Strategic Solutions Architect — Data & AI Platform

Databricks; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 248,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Databricks certifications

Competitive platforms exposure

Industry domain expertise

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Solutions Architect to lead the technical strategy for customers, owning architecture discussions, driving platform adoption, and serving as a trusted advisor to customer technical leads and architects.

You will design scalable, production-grade solutions spanning data engineering, ML/AI, and real-time analytics, coordinating cross-functional resources to deliver complex outcomes. Strong Python/SQL skills and cloud deployment experience are essential.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in solutions architecture, data engineering, technical pre-sales, or senior hands-on role.
• Strong coding in Python and SQL with live coding, debugging, and solution-building skills.
• Deep expertise in distributed data systems architecture: scalable pipelines, streaming, lakehouse patterns, cloud-native platforms.
• Proficient on the Databricks Platform with a developing specialty in one area (e.g., real-time/streaming, ML/AI, data governance).
• Proven ability to lead architecture discussions with senior technical stakeholders.
• Experience with production deployments on public cloud, including infrastructure, security, and governance considerations.
• Track record of driving platform adoption and consumption within accounts.
• Excellent communication: translating architectures to business value for technical and executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end technical strategy for accounts from discovery to production deployment.
• Lead complex architecture discussions across data engineering, ML/AI, and real-time analytics.
• Serve as trusted technical advisor to customer architects and engineering leads.
• Drive technical wins through custom-built solutions.
• Develop an emerging technical specialization for the team.
• Coordinate cross-functional resources to deliver comprehensive solutions.
• Influence product direction by providing feedback on customer requirements and gaps.

Skills

Python

SQL

Architecture discussions

Distributed data systems

Cloud platforms

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Databricks Platform

Public cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Solutions Architect to lead the technical strategy for customers, owning architecture discussions, driving platform adoption, and serving as a trusted advisor to customer technical leads and architects.

You will design scalable, production-grade solutions spanning data engineering, ML/AI, and real-time analytics, coordinating cross-functional resources to deliver complex outcomes. Strong Python/SQL skills and cloud deployment experience are essential.