Senior Databricks Lakehouse Architect — Modernization

Anblicks Inc.; Dallas, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Anblicks Inc. is seeking a Databricks Architect to lead lakehouse modernization initiatives in a US onsite setting. You will design target-state lakehouse architectures, govern Delta-based data models, and define migration plans across complex enterprise environments.

You will collaborate with client architecture teams, guide build squads, and apply AI-assisted acceleration to optimize Spark workloads for scale and cost in multi-cloud deployments.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in data engineering/architecture.
• 4+ years architecting Databricks/lakehouse solutions at enterprise scale.
• Experience in data platform modernization including AI-enabled delivery.
• Strong Delta data modeling and Spark performance engineering; Unity Catalog governance preferred.
• dbt on Databricks and multi-cloud experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design target-state lakehouse architectures: Delta patterns, medallion layering, workflow orchestration, governance, and performance engineering.
• Drive data modeling on Delta for complex enterprise domains; align shared frameworks to Databricks equivalents.
• Define migration plans, load strategies, validation and reconciliation approaches, and cutover designs for lakehouse targets.
• Lead design reviews with client architecture teams and guide build teams hands-on.
• Apply AI-assisted and accelerator-driven conversion approaches; tune Spark workloads for scale and cost.

Skills

Databricks Architecture

Data Modeling

Spark performance engineering

Migration planning

Governance

AI-assisted delivery

Tools

dbt on Databricks

Spark

Unity Catalog

Delta Lake

Job description

Anblicks Inc. is seeking a Databricks Architect to lead lakehouse modernization initiatives in a US onsite setting. You will design target-state lakehouse architectures, govern Delta-based data models, and define migration plans across complex enterprise environments.

You will collaborate with client architecture teams, guide build squads, and apply AI-assisted acceleration to optimize Spark workloads for scale and cost in multi-cloud deployments.