Full-Time

Senior Solutions Architect

Strategic AI Native

Databricks

Databricks

10,001+ employees

Data lakehouse platform for analytics

Compensation Overview

$219.1k - $301.3k/yr

+ Annual Performance Bonus + Equity

Washington, USA + 4 more

More locations: Oregon, USA | California, USA | Arizona, USA | Colorado, USA

Remote

Category
Sales & Solution Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Microsoft Azure
Python
Data Science
Apache Spark
SQL
MLflow
Data Engineering
AWS
REST APIs
Databricks
Google Cloud Platform
Requirements
  • 7+ years in a data engineering, data science, technical architecture, or similar pre-sales/consulting role
  • Experience building distributed data systems
  • Comfortable programming in, and debugging, Python and SQL
  • Have built solutions with public cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Available to travel to customers in your region
Responsibilities
  • Partner with the sales team and provide technical leadership to help customers understand how Databricks can help solve their business problems
  • Consult on Big Data architectures, implement proof of concepts for strategic projects, spanning data engineering, data science and machine learning, and SQL analysis workflows
  • Validate integrations with cloud services, home grown tools, and other third party applications
  • Collaborate with fellow Solutions Architects, using your skills to support each other and our users
  • Become an expert in, promote, and recruit contributors for Databricks inspired open-source projects (Spark, Delta Lake, and MLflow) across the developer community
  • Develop architectures and solutions using the Databricks platform and APIs with customer stakeholders, product teams, and the broader customer-facing team
  • Guide one of our largest AI native customers through the competitive landscape, best practices, and implementation; and develop technical champions along the way
Desired Qualifications
  • Degree in a quantitative discipline (Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research)
  • Databricks Certification

Databricks provides a unified data and AI platform built around a lakehouse architecture that blends data lakes and data warehouses. It helps organizations ingest, store, manage, and analyze data from various sources, then apply analytics and machine learning at scale. The platform offers automated ETL, secure data sharing, and high-performance analytics, with built-in support for AI workloads and model deployment. Unlike traditional single-purpose data stores, Databricks combines data engineering, data science, and business analytics in one system, aiming to streamline data workflows and make insights readily actionable. Its goal is to enable businesses to manage data more efficiently, accelerate insight generation, and deploy AI and analytics across diverse teams through a subscription-based platform and professional services.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$27.1B

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2013

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Neurolabs, UiPath, and RESAAS expand Databricks into vertical data products and automation.
  • Lakewatch and Lakebase broaden Databricks into security and agentic AI infrastructure.
  • APJ revenue grew over 85% year over year, supporting aggressive regional expansion.

What critics are saying

  • Snowflake and Microsoft Fabric compress Databricks' standalone warehouse and analytics expansion.
  • Hyperscalers can bundle native data, BI, and AI tools below Databricks pricing.
  • Partner ecosystems can reroute workflow control away from Databricks, weakening pricing leverage.

What makes Databricks unique

  • Databricks unifies lakehouse analytics, ETL, machine learning, and generative AI on one platform.
  • Unity Catalog provides governed access, lineage, and Delta Sharing across cloud environments.
  • Google Cloud availability completes Databricks' AWS, Azure, and GCP hyperscaler coverage.

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Benefits

Extended health care including dental and vision

Life/AD&D and disability coverage

Equity awards

Flexible Vacation

Gym reimbursement

Annual personal development fund

Work headphones reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Business travel accident insurance

Paid Parental Leave

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