Senior Solutions Architect - Data & AI Strategy Leader

Databricks Inc.; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 180,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Solutions Architect to lead the technical strategy for customers, owning architecture discussions and driving platform adoption across data engineering, ML/AI, and real-time analytics.

You will collaborate with customer technical leads and architects to position Databricks as the foundation of their data and AI strategy, developing a technical specialization and becoming a go-to resource within the team.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in solutions architecture or similar roles.
• Live coding, debugging, and solution-building in Python/SQL.
• Expertise in distributed data systems and lakehouse patterns.
• Experience deploying on AWS/Azure/GCP.
• US citizen.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end technical strategy for accounts from discovery to deployment.
• Lead complex architecture discussions across data engineering, ML/AI, and analytics.
• Serve as trusted technical advisor to customer architects and engineering leads.
• Drive technical wins with competitive, custom-built solutions.
• Develop and declare an emerging technical specialization (archetype).
• Coordinate cross-functional resources (DSAs, SSAs, partners) to deliver complex solutions.
• Influence product direction with customer feedback and competitive gaps.

Skills

Python

SQL

Architectural design

Communication

Cloud platforms

Leadership

Education

BS in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Databricks Platform

AWS/Azure/GCP

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Solutions Architect to lead the technical strategy for customers, owning architecture discussions and driving platform adoption across data engineering, ML/AI, and real-time analytics.

You will collaborate with customer technical leads and architects to position Databricks as the foundation of their data and AI strategy, developing a technical specialization and becoming a go-to resource within the team.