trusted advisor to customer tech leads and executives, shaping solutions and demonstrating Databricks’ distinctive value.

Ideal candidates bring 6+ years in solutions architecture or similar roles, deep Python/SQL coding skills, and strong cloud