What's the salary range?

Databricks lists $180,000–$247,500 for this role.

How much experience is required?

At least 7 years of relevant experience for this Solutions Architect - Public Sector role.

What's the tech stack?

Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Apache Spark, Azure, Delta Lake, GCP, Hadoop.

What seniority level is this role?

Databricks targets senior candidates for this position.

Is this full-time or contract?

Full-time for this Solutions Architect - Public Sector role at Databricks.

Solutions Architect - Public Sector at Databricks

Joblaze summary

In the Solutions Architect role at Databricks, the individual will engage directly with customers to design and implement data solutions using the Databricks Unified Analytics Platform. Key skills include expertise in cloud services and programming languages such as Python or Scala, along with a strong background in data engineering and machine learning. This position is ideal for seasoned professionals with over seven years of experience in technical architecture or consulting, particularly those familiar with public sector clients. The role also emphasizes collaboration with sales and product teams to drive customer success.

Joblaze insights

Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze August 12, 2026. Last confirmed on Databricks's careers page October 9, 2026.
This exact title is also open at 1 other location at Databricks: Delhi, India.
Salary band is in line with the typical range for Data Engineering roles (median ~$180,656).
Starts above 31% of 140 comparable senior data engineering roles in United States that list Python we track (median $180,656 across 40 companies). See Python salary trends
Python appears in 79.2% of 221 comparable senior data engineering roles in United States; scikit-learn appears in 2.3% of 221 comparable senior data engineering roles in United States.

Quick facts

What's the salary range?: Databricks lists $180,000–$247,500 for this role.
How much experience is required?: At least 7 years of relevant experience for this Solutions Architect - Public Sector role.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Apache Spark, Azure, Delta Lake, GCP, Hadoop.
What seniority level is this role?: Databricks targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Solutions Architect - Public Sector role at Databricks.

From the original posting

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Solution 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 Sr. 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 (Apache Spark™, Delta Lake, MLflow, and Koalas) across developer communities through meetups, conferences, and webinars
Travel to customers in your region

What we look for:

7+ 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
Expertise in at least one of the following:
Data Engineering technologies (Ex: Spark, Hadoop, Kafka)
Data Warehousing (Ex: SQL, OLTP/OLAP/DSS)
Data Science and Machine Learning technologies (Ex: pandas, scikit-learn, HPO)
[Desired] Degree in a quantitative discipline (Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research)
Top Secret Security Clearance required

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

$180,000—$247,500 USD

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Solutions Architect - Public Sector

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