Lead Specialist Solutions Architect Northeast - United States

Databricks Inc.; Mississippi; On-site; USD 228,000 - 351,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Product Specialist for their Builder Team. In this role, you will enhance the Databricks platform, focusing on integrating and extending its capabilities to empower data and AI use cases. You will be responsible for building and maintaining critical infrastructure while collaborating with various teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions. This position requires a strong technical background, excellent communication skills, and a passion for customer impact. Join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and diversity in the workplace.

Benefits

Employer contributions to health plans

Equity awards

Paid parental leave

Gym reimbursement

Business travel insurance

Qualifications

• 10+ years production experience in software development.
• Strong communication skills with a focus on technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain infrastructure components of the Databricks Labs ecosystem.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive project execution.

Skills

Terraform

Scala

Go

Apache Spark

Java

Python

Education

BS in Computer Science

MS in Engineering

PhD in related technical field

Job description

As a Product Specialist - Builder Team, you will build, maintain, and support projects that integrate and extend the Databricks platform to democratize data and AI use cases faster. In this role, you will advance the roadmap for specific priority projects the team develops and evaluate partner solutions. Additionally, you will support the infrastructure to maintain Databricks Labs, enabling all field engineering to contribute to tooling efforts. A successful candidate will have strong customer empathy, a product focus—defining customer needs from tooling solutions—and a data-driven mindset to maximize impact. You should be comfortable working with partners, customers, and internal stakeholders to ensure continuous evolution of our tooling. You will report to the Product Specialist Leader - Builder Team within the Field Engineering Scale organization.

The impact you will have:

1. Build, debug, and extend multiple internal and public infrastructure components of the Databricks Labs ecosystem.
2. Author high-quality technical documentation, reference architectures, and internal guides to scale knowledge and best practices across the organization.
3. Establish and document engineering best practices, coding standards, and reusable patterns for Labs projects, enabling rapid and consistent solution delivery.
4. Collaborate with cross-functional teams—including Field Engineering, Product, and Platform Engineering—to gather requirements, align on technical direction, and drive project execution.
5. Contribute to the evaluation, adoption, and integration of new technologies relevant to Databricks Labs and automation tooling ecosystem.

What we look for:

• Experience working towards a multi-year vision with incremental deliverables.
• Production experience of 10+ years in at least three of the following: Terraform, Scala, Go, Apache Spark, Java, Python. Experience with one compiled language is required.
• Passion for defensive programming and building highly scalable and reliable software.
• Motivated by delivering customer value and impact.
• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of producing clear technical documentation and sharing knowledge across teams.

Benefits include:

• Employer contributions to health plans
• Equity awards
• Paid parental leave
• Gym reimbursement
• Business travel insurance

Pay Range Transparency

Zone 1: $228,800 — $350,800 USD

Zone 2: $228,800 — $350,800 USD

Zone 3: $228,800 — $350,800 USD

Zone 4: $228,800 — $350,800 USD

About Databricks:

Databricks is a data and AI company serving over 10,000 organizations worldwide, including Fortune 500 companies. Headquartered in San Francisco, Databricks was founded by the creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and MLflow. Learn more by following Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

Benefits and Diversity:

We strive to provide comprehensive benefits tailored to our employees' needs. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture, ensuring fair hiring practices without regard to protected characteristics.

Compliance:

If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required, the employer will determine whether to apply for a U.S. government license, and may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.