Solutions Architect - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Gaming

The role

You will lead technical strategy for customers by owning architecture discussions and driving platform adoption. You will design scalable solutions spanning data engineering, ML/AI, and real-time analytics using the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end technical strategy for accounts from discovery to production deployment
• Lead complex architecture discussions for data engineering, ML/AI, and real-time analytics
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customer architects, engineering leads, and Directors
• Drive technical wins by demonstrating Databricks differentiation through custom solutions
• Develop and declare an emerging technical specialization
• Orchestrate cross-functional resources to deliver solutions
• Influence product direction with feedback on customer requirements and competitive gaps

Required qualifications

• 6+ years in solutions architecture, data engineering, technical pre-sales, or a senior hands-on technical role
• Strong coding proficiency in Python and SQL
• Deep expertise in distributed data systems architecture
• Proficient on the Databricks Platform or ability to achieve proficiency rapidly
• Ability to lead architecture discussions with senior technical stakeholders
• Experience with production deployments on public cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Track record of driving platform adoption and consumption growth
• Excellent communication skills
• 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 (Snowflake, AWS native services, Azure Synapse)
• Background in a data/AI company or cloud provider
• Industry domain expertise (Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail, Media, etc.)

Before you apply

• Recruiter Screen
• Hiring Manager Screen
• Design and Architecture Interview
• Live Coding Assessment
• Build, Demo, Pitch! Presentation and Reference Check

About the company

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents.