Sr. Solutions Architect - Travel and Hospitality
Databricks is a data and AI platform that lets organizations build analytics, AI agents, and applications on a unified, governed lakehouse.
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About Databricks
Data engineers, analysts, and AI teams use Databricks to process large datasets, build reliable pipelines, and train models on a single governed platform. Users can run SQL analytics, serve ML predictions in real time, and deploy AI agents grounded in enterprise data. Its open lakehouse architecture provides consistent security and governance across analytical and operational workloads.
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About the Role
You will act as an expert technical leader for the most complex customer engagements, driving consumption strategy and owning senior-level relationships as a trusted advisor on data and AI. You will lead large architecture projects, develop competitive strategies, orchestrate cross-functional teams, and coach junior SAs.
Requirements
- 8+ years in solutions architecture, principal engineering, technical pre-sales leadership, or senior customer-facing technical role
- Expert-level coding in Python, SQL, ideally Spark/PySpark
- Deep expertise in enterprise data architecture
- Expert-level Databricks Platform knowledge or equivalent
- Declared technical specialization
- Track record of driving consumption growth in large accounts
- Executive presence
- Experience leading competitive displacements and complex enterprise evaluations
- Strong strategic thinking
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or quantitative discipline (or equivalent experience)
Responsibilities
- Drive technical and consumption strategy for complex customer engagements
- Own senior-level technical relationships as a trusted advisor on data and AI strategy
- Lead complex architecture engagements including migrations, real-time systems and AI/ML at scale
- Mentor others and drive horizontal impact across the team
- Develop and execute competitive strategies for customers
- Orchestrate cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise-grade solutions
- Coach and develop junior SAs
- Contribute to Field Engineering thought leadership through content, workshops and community engagement
Benefits
- Annual performance bonus eligibility
- Equity eligibility
Hiring Process
Recruiter Screen → Hiring Manager Screen → Design and Architecture Interview → Live Coding Assessment → Build, Demo, Pitch! Presentation → Reference Check