Senior Data Engineering & Warehousing Solutions Architect

Databricks; United States; Remote; USD 149,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking an experienced Data Engineering and Warehousing Specialist Solutions Architect (SSA) to own the technical strategy for customer accounts. Remote work is available, with up to 30% travel anticipated.

You will drive architecture discussions, design scalable data pipelines and lakehouse solutions, and act as a trusted advisor to technical leaders and directors. Databricks platform mastery is expected and adoption growth is a core objective.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in solutions architecture, pre-sales, or senior technical roles in data engineering and analytics.
• Strong coding proficiency in Python and SQL with live coding demonstrations.
• Deep expertise in distributed data systems; cloud-native lakehouse architecture preferred.
• Databricks Platform proficiency with a developing specialization; travel up to 30%.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end technical strategy from discovery to deployment and growth.
• Direct complex architecture discussions across data engineering and real-time analytics.
• Act as trusted advisor to customer architects and engineering leads.
• Drive competitive wins with tailored, high-value Databricks solutions.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver comprehensive architectures.

Skills

Spark ecosystem

Kafka

Python

SQL

Distributed data systems

Databricks platform

Architecture leadership

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Databricks Platform

Cloud infrastructure

Job description

Databricks is seeking an experienced Data Engineering and Warehousing Specialist Solutions Architect (SSA) to own the technical strategy for customer accounts. Remote work is available, with up to 30% travel anticipated.

You will drive architecture discussions, design scalable data pipelines and lakehouse solutions, and act as a trusted advisor to technical leaders and directors. Databricks platform mastery is expected and adoption growth is a core objective.