Senior Solutions Architect, Strategic Accounts — AI & Data

Databricks; Spokane (WA); On-site; USD 219,000 - 301,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks in the United States is seeking a Sr. Solutions Architect to lead the most complex customer engagements within the Digital Native Business.

You will own executive relationships, drive consumption strategy, and serve as the definitive technical authority across accounts. You will mentor teams, influence cross-functional partners, and architect enterprise-scale data and AI solutions leveraging the Databricks Platform.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in solutions architecture or equivalent senior technical role.
• Expert-level coding proficiency in Python and SQL; Spark/PySpark preferred.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, data governance, and lakehouse patterns.
• Declared technical specialization with leadership impact.
• Proven track record of driving consumption growth and platform adoption.
• Executive presence to influence senior stakeholders on data/AI strategy.
• Experience leading competitive evaluations and enterprise migrations.
• Strong strategic thinking linking tech decisions to business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical and consumption strategy for complex engagements.
• Own senior-level technical relationships with enterprise clients.
• Lead multi-workload architectures and real-time AI/ML initiatives at scale.
• Mentor junior SAs and contribute to field engineering thought leadership.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise-grade solutions.
• Export best practices and influence platform adoption strategies.

Skills

Solutions architecture

Executive presence

Python/SQL

Spark/PySpark

Enterprise data architecture

Databricks Platform knowledge

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Databricks Platform

Job description

Databricks in the United States is seeking a Sr. Solutions Architect to lead the most complex customer engagements within the Digital Native Business.

You will own executive relationships, drive consumption strategy, and serve as the definitive technical authority across accounts. You will mentor teams, influence cross-functional partners, and architect enterprise-scale data and AI solutions leveraging the Databricks Platform.