Databricks
Solutions Architect - Digital Native Business, Named Accounts
$180K–$248K
Northeast - United States +1 · Remote · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Location
- Northeast - United States
Remote - Illinois - Experience
- 6+ years in solutions architecture, data engineering, technical pre-sales, or a senior hands-on technical role.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a quantitative discipline (or equivalent experience).
- Visa sponsorship
- If export-controlled technology or source code access is required, the employer may choose whether to seek a U.S. government license and may decline to proceed with an applicant on that basis.
About the job
Leads customer technical strategy and architecture for Databricks accounts, driving data and AI platform adoption from discovery through production and growth.
What you'll do
- Own account technical strategy and lead architecture design and deployment across data engineering, ML/AI, and real-time analytics.
- Advise customer technical leaders, demonstrate Databricks in competitive situations, and drive platform adoption and consumption growth.
- Coordinate internal and partner teams, develop a technical specialization, and share customer feedback to influence product direction.
What they ask for
- Strong coding proficiency in Python and SQL, including live coding, debugging, and solution building.
- Expertise in distributed data systems, including scalable pipelines, streaming, lakehouse patterns, and cloud-native data platforms.
- Experience with production deployments on AWS, Azure, or GCP, including infrastructure, security, and governance.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a quantitative discipline (or equivalent experience).
Nice to have
- Healthcare data standards or compliance familiarity, or experience serving healthcare, pharmaceutical, biotech, CRO, or medical device companies.
- Databricks certifications; experience with Snowflake, AWS native services, or Azure Synapse; or background in a data/AI company or cloud provider.
Pay
$180,000 — $247,500 USD (salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles; role-specific basis not stated)
Tools
Python, SQL, Databricks Platform, AWS, Azure, GCP, Snowflake, Azure Synapse
AI focus
Applies ML and AI to customer use cases and designs production-grade solutions spanning ML/AI and data; may specialize in ML/AI.
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