Specialist Solutions Architect - AI Tooling & Platform Management

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This role can be remote, but preference is given to candidates located in the job listing area who can travel up to 20% when needed.

As a Specialist Solutions Architect (SSA)—AI Tooling & System Management, you will build and manage the AI tooling stack and system infrastructure that empowers Field Engineering to deliver customer outcomes with higher velocity. These capabilities will be utilized by our Go-To-Market teams, including Solutions Architects and Account Executives, to accelerate technical demos, proofs of concept, and customer engagements.

You will bring consistency to our internal AI tooling stack, establish standards for AI-driven development practices, and scale these capabilities across the department. A critical aspect of this role is building the infrastructure that enables agent networks to perform with high quality and reliability—including context management systems, data integrations, and supporting tooling.

Additionally, you will develop internal applications and technical tools that enhance the overall lifecycle, track adoption metrics to measure impact, and partner with stakeholders to drive continuous improvement through intelligent automation and AI-augmented workflows.

• Architect production-level AI tooling deployments that meet security, networking, and data integration requirements
• Build and maintain internal AI tooling infrastructure for demos, learning, building POCs, and production workflows across platforms, including AI-assisted development environments, Databricks environments, and cloud-based tooling
• Establish consistency in the AI tooling stack by defining standards, best practices, and reusable patterns that enable Field Engineering to build with AI efficiently and reliably at scale
• Build context management infrastructure for agent networks, including vector databases, knowledge bases, and retrieval systems that ensure AI agents have access to the right information at the right time
• Design and implement system integrations to bring data from enterprise sources into AI applications, ensuring secure, scalable, and reliable data flows
• Develop internal applications to streamline Field Engineering workflows, improve demo and builder environments, and accelerate customer engagement velocity
• Track adoption metrics and tooling effectiveness by instrumenting the AI tooling stack, building dashboards, and providing data-driven insights to leadership on adoption rates, productivity gains, and ROI
• Manage AI tooling infrastructure and spend by overseeing cloud costs, monitoring consumption as teams scale, resolving capacity issues, and deploying automation to reduce operational overhead
• Partner with Scale and Technical Enablement teams to develop documentation, AI-powered development patterns, and training materials
• Support Solution Architects with custom proof of concept environments, AI tooling configurations, and technical guidance for customer engagements

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.

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and 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. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

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, please visit https://www.mybenefitsnow.com/databricks. 

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