Databricks Architect | US
At Cuesta Partners · Remote US; United States
Salary: US$145,000–188,000 a year
- Engineering
- Full-time
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- 15 May 2026
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Job description
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About Cuesta Partners We are looking for a Databricks Architect to lead the delivery of data engineering solutions in a client-facing environment. This is a hands-on leadership role where you will work directly with clients — including C-level stakeholders — to design, build, and deploy production-grade Databricks platforms.
What You’ll Do
* Design and architect scalable Databricks-based solutions for enterprise clients.
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* Lead end-to-end cloud data platform implementations across AWS and/or Azure.
* Design and build production pipelines using Databricks Workflows and Spark Declarative Pipelines.
* Design scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Spark, PySpark, and Databricks Workflows.
* Partner directly with client stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into technical solutions.
* Provide technical leadership and guidance to data engineering teams.
* Implement CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code for Databricks resources.
* Drive collaborative development through Git workflows, pull requests, and code reviews.
* Collaborate cross-functionally with analytics, engineering, and business teams.
* Serve as the primary technical point of contact for clients, including C-level executives.
What We’re Looking For
* 6+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Cloud Architecture, or related roles.
* 3+ years of hands-on experience with Databricks.
* Strong proficiency in PySpark, Spark SQL, Python, and SQL.
* Deep experience with Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Delta Live Tables, and Databricks Jobs.
* Proven experience delivering Databricks projects in a consulting or professional services environment.
* Strong understanding of data lake concepts and formats (Delta, Iceberg, Parquet, etc.).
* Experience designing and managing Unity Catalog for governance, access control, and lineage.
* Familiarity with medallion architecture (bronze/silver/gold) patterns.
* Hands-on experience with Git version control, pull requests, code reviews, and collaborative development workflows.
* CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code for Databricks resources (Terraform, Asset Bundles, GitHub Actions).
* MLflow experience: experiment tracking, model registry, deployment, and observability.
* Cloud platform experience.
* Experience working in client-facing, consulting, or cross-functional environments.
* Experience leading technical projects or mentoring engineering teams.
Nice to Have
* Databricks certifications (Data Engineer Associate or Professional, Machine Learning Associate or Professional, Data Engineer Associate or Professional or ML Engineer Associate or Professional).
* Experience with agentic AI workflows, including agents, skills, and tools on the Databricks side (Agentbricks), as well as LangChain and Claude agentic workflows.
Benefits: What you’ll gain:
* At Cuesta, we value entrepreneurship, humility, diversity, learning, speed, and balance. We provide our team members with:
* Constant opportunities for exposure & learning
* Flexible working location and enabling personal-life harmony with work
* Agency and influence in the company’s total strategy and direction
* Collaboration with a high-performing team
* Competitive base salary (outlined in this listing) and target bonus of 20-25%
* 401k, healthcare benefits, paid time-off, and more!
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