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Databricks

Sr. Solutions Architect

Databricks
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senior full-time $219,100-$301,300 USD Chicago, IL

First indexed 2 Sept 2026

Description

At Databricks, you will be an essential part of the mission to change how people work with data and make a better world.

The impact you will have:

  • Develop customer engagement strategies in partnership with Account Executives in your designated territory.
  • Coach junior Solutions Architects and teams on use case prioritization and building technical champions.
  • Influence stakeholders at all levels through complex engagements with the wider cloud ecosystem and 3rd party applications.
  • Be a champion for both customers and colleagues, operating as an expert solution architect and trusted advisor for significant data analytics architecture, design, and adoption of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.
  • Contribute to Databricks' technical community engagement by developing customer-facing collateral and leading workshops, seminars, and meet-ups.
  • Opportunity to continue your development in one of four tracks - technical specialization, industry vertical thought leadership, strategic customer vision, and people management.

What we look for:

  • 10+ years of customer-facing technical experience.
  • Experience engaging in complex customer interactions and sales lifecycle in a technical pre-sales capacity.
  • Ability to influence decision-makers and C-level executives by developing relationships and orchestrating teams to achieve long-term customer success.
  • Prior experience with coding in a core programming language (i.e., Python, Java, Scala) and willingness to learn a base level of Spark.
  • Hands-on expertise with complex proofs-of-concept and public cloud platform(s).
  • Ability to provide technical solutions for specialized customer needs and navigate a competitive landscape.
  • Can travel up to 30% when needed.

The pay range for this role is $219,100-$301,300 USD.

This listing is enriched and indexed by YubHub. To apply, use the employer's original posting: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/databricks/jobs/8769764002