Delivery Solutions Architect

Databricks
Zürich, Switzerland

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience influencing technical strategies in complex data and AI use cases and a background in distributed systems.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years in solutions architecture and experience guiding technical decisions in complex use cases
    — “5+ years in solutions architecture, solutions engineering, technical consulting, professional services, data engineering, or a related technical role”
  • Individuals who have designed secure, governed, and scalable data solutions in cloud environments
    — “Experience designing secure, governed, scalable, and production-ready data solutions”
  • Candidates who can lead architecture discussions with senior customer stakeholders and align teams without formal authority
    — “Experience leading architecture discussions with technical leads, architects, and senior customer stakeholders”
  • Professionals with strong coding skills in Python, SQL, or Scala and a history of building prototypes for customer solutions
    — “Strong coding proficiency in Python, SQL, Scala, or similar languages, with the ability to build, debug, and validate technical solutions”

Things to consider

  • The role may require access to export-controlled technology, potentially limiting eligibility
    — “If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize your experience in aligning technical execution with business outcomes in your resume and interviews
    — “Drive adoption and consumption by influencing architecture, unblocking delivery, and connecting technical execution to business outcomes”
  • Highlight any background in building reusable technical frameworks or demos that scale across teams
    — “Experience creating reusable technical frameworks, demos, or enablement that scale across teams”
  • Showcase your deep understanding of distributed data systems, cloud architectures, and governance
    — “Deep understanding of distributed data systems, data engineering, analytics, data warehousing, AI/ML, and modern cloud architectures”
  • Demonstrate your ability to anticipate platform maturity needs and establish best practices for security and governance
    — “Anticipate platform maturity and scaling needs and establish best practices for security, governance, and operational excellence”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • define and influence technical execution strategies
  • serve as a trusted technical advisor
  • design secure, governed, and scalable architectures
  • build and demonstrate working solutions
  • drive adoption and consumption
Typical background
5+ years in solutions architecture, solutions engineering, technical consulting, professional services, data engineering, or a related technical role

Skills & requirements

Required

Solutions ArchitectureTechnical ConsultingData EngineeringAi/mlCloud ArchitecturesSecurityGovernanceOperational ExcellenceCustomer OutcomesStakeholder Management

Preferred

Databricks Experience Or CertificationAWS, Azure, Or GCP Experience

Stack & domain

PythonSQLScalaDistributed Data SystemsData EngineeringAnalyticsData WarehousingAi/mlModern Cloud ArchitecturesSecurityGovernanceOperational ExcellencePlatform MaturityScaling NeedsTechnical LeadershipInfluencingArchitecture DiscussionsTechnical Decision-makingProblem-solvingTrade-offsStructured AnalysisExperimentationCustomer AdoptionConsumptionMeasurable Business OutcomesStakeholder ManagementCross-functional LeadershipDatabricks Experience Or CertificationData And AIDatabricks Platform

About the role

Original posting from Databricks

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At Databricks, we are on a mission to empower our customers to solve the world's toughest data and AI problems by utilizing the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. As a Delivery Solutions Architect (DSA), you will partner with Sales, Solutions Architecture, and Field Engineering to accelerate adoption and growth of the Databricks platform. You will serve as a trusted technical advisor, helping customers design, implement, scale, and optimize data and AI solutions that deliver measurable business value.

This is a technical and customer-facing role focused on architecture, technical strategy, and customer outcomes. You will influence technical execution across complex use cases, guide architectural decisions, and align Databricks, customer, and partner teams from technical win through production and adoption.

The Impact You Will Have

Define and influence technical execution strategies across complex use cases and multiple workstreams within strategic accounts

Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customer technical leads and architects, leading architecture discussions and guiding technical decisions

Design secure, governed, and scalable Databricks architectures while balancing performance, cost, reliability, and long-term needs

Build and demonstrate working solutions, prototypes, and reusable technical assets that accelerate customer outcomes

Anticipate platform maturity and scaling needs and establish best practices for security, governance, and operational excellence

Drive adoption and consumption by influencing architecture, unblocking delivery, and connecting technical execution to business outcomes

Partner across Databricks, customer, and implementation teams to align resources, manage risks, and accelerate delivery

Mentor peers and contribute reusable technical guidance, frameworks, and enablement across the organization

What We Look For

5+ years in solutions architecture, solutions engineering, technical consulting, professional services, data engineering, or a related technical role

Experience in influencing technical strategy and architecture across complex customer use cases or multiple workstreams

Strong coding proficiency in Python, SQL, Scala, or similar languages, with the ability to build, debug, and validate technical solutions

Deep understanding of distributed data systems, data engineering, analytics, data warehousing, AI/ML, and modern cloud architectures

Experience designing secure, governed, scalable, and production-ready data solutions

Ability to solve ambiguous technical problems, evaluate trade-offs, and validate solutions through structured analysis or experimentation

Experience leading architecture discussions with technical leads, architects, and senior customer stakeholders

Strong understanding of platform operational excellence, including security, governance, performance, reliability, and cost optimization

Demonstrated ability to drive customer adoption, consumption, and measurable business outcomes through technical leadership

Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership skills, with the ability to align teams without formal authority

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

Nice to Have

Databricks experience or certification

Developing expertise in a technical specialization such as AI/ML, data engineering, streaming, data warehousing, governance, or migrations

Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP and production cloud deployments

Experience creating reusable technical frameworks, demos, or enablement that scale across teams

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.

Compliance

If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.

Source: Databricks careers

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