Senior Remote Databricks Platform Architect

Jobvite, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Federal holidays

Comprehensive health coverage

401(k) with company match

Commuter benefits

Job summary

MetaPhase is seeking a Principal Databricks Architect / Engineer to lead the architecture, design, and governance of a Databricks-based data platform. You will translate business needs into scalable, secure data solutions while setting engineering standards and guiding engineers.

The role requires hands-on Databricks experience, strong governance skills, and the ability to mentor a team. Remote work is supported with limited travel, focusing on reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline with 8+ years of progressive experience in cloud data platforms.
• 5+ years of hands-on data engineering using Python, SQL, Spark, and ETL/ELT pipelines in production.
• 3+ years of Databricks architecture and engineering with Delta Lake and Unity Catalog.
• Current Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional certification.
• Ability to lead technical architecture and communicate decisions to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the target architecture and roadmap for the Databricks platform across ingestion, storage, transformation, and analytics.
• Design scalable Lakehouse architectures using Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and Spark.
• Define platform standards for data modeling, CI/CD, testing, and observability.
• Lead enterprise data governance including cataloging, access controls, lineage, and data quality.
• Architect secure integrations between Databricks and source systems, cloud services, and BI tools.
• Provide hands-on engineering support for complex data pipelines and performance tuning.
• Review designs and artifacts; mentor engineers and promote reusable patterns.
• Support architecture reviews and continuous improvement efforts.

Skills

Python

SQL

Apache Spark

Databricks

ETL/ELT pipelines

Data Governance

Education

BA/BS in a technical discipline

Tools

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Databricks SQL

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

MetaPhase is seeking a Principal Databricks Architect / Engineer to lead the architecture, design, and governance of a Databricks-based data platform. You will translate business needs into scalable, secure data solutions while setting engineering standards and guiding engineers.

The role requires hands-on Databricks experience, strong governance skills, and the ability to mentor a team. Remote work is supported with limited travel, focusing on reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.