Senior Solutions Architect - Enterprise Data & AI Leadership

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

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Solutions Architect to lead the organization's most complex customer engagements, owning executive relationships and serving as the definitive technical authority for accounts. You will drive consumption strategy and influence platform adoption, with a declared archetype across your region.

You will mentor others, collaborate with field engineering and product teams, and contribute to thought leadership while aligning technical architecture with business outcomes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in solutions architecture or senior customer-facing technical role.
• Expert-level coding proficiency in Python, SQL, Spark/PySpark.
• Deep expertise in enterprise data architecture: distributed systems, streaming, lakehouse, data governance.
• Declared technical specialization with depth in real-time architectures, ML/AI platforms, or data migrations.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical and consumption strategy for complex customer engagements.
• Own senior-level technical relationships and act as trusted advisor on enterprise data/AI strategy.
• Lead architecture engagements: multi-workload platforms, migrations, real-time systems, AI/ML at scale.
• Mentor junior SAs and drive horizontal impact.
• Develop competitive strategies and orchestrate cross-functional teams.

Skills

Senior solutions architect

Python

SQL

Spark/PySpark

Enterprise data architecture

Databricks Platform knowledge

Executive presence

Strategic thinking

Delivery of complex engagements

Business impact mindset

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering or quantitative field

Tools

Databricks Platform

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Solutions Architect to lead the organization's most complex customer engagements, owning executive relationships and serving as the definitive technical authority for accounts. You will drive consumption strategy and influence platform adoption, with a declared archetype across your region.

You will mentor others, collaborate with field engineering and product teams, and contribute to thought leadership while aligning technical architecture with business outcomes.