Drimva

Databricks

Solutions Architect - Retail, Consumer Goods, Travel & Hospitality

$180K–$248K

Central - United States +4 · Remote · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026

Location
Central - United States
Northeast - United States
Remote - New York
Southeast - United States
Remote - Michigan
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).

About the job

Leads customer technical strategy and architecture to drive Databricks adoption, production deployments, and data and AI platform growth.

What you'll do

  • Own account technical strategy from discovery through production deployment and consumption growth; lead architecture design for data engineering, ML/AI, and real-time analytics.
  • Advise senior customer technical stakeholders, demonstrate Databricks in competitive scenarios, and coordinate internal and partner resources.
  • Develop a technical specialization, share customer feedback to influence product direction, and drive platform adoption.

What they ask for

  • Strong Python and SQL coding proficiency, including live coding, debugging, and solution building.
  • Deep expertise in distributed data systems, including scalable pipelines, streaming architectures, lakehouse patterns, and cloud-native data platforms.
  • Experience deploying production workloads on AWS, Azure, or GCP, including infrastructure, security, and governance; proficiency in Databricks or ability to achieve it rapidly.
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a quantitative discipline (or equivalent experience).

Nice to have

  • Databricks certifications (Data Engineer, ML, Platform).
  • Experience with competitive platforms such as Snowflake, AWS native services, or Azure Synapse; industry domain expertise is also noted.

Pay

$180,000 — $247,500 USD (salary range or on-target earnings; role type not specified).

Tools

Python, SQL, Databricks Platform, AWS, Azure, GCP, Snowflake, Azure Synapse

AI focus

Designs solutions spanning ML/AI and supports customers’ data and AI strategies; may specialize in ML/AI.

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First seen Oct 10, 2026 · Last verified Nov 6, 2026 (UTC)