Sr. Solutions Architect - Public Sector (SLED)
- Salary
- $219,100 - $301,300
- Level
- Lead
Not stated in the posting: work type, visa.
Open. First seen 3 October 2026.
About the role
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Mission
Solutions Architects at Databricks lead the growth of the Databricks Unified Analytics Platform. As a team, we have expertise in cloud platforms, data engineering, data analytics, and data science and machine learning. As a member of our team, you will exercise and develop expertise in those areas, using open-source projects such as Apache Spark, MLflow, and Delta Lake.
This is a customer-facing role, where you will work with customers, your teammates, the product team, and our post-sales teams, to identify use cases for Databricks, develop architectures and solutions using our platform, and guide customers through the implementation, to accomplish value. In that process, you will build relationships with our customers, find and build champions, and become a trusted advisor. You will report to the Field Engineering Manager for the team.
The impact you will have:
- Partner with the sales team to help customers understand how Databricks can help solve their business problems
- Provide technical leadership for customers to evaluate and adopt Databricks
- Consult on big data architecture, implement proof of concepts for strategic customer projects, data science and machine learning projects, and validate integrations with cloud services and other 3rd party applications
- Build and present references architectures, how-tos, and demo applications for customers
- Become an expert in, and promote Databricks inspired open-source projects (Spark, Delta Lake, MLflow, and Koalas) across developer communities through meetups, conferences, and webinars
- Travel to customers in your region
What we look for:
- 8+ years in a customer-facing pre-sales, technical architecture, or consulting role
- Experience designing and architecting distributed data systems
- Comfortable programming in, and debugging, at least one of: Python, Scala, Java, SQL, or R
- Experience supporting Public Sector clients
- Have built solutions with public cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Data Engineering technologies (Ex: Spark, Hadoop, Kafka)
- Data Warehousing (Ex: SQL, OLTP/OLAP/DSS)
- [Desired] Degree in a quantitative discipline (Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research)
- US Citizen
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
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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
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What this role asks for
Particular to this role
Data Warehousing · Delta Lake · Hadoop · Kafka · MLflow
Rare in Databricks's other 299 open postings.
Standard for solutions / sales engineering roles
Python
Common in solutions / sales engineering postings at any company.
In most of Databricks's ads
Unity
Named in most of its open postings, whatever the role.
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The team: Field Engineering - FE Direct Regulated HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 30 open in Field Engineering - FE Direct Regulated. 4 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in February: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Databricks (30 of 30), Unity (30 of 30), Python (25 of 30), Machine Learning (20 of 30), AWS (18 of 30), SQL (18 of 30), Azure (15 of 30)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
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- Sr. Solutions Architect - Financial Services (Hunter) posted Aug 18
- Specialist Solutions Architect - AI/ML posted Aug 14
- Solutions Architect - Manufacturing posted Aug 13
- Solutions Architect - Public Sector posted Aug 11
- Senior Solutions Architect posted Aug 11
- Specialist Solutions Architect - Data Engineering & Warehousing (Financial Services) posted Aug 10
- Senior Solutions Architect posted Jul 28
- Sr. Solutions Architect - Public Sector (Defense Industrial Base) posted Jul 27
- Solutions Architect - Financial Services (Banking and Payments) posted Jul 27
- Sr. Solutions Architect - Digital Native Business, Strategics posted Jul 22
- Solutions Architect - Public Sector (SLED) posted Jul 21
- Sr. Solutions Architect posted Jul 21
- Director, Field Engineering - Financial Services posted Jul 13
- Manager, Field Engineering - MFG posted Jul 2
- Manager, Field Engineering (Specialist) - HCLS posted Jul 1
- Solutions Architect posted Jun 29
- Sr. Solutions Architect - Financial Services (Asset and Wealth Management) posted Jun 24
- Sr. Solutions Engineer - Public Sector (Defense Industrial Base) posted Jun 11
- Manager, Field Engineering - Financial Services Industry posted Jun 2
- Sr. Solutions Engineer - Public Sector (DoW - 4th Estate) posted May 11
- Solutions Architect - Financial Services (Professional Services) posted May 7
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- Director, Field Engineering posted Feb 24
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