About the company
Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents.
Responsibilities
- Define and influence technical execution strategies across complex use cases and multiple workstreams within strategic accounts
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customer technical leads and architects, leading architecture discussions and guiding technical decisions
- Design secure, governed, and scalable Databricks architectures while balancing performance, cost, reliability, and long-term needs
- Build and demonstrate working solutions, prototypes, and reusable technical assets that accelerate customer outcomes
- Anticipate platform maturity and scaling needs and establish best practices for security, governance, and operational excellence
- Drive adoption and consumption by influencing architecture, unblocking delivery, and connecting technical execution to business outcomes
- Partner across Databricks, customer, and implementation teams to align resources, manage risks, and accelerate delivery
- Mentor peers and contribute reusable technical guidance, frameworks, and enablement across the organization
Requirements
- 5+ years in solutions architecture, solutions engineering, technical consulting, professional services, data engineering, or a related technical role
- Experience in influencing technical strategy and architecture across complex customer use cases or multiple workstreams
- Strong coding proficiency in Python, SQL, Scala, or similar languages
- Deep understanding of distributed data systems, data engineering, analytics, data warehousing, AI/ML, and modern cloud architectures
- Experience designing secure, governed, scalable, and production-ready data solutions
- Ability to solve ambiguous technical problems, evaluate trade-offs, and validate solutions
- Experience leading architecture discussions with technical leads, architects, and senior customer stakeholders
- Strong understanding of platform operational excellence, including security, governance, performance, reliability, and cost optimization
- Demonstrated ability to drive customer adoption, consumption, and measurable business outcomes
- Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
Nice to Have
- Databricks experience or certification
- Developing expertise in a technical specialization such as AI/ML, data engineering, streaming, data warehousing, governance, or migrations
- Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP and production cloud deployments
- Experience creating reusable technical frameworks, demos, or enablement that scale across teams
Conditions
- Travel: Up to 30% as needed
- Interview Process: Recruiter Screen → Hiring Manager Screen → Design & Architecture → Live Coding → Build, Demo & Pitch → Reference Check