Senior Solutions Architect — Data & AI Platform Strategy

Databricks Inc.; Lorida (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Solutions Architect (L5) to drive the technical strategy for customers, owning architecture discussions and promoting platform adoption across data engineering, ML/AI, and analytics. You will lead end-to-end technical strategy from discovery to production deployment and growth.

You will engage with customer technical leads and architects, shaping solutions and guiding cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, production-grade data and AI platforms on public clouds.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in solutions architecture, data engineering, technical pre-sales, or a senior hands-on technical role.
• Strong coding in Python and SQL with live coding, debugging, and solution-building skills.
• Deep expertise in distributed data systems architecture: pipelines, streaming, lakehouse patterns, cloud-native platforms.
• Proficient on the Databricks Platform with specialization in at least one area (real-time, ML/AI, governance, migrations).
• Experience leading architecture discussions with senior technical stakeholders—whiteboarding and reviews.
• Experience with production deployments on AWS, Azure, or GCP including security and governance.
• Databricks certifications (Data Engineer, ML, Platform).
• Experience with competitive platforms (Snowflake, AWS native services, Azure Synapse).
• Background in a data/AI company or cloud provider.
• Industry domain expertise in Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail, or Media.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex architecture discussions for scalable, production-grade solutions.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to customer architects and engineering leads.
• Demonstrate Databricks differentiation through custom-built solutions.
• Coordinate cross-functional resources to deliver comprehensive customer solutions.
• Influence product direction with feedback on requirements and gaps.

Skills

Python

SQL

Architecture leadership

Cloud deployments

Databricks Platform

Live coding / debugging

Industry domain expertise

Snowflake

AWS

Azure Synapse

Databricks certs

Education

B.S./M.S. in CS/Engineering

Tools

Databricks Platform

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Solutions Architect (L5) to drive the technical strategy for customers, owning architecture discussions and promoting platform adoption across data engineering, ML/AI, and analytics. You will lead end-to-end technical strategy from discovery to production deployment and growth.

You will engage with customer technical leads and architects, shaping solutions and guiding cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, production-grade data and AI platforms on public clouds.