Sr. Solutions Architect (Financial Services)

Location: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, St. Louis, Missouri, or Washington, D.C.

Salary: $219,100–$301,300 USD annually; total compensation may also include an annual performance bonus, equity, and benefits.

Company

Databricks provides a unified Data and AI Platform for building and scaling data, analytics, and AI applications.

What you will do

• Drive technical and consumption strategy for complex customer engagements, influencing platform adoption and revenue growth.
• Own senior-level technical relationships and advise enterprise stakeholders on data and AI strategy.
• Lead architecture engagements involving multi-workload platforms, enterprise migrations, real-time systems, and AI/ML at scale.
• Develop competitive strategies and lead complex enterprise evaluations and platform displacements.
• Orchestrate DSAs, SSAs, partners, and product teams to deliver enterprise-grade solutions.
• Mentor junior solutions architects and contribute to field-engineering thought leadership through content, workshops, and community engagement.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in solutions architecture, principal engineering, technical pre-sales leadership, or a senior customer-facing technical role.
• Expert coding proficiency in Python and SQL; Spark or PySpark is strongly preferred.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, streaming and real-time architectures, lakehouse design, data governance, and cloud-native platforms.
• Expert knowledge of the Databricks Platform or equivalent expertise in competing platforms.
• Recognized technical specialization in areas such as real-time architectures, ML/AI platforms, data governance, large-scale migrations, or industry solutions.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a quantitative discipline, or equivalent experience.

Nice to have

• Databricks certifications.
• Experience at Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, Google, Microsoft, or another top-tier data and AI company.
• Published thought leadership, conference talks, or open-source contributions.
• Industry expertise with executive-level domain credibility.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive employee benefits and region-specific perks.
• Potential eligibility for an annual performance bonus and equity.
• Inclusive hiring practices and a commitment to diversity and equal opportunity.

Hiring process

• Recruiter screen and hiring manager screen.
• Design and architecture interview, followed by a live coding assessment.
• Build, demo, and pitch presentation, followed by a reference check.