Remote Principal Data Architect - Databricks Expert

Caylent; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401k with company match

Company issued laptop

Dental and Vision insurance

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Learning stipend

Job summary

Caylent is an AI-first cloud services company enabling organizations to turn ambitious ideas into meaningful business impact. We are seeking a Principal Data Architect with deep Databricks expertise to lead high-visibility data platform engagements for enterprise clients standardizing on Databricks as their unified analytics and AI platform.

This role blends architectural depth with a forward-deployed engineering mindset, involving hands-on delivery, coaching toward self-service, and governance

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience designing and building complex data systems.
• Strong knowledge of Databricks, data governance and data modeling.
• Experience with data platforms, governance, and MLOps.

Responsibilities

• Define strategic roadmaps and Databricks adoption plans for clients.
• Embed with client teams to implement high-priority use cases hands-on.
• Translate client needs into feature requests for the platform/foundation team.
• Coach client architects and engineers on best practices.

Skills

Databricks

Data architecture

AWS data landscape

Python for analytics

DataOps

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD

Job description

Caylent is an AI-first cloud services company enabling organizations to turn ambitious ideas into meaningful business impact. We are seeking a Principal Data Architect with deep Databricks expertise to lead high-visibility data platform engagements for enterprise clients standardizing on Databricks as their unified analytics and AI platform.

This role blends architectural depth with a forward-deployed engineering mindset, involving hands-on delivery, coaching toward self-service, and governance