Senior Data & AI Solutions Architect

Databricks Inc.; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Solutions Architect (L5) to own the technical strategy for customer accounts, guiding architecture discussions and driving platform adoption across data engineering, ML/AI, and real-time analytics. You will lead complex architectural designs and collaborate with customer leads and Directors to deliver scalable, production-grade solutions.

You will influence product direction with structured feedback and orchestrate cross-functional teams to meet challenging customer needs.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in solutions architecture or senior technical roles.
• Strong coding in Python and SQL with live-coding and debugging ability.
• Deep expertise in distributed data systems and cloud-native platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end technical strategy for accounts from discovery to production deployment.
• Lead architecture discussions for scalable, production-grade solutions.
• Advise customer architects and engineers to drive platform adoption.
• Demonstrate Databricks differentiation through custom-built solutions.
• Develop emerging technical specialization for the team to reference.

Skills

Solutions architecture

Python

SQL

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Databricks Platform

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Solutions Architect (L5) to own the technical strategy for customer accounts, guiding architecture discussions and driving platform adoption across data engineering, ML/AI, and real-time analytics. You will lead complex architectural designs and collaborate with customer leads and Directors to deliver scalable, production-grade solutions.

You will influence product direction with structured feedback and orchestrate cross-functional teams to meet challenging customer needs.