Senior Data & AI Solutions Architect

Databricks Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks Inc. in the United States is seeking a Solutions Architect (L5) to lead the technical strategy for customers, own architecture discussions, drive platform adoption, and act as a trusted advisor to customer technical leads.

You will design scalable, production-grade data pipelines and ML/AI solutions across data engineering, real-time analytics, and lakehouse patterns, with experience in cloud deployments on AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in solutions architecture, data engineering, or senior technical roles.
• Strong coding proficiency in Python and SQL with live coding and debugging skills.
• Deep expertise in distributed data systems, pipelines, streaming, lakehouse patterns, and cloud-native platforms.
• Excellent ability to lead architecture discussions with senior stakeholders and translate architectures to business value.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end technical strategy for accounts, from discovery to production deployment and consumption growth.
• Lead complex architecture discussions designing scalable, production-grade solutions spanning data engineering, ML/AI, and real-time analytics.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customer architects, engineering leads, and Directors.
• Drive technical wins in competitive scenarios by demonstrating differentiation through custom-built solutions.
• Develop and declare an emerging technical specialization to become a go-to resource for the team.
• Orchestrate cross-functional resources (DSAs, SSAs, Partners) to deliver comprehensive solutions for complex needs.
• Influence product direction by providing feedback on customer requirements and competitive gaps.

Skills

Python

SQL

Distributed data systems

Architecture discussions

Cloud deployments

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or quantitative field

Job description

Databricks Inc. in the United States is seeking a Solutions Architect (L5) to lead the technical strategy for customers, own architecture discussions, drive platform adoption, and act as a trusted advisor to customer technical leads.

You will design scalable, production-grade data pipelines and ML/AI solutions across data engineering, real-time analytics, and lakehouse patterns, with experience in cloud deployments on AWS, Azure, or GCP.