Sr. Solutions Architect (Customer Lake)

Location: United States

Salary: $219,100–$301,300 USD per year, plus potential annual performance bonus and equity.

Company

Databricks provides a Data and AI Platform used to build and scale data and AI applications, analytics, and agents.

What you will do

• Guide strategic customers through customer data and marketing implementations, including architecture, data engineering, identity resolution, audience activation, and agent deployment.
• Design engagement strategies with GTM leadership and account teams to drive Customer Lake adoption from Customer 360 implementation through CDP augmentation or replacement.
• Advise CMOs, MarTech leaders, data engineering executives, and marketing and analytics teams on Customer Lake architecture and adoption.
• Lead workshops, proof-of-concept execution, and customer-facing enablement to demonstrate the value of an embedded, agentic CDP.
• Translate field insights into recommendations for Product and Engineering teams and act as the tier-3 escalation point for complex technical challenges.
• Improve sales qualification and POC intake processes while mentoring others and sharing technical knowledge.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in customer-facing pre-sales or consulting roles influencing technical executives and driving customer data strategy and product adoption.
• 2+ years of experience implementing modern data estate, CDP, and Lakehouse architectures for data and AI applications.
• Experience designing data and AI applications for marketing and customer engagement, including identity resolution, segmentation, personalization, next-best-action, and agentic AI workflows.
• Proficiency in AI-assisted programming, debugging, and problem-solving with SQL and Python.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP and cloud-native data ingestion, activation, and governance.
• Technical degree or higher in Computer Science, Data Science, Applied Mathematics, Engineering, or a similar field.

Nice to have

• Experience working with Global System Integrators and third-party consulting organizations.
• Expertise in data engineering, data warehousing, AI/ML personalization, data governance, or streaming.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and region-specific perks.
• Potential annual performance bonus and equity.
• Commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace.
• Databricks operates a global organization with more than 30 offices.