Senior Data Platform Architect — Remote, High Growth

Databricks Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks Inc. is seeking a Data Solutions Architect (SSA) to lead advanced technical strategy for enterprise customers. You will own architecture discussions, design scalable data solutions, and act as a trusted advisor to customer technical leaders and architects.

This role emphasizes real-time analytics, lakehouse patterns, and cloud-native platforms. You will drive platform adoption, orchestrate cross‑functional teams, and contribute to product direction with customer feedback.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in solutions architecture, technical pre‑sales, or senior hands‑on role
• Strong coding in Python and SQL with live coding ability
• Experience migrating EDW workloads across OLAP/OLTP systems
• Hands-on with Spark ecosystem, streaming and data platforms

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end technical strategy for accounts from discovery through deployment
• Lead architecture discussions across data engineering and real-time analytics
• Serve as trusted technical advisor to customer architects and execs
• Drive technical wins by showcasing Databricks differentiation
• Develop an emerging technical specialization within the team
• Coordinate cross-functional resources to deliver complex solutions

Skills

Spark

Kafka

Lakehouse

Cloud platforms

Python

SQL

Data warehousing

Pre-sales

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science

Tools

Snowflake

Redshift

Synapse

Spark

Job description

Databricks Inc. is seeking a Data Solutions Architect (SSA) to lead advanced technical strategy for enterprise customers. You will own architecture discussions, design scalable data solutions, and act as a trusted advisor to customer technical leaders and architects.

This role emphasizes real-time analytics, lakehouse patterns, and cloud-native platforms. You will drive platform adoption, orchestrate cross‑functional teams, and contribute to product direction with customer feedback.