Sr. Rapid Innovation Architect

Databricks • MD

150d • $196,200 - $274,650

About The Position

We are seeking a highly skilled Sr. Rapid Innovation Architect to join our Public Sector team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge big data solutions for government clients. As a Sr. Rapid Innovation Architect, you will be responsible for the full lifecycle of projects, from problem definition to deployment and optimization. You will design and implement end-to-end solutions, rapidly develop prototypes, and provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle.

Requirements

• 10+ years of customer-facing technical experience
• Professional experience equivalent to an L4 Software Engineer
• Hands-on production experience with Apache Spark™
• Expertise in big data technologies, cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP), and production programming (Python, R, Scala, or Java)
• Strong understanding of data management, cloud platforms, data science, machine learning, and architecture
• Ability to write production-grade code independently
• Experience in architecting and implementing big data solutions
• Excellent communication and customer relationship-building skills

Nice To Haves

• Security clearance preferable
• Experience in public sector projects
• Databricks certifications
• Contributions to open-source projects

Responsibilities

• Guide public sector customers through successful implementations of big data projects on the Databricks platform
• Gather customer requirements, design approaches, and collaborate with customers & SIs to deliver end-to-end solutions
• Conduct data integration, cleaning, and analysis
• Develop custom applications and features on top of Databricks
• Optimize and scale customer workflows and data pipelines
• Collaborate with product development teams to represent customer needs
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to strategic customers
• Architect production-level workloads, including performance testing and optimization
• Contribute to the Databricks community through tutorials, training, and conference presentations

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all employees
• Eligibility for annual performance bonus
• Equity options

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees