Senior Data Engineering Solutions Architect

Databricks; City of Amsterdam (NY); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks in Amsterdam seeks a hands-on Specialist Solutions Architect (SSA) for Data Engineering to guide customers in designing production-grade data workloads on the Databricks platform. You will translate big data challenges into scalable architectures using Apache Spark and modern streaming frameworks, while aligning roadmaps to accelerate platform adoption.

The role emphasizes end-to-end technical design, PoCs, and workload sizing for strategic engagements, with travel up to 30%.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in data or software engineering with distributed processing experience.
• Hands-on with Spark, Delta Lake, and real-time streaming technologies.
• Production coding in Python, SQL, and Scala/Java; data modeling fundamentals.
• Experience guiding customers, driving technical wins, and delivering architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end technical design, PoCs, and workload sizing for strategic customers.
• Architect scalable batch and streaming data pipelines and Lakebase integrations.
• Deploy interactive data applications using Databricks Apps.
• Leverage AI tools to prototype and deliver architectural assets with ownership.
• Mentor peers, create reusable assets, and run technical workshops.

Skills

Apache Spark

Delta Lake

Kafka

Python

SQL

Scala/Java

Streaming processing

Tools

Databricks Platform

Databricks Apps

Genie Code/Cursor

Job description

Databricks in Amsterdam seeks a hands-on Specialist Solutions Architect (SSA) for Data Engineering to guide customers in designing production-grade data workloads on the Databricks platform. You will translate big data challenges into scalable architectures using Apache Spark and modern streaming frameworks, while aligning roadmaps to accelerate platform adoption.

The role emphasizes end-to-end technical design, PoCs, and workload sizing for strategic engagements, with travel up to 30%.