Senior Solutions Architect – Banking & Payments, AI Strategy

Databricks Inc.; North Carolina; On-site; USD 219,000 - 301,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks Inc. is seeking a Sr. Solutions Architect in the United States. You will lead the most complex customer engagements, driving consumption strategy and platform adoption while serving as the definitive technical authority for key accounts.

You will own executive relationships, mentor junior SAs, and coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise-grade data and AI solutions across multi-workload platforms.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in solutions architecture, principal engineering, technical pre-sales leadership, or a senior customer-facing technical role.
• Expert-level coding proficiency in Python and SQL; Spark/PySpark preferred.
• Deep enterprise data architecture knowledge: distributed systems, real-time, lakehouse, data governance, cloud-native platforms.
• Declared technical specialization with depth (e.g., real-time architectures, ML/AI platforms, data governance).
• Proven track record of driving consumption growth and platform adoption in large accounts.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical and consumption strategy for the most complex customer engagements.
• Own senior-level technical relationships with executives and stakeholders.
• Lead multi-workload architecture engagements and enterprise migrations at scale.
• Mentor junior SAs and contribute to field engineering thought leadership.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise-grade solutions.

Skills

Python

SQL

Spark/PySpark

Databricks Platform knowledge

Executive presence

Strategic thinking

Pre-sales leadership

Complex enterprise engagements

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Databricks Platform

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Job description

Databricks Inc. is seeking a Sr. Solutions Architect in the United States. You will lead the most complex customer engagements, driving consumption strategy and platform adoption while serving as the definitive technical authority for key accounts.

You will own executive relationships, mentor junior SAs, and coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise-grade data and AI solutions across multi-workload platforms.