Sr. Solutions Architect - Digital Native Business, Strategics
Taken at the midpoint of its range, $260,200/yr, this role pays more than the middle Sales Engineering & Solutions opening on the board today ($195k/yr); the usual band for that kind of seat is $163k–$300k/yr.
The posting
As a Sr. Solutions Architect on the team supporting the strategic Digital Natives Business (DNB) customers, you will shape the future of the Data & AI landscape by working with the most sophisticated data engineering and data science teams in the world.
Reporting to the Field Engineering Manager, you will collaborate with customers, product teams, and the broader customer-facing team to develop architectures and solutions using our platform and APIs. You will guide customers through the competitive landscape, best practices, and implementation, and develop technical champions along the way.
The impact you will have
- You will partner with the sales team and provide technical leadership to help customers understand how Databricks can help solve their business problems.
- Lead technical discovery and design architectures, implement proof of concepts for strategic projects spanning data engineering, data science and machine learning, and SQL analysis workflows. You will also help customers build solutions that integrate with cloud services, home grown tools, and other 3rd party applications.
- Act as strategic technical advisor to customers to help them drive business outcomes.
- Collaborate with your fellow Solutions Architects, using your skills to support each other and our users.
- Become an expert in, promote, and recruit contributors for Databricks inspired open-source projects (Spark, Delta Lake, MLflow, Omnigent) across the developer community.
What we look for
- 7+ years in a data engineering, data science, technical architecture, or similar pre-sales/consulting role
- Experience building distributed data systems
- Comfortable programming in and debugging Python and SQL
- Have built solutions with public cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Expertise in one of the following:
- Data Engineering technologies ( Ex: Spark, Hadoop, Kafka )
- Data Science and Machine Learning technologies ( Ex: pandas, scikit-learn, PyTorch, Tensorflow )
- Available to travel to customers in your region
- [Desired] Degree in a quantitative discipline (Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research)
- Nice to have: Databricks Certification
- Location: Remote (Pacific Time preferred; Mountain Time considered).
NOTE: If your experience isn’t a perfect match for the job description, but you feel like you’re a good fit for the role, apply. We want to work with smart, passionate, people who are good at their job, and, a lot of times, those people have non-linear career paths.
Pay Range Transparency
Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here .
Local Pay Range
$219,100 - $301,300 USD
About Databricks
Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide - including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 - rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn , X , YouTube , and Instagram .
Benefits At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here .
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.
Where you can sell from
Fully remote, for people based in United States.
Taken from Databricks's own posting, last seen live on 30 Oct 2026.
The application
Your details and CV, then 5 questions.
- 1.Are you legally authorized to work in the country in which you are applying?Yes or no
- 2.Do you now or will you in the future need sponsorship for employment visa status in the country in which you are applying?Yes or no
- 3.Do you currently or have you previously worked for Databricks in the past?Pick one: No · Yes - I currently work at Databricks · Yes - Previous Full-Time Employee · Yes - Previous Contractor · Yes - Previous Intern
- 4.Please confirm whether any of the below applies to you. Select all that apply. Note: This information will only be used to ensure compliance with U.S. sanctions and export controls.Pick any
- 5.If you selected a response to the prior question other than “none of the above,” please confirm whether any of the following also applies to you. Select all that apply.Pick any (9 options)
From Databricks's apply page, checked 30 Oct 2026.
About Databricks
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