Solutions Architect – Retail, Consumer Goods, Travel & Hospitality

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the complete technical strategy for accounts, from initial discovery to production deployment and growth in consumption.

• Facilitate intricate architecture conversations and design scalable, production-quality solutions across data engineering, ML/AI, and real-time analytics.

• Provide guidance to customer architects, engineering leads, and Directors.

• Showcase Databricks’ unique offerings through custom-built solutions in competitive environments.

• Cultivate and establish a developing technical specialization.

• Coordinate with DSAs, SSAs, and Partners to deliver all-encompassing solutions.

• Offer structured customer and competitive insights to shape product direction.

• Engage in stages such as recruitment, hiring manager discussions, design and architecture reviews, live coding, build/demo/pitch, and reference checks.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 6 years of experience in solutions architecture, data engineering, technical pre-sales, or a senior, hands-on technical position.

• Strong coding skills in Python and SQL, including live coding, debugging, and solution development.

• Extensive knowledge in distributed data systems architecture, scalable pipelines, streaming architectures, lakehouse patterns, and cloud-native data platforms.

• Proficiency with the Databricks Platform or the capability to quickly achieve proficiency.

• Developing technical expertise in a specific area, such as real-time/streaming, ML/AI, data governance, or migrations.

• Capacity to lead architecture discussions with senior technical stakeholders, including whiteboarding, design reviews, and trade-off analyses.

• Experience in production deployments on AWS, Azure, or GCP, including aspects of infrastructure, security, and governance.

• Proven ability to drive platform adoption and consumption growth within accounts.

• Exceptional communication skills for translating complex architectures into business value for both technical and executive audiences.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a quantitative field, or equivalent experience.

• Databricks certifications, familiarity with competitive platforms, a background in data/AI companies or cloud providers, and industry domain expertise are advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligibility for an annual performance bonus.

• Equity opportunities.

• Comprehensive benefits and perks (specific details may vary by region).