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Solutions Architect - MFG - West

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Calgary, AB · Vancouver, BC

7+ years experience
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Overview

Databricks is hiring a Solutions Architect for its Field Engineering organization in Western Canada to partner with customers on scalable data architectures built on the Databricks platform. The role focuses on pre-sales technical consulting, reference architectures, demos and technical account planning, with up to 30% travel to customers in the region. The posting gives a Canada salary range of $185,000 to $225,000 CAD.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop account strategies to grow platform usage
  • Build reference architectures and demo applications for prospects
  • Consult on big data, pipeline and ML projects to win technical deals
  • Promote open-source projects at meetups and conferences

Requirements summary:

  • 7+ years in customer-facing pre-sales or architecture roles
  • Expertise in big data, data warehousing or data science
  • Fluent in SQL and database technology
  • Coding experience in Python, Scala, Java or R
  • Cloud solution experience is desired

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Employer posting date
2026-10-07
First seen by our source
2026-10-11
Source record updated
2026-10-28

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Job details

SenioritySenior
DepartmentBusiness development
Experience7+ years
Travelair: moderate · ground: minimal
Work settingOffice, Client sites
PositionMostly sitting
Physical demandsphysical low · computer high
LanguagesEnglish
EducationBachelor’s degree (preferred)
Fields of studyComputer Science, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research
Perks mentionedPerformance bonus, Stock or equity

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Databricks

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Full company description

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Block, Comcast, Condé Nast, Rivian, Shell and over 60% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to take control of their data and put it to work with AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe, and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. --- Databricks applicants Please apply through our official Careers page at databricks.com/company/careers. All official communication from Databricks will come from email addresses ending with @databricks.com or @goodtime.io (our meeting tool).

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Reported office locations
  • 160 Spear Street, 13th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, US
  • Fora 22 Berners Street, London, England W1T 3LP, GB
  • Barbara Strozzilaan 350, 2nd floor, Amsterdam, HN 1083, NL
  • 11 W 42nd St, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10036, US
  • 120 Adelaide St W, Toronto, Ontario M5H, CA
  • 109 North Bridge Road, Singapore, 179097, SG
  • 2033 6th Ave, Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98121, US
  • 100 W Evelyn Ave, Suite 210, Mountain View, California 94041, US
  • 1660 International Drive, Suite 600, McLean, VA 22102, US
  • 7300 Lone Star Dr, Plano, Texas 75024, US
  • 500 108th Ave NE, Suite 1100, Bellevue, Washington 98004, US
  • 1 Lincoln Street, Office 26-115, Boston, MA 02111, US
  • 2120 University Ave, Suite 722, Berkeley, California 94704, US
  • Techspace Köpenicker, Straße 40-41, Berlin, Germany 10179, DE
  • Herzogspitalstraße 24, Munich, Bavaria 80331, DE
  • 35-37, Rue Beaubourg, Paris, Île-de-France 75003, FR
  • 1 Chome-4-5 Roppongi, Minato City, Tokyo 106-0032, JP
  • 66 King Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, AU
  • 222 Exhibition St, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, AU
  • No. 78/9, Outer Ring Rd, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560103, IN
Business categories
  • Data Storage
  • Information Technology
  • Data Integration
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Software
  • Data Management
  • Venture Capital
  • Analytics
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Machine Learning
Other recorded names
  • Databricks
Specialties
  • Apache Spark
  • Apache Spark Training
  • Cloud Computing
  • Big Data
  • Data Science
  • Delta Lake
  • Data Lakehouse
  • MLflow
  • Machine Learning
  • Data Engineering
  • Data Warehousing
  • Data Streaming
  • Open Source
  • Generative AI
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Data Intelligence
  • Data Management
  • Data Goverance
  • Generative AI
  • and AI/ML Ops
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Reported total investment
27,246,939,324

Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Block, Comcast, Condé Nast, Rivian, Shell and over 60% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to take control of their data and put it to work with AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe, and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache…

FieldValue
IndustrySoftware Development
Company size5,001-10,000 employees
HeadquartersSan Francisco, CA
Organization typePrivately Held
SpecialtiesApache SparkApache Spark TrainingCloud ComputingBig DataData ScienceDelta LakeData LakehouseMLflowMachine LearningData Engineering
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Job description

P-225

Solutions Architect - MFG - West

Location: Western Canada

As a Solutions Architect at Databricks within the Field Engineering org you will partner with our customers to design scalable data architectures using Databricks technology and services. You have technical depth and business knowledge and can drive complex technology discussions which express the value of the Databricks platform throughout the sales lifecycle. In partnership with our Account Executives, you will engage with our customers' technical leads, including architects, engineers, and operations teams with the goal of establishing yourself as a trusted advisor to achieve tangible outcomes. You will work with teams across Databricks and our executive leadership to represent your customer's needs and build valuable customer engagements and report to the Field Engineering Manager.

The impact you will have:

  • You will work with Sales and other essential partners to develop account strategies for your assigned accounts to grow their usage of the platform.
  • Establish the Databricks Lakehouse architecture as the standard data architecture for customers through excellent technical account planning.
  • You will build and present reference architectures and demo applications for prospects to help them understand how Databricks can be used to achieve their goals to land new users and use cases.
  • Capture the technical win by consulting on big data architectures, data engineering pipelines, and data science/machine learning projects; prove out the Databricks technology for strategic customer projects; and validate integrations with cloud services and other 3rd party applications.
  • 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.

What we look for:

  • 7+ years in a customer-facing pre-sales, technical architecture, or consulting role with expertise in at least one of the following technologies:
  • Big data engineering (Ex: Spark, Hadoop, Kafka)
  • Data Warehousing & ETL (Ex: SQL, OLTP/OLAP/DSS)
  • Data Science and Machine Learning (Ex: pandas, scikit-learn, HPO)
  • Data Applications (Ex: Logs Analysis, Threat Detection, Real-time Systems Monitoring, Risk Analysis and more)
  • Experience translating a customer's business needs to technology solutions, including establishing buy-in with essential customer stakeholders at all levels of the business.
  • Experienced at designing, architecting, and presenting data systems for customers and managing the delivery of production solutions of those data architectures.
  • Fluent in SQL and database technology.
  • Debug and development experience in at least one of the following languages: Python, Scala, Java, or R.
  • [Desired] Built solutions with public cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • [Desired] Degree in a quantitative discipline (Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research)
  • Travel to customers in your region up to 30% of the time.

Pay Range Transparency

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range 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 anticpates 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.

Canada Pay Range

$185,000—$225,000 CAD

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.

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