Solutions Architect - Data & AI Platform (Travel 30%)

WinsAbove; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Solutions Architect to lead customer engagements and design architectures using our Lakehouse platform across public clouds. You will work with the sales team to map customer use cases to Databricks, prototype solutions, and guide implementations to deliver strategic value.

You will become proficient with open-source projects like Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and MLflow, and travel up to 30% to customer sites.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in a customer-facing pre-sales, technical architecture, or consulting role.
• Experience designing and architecting distributed data systems.
• Comfortable programming in Python, Scala, Java, SQL, or R.
• Have built solutions with public cloud providers, such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience in Data Engineering technologies (e.g., Spark, Hadoop, Kafka), Data Warehousing (SQL, OLTP/OLAP/DSS), and Data Science/ML (pandas, scikit-learn, HPO).
• Preferred: Degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g., Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research).
• Nice to have: Databricks Certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for customers to evaluate and adopt Data and AI solutions from Databricks.
• Consult on big data architecture, implement proofs of concepts for strategic customer projects, data science and ML projects, and validate integrations with cloud services and other third-party applications.
• Build and present reference architectures, technical guides, and demo applications for customers.
• Provide escalated support for critical customer operational issues.
• Become an expert in and evangelize Databricks open-source projects (Apache Spark, Delta Lake, MLflow, Koalas) across developer communities through meetups, conferences, and webinars.
• Use your strengths to help your fellow SAs, and drive cross-functional relationships across the company.
• Travel to customers up to 30%

Skills

Python

Scala

Java

SQL

R

Databricks Certification

Education

Degree in a quantitative discipline

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Apache Spark

Hadoop

Kafka

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Solutions Architect to lead customer engagements and design architectures using our Lakehouse platform across public clouds. You will work with the sales team to map customer use cases to Databricks, prototype solutions, and guide implementations to deliver strategic value.

You will become proficient with open-source projects like Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and MLflow, and travel up to 30% to customer sites.