Sr. Solutions Architect - Agencies (Data & AI)

Location: Northeast, United States

Salary: $219,100–$301,300 USD annually, plus potential performance bonus, equity, and regional benefits.

Company

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

What you will do

• Drive technical and consumption strategies for complex customer engagements, influencing platform adoption and revenue growth.
• Own senior 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 position Databricks against incumbent and emerging platforms.
• Orchestrate DSAs, SSAs, partners, and product teams to deliver enterprise-grade solutions.
• Mentor junior solutions architects and contribute to customer-facing thought leadership, 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 preferred. The process includes a live coding assessment and platform build.
• Deep expertise in enterprise data architecture, distributed systems, streaming, lakehouse design, data governance, and cloud-native platforms.
• Expert-level Databricks Platform knowledge or equivalent expertise in competing platforms with demonstrated ability to learn quickly.
• Recognized technical specialization in areas such as real-time architecture, 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 leading 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.
• Annual performance bonus and equity may be included in the total compensation package.
• Inclusive workplace with equal employment opportunity standards.

Hiring process

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