Databricks
Senior Solutions Architect
$219K–$301K
Austin, Texas +5 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Location
- Austin, Texas
Chicago, Illinois
Dallas, Texas
Phoenix, Arizona
United States
Remote - Texas - Experience
- 8+ years in solutions architecture, principal engineering, technical pre-sales leadership, or a senior customer-facing technical role.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a quantitative discipline (or equivalent experience); advanced degrees are valued.
About the job
Leads complex customer engagements by shaping data and AI architecture and adoption strategies, influencing executives, and coordinating teams to drive platform consumption and growth.
What you'll do
- Lead architecture engagements involving enterprise migrations, real-time systems, multi-workload platforms, and AI/ML at scale.
- Own executive technical relationships, develop competitive strategies, and coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise solutions.
- Mentor junior Solutions Architects and contribute customer-facing thought leadership.
What they ask for
- 8+ years in solutions architecture, principal engineering, technical pre-sales leadership, or a senior customer-facing technical role.
- Expert coding proficiency in Python and SQL; complete a live coding assessment and platform build during interviews.
- Deep expertise in enterprise data architecture and expert Databricks Platform knowledge or equivalent depth in competing platforms.
- Proven platform adoption and consumption growth in large accounts, including competitive displacements and complex enterprise evaluations.
Nice to have
- Databricks certifications.
- Prior experience at Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, Google, Microsoft, or a top-tier data/AI company.
Pay
$219,100 — $301,300 USD (salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles)
Tools
Python, SQL, Spark/PySpark, Databricks Platform
AI focus
Advise on enterprise data and AI strategy and lead architecture engagements involving AI/ML at scale.
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