Databricks Senior Solutions Architect_ US-Based Contractor

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Provide technical leadership post-sales to guide strategic customers in designing and implementing big data projects, from architectural design to data engineering and model deployment
• ▹Identify and drive new initiatives that help customers turn their data into actionable business value, aligning these initiatives with their business goals for continued success
• ▹Architect production-level workloads, including performance testing and optimization of end-to-end pipeline loads
• ▹Deliver tutorials and training sessions to promote community adoption (including hackathons, conference presentations, etc.)

Requirements

• ▹Hands-on and technical expertise with Apache Spark
• ▹Hands-on experience with Databricks over the course of several large-scale projects
• ▹Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional certification
• ▹Proven experience in designing and implementing big data technologies, including Hadoop, NoSQL, MPP, OLTP, OLAP
• ▹Over 5 years of experience working as a Software Engineer or Data Engineer, including query tuning, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and debugging Spark and/or other big data solutions
• ▹Proficiency in programming with Python, Scala, or Java
• ▹Experience designing and using solutions on cloud infrastructure and services, such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• ▹Familiarity with Development Tools for CI/CD, Unit and Integration testing, Automation and Orchestration, REST API, BI tools, and SQL Interfaces (e.g., Jenkins)
• ▹Excellent communication skills and comfort in presenting to strategic stakeholders and leadership
• ▹Experience in customer-facing roles such as pre-sales, post-sales, technical architecture guidance, or consulting
• ▹Passion for learning new technologies and ensuring customer success

Nice to have

• ▹Desired experience in Data Science/ML Engineering, including model selection, model lifecycle, hyper-parameter tuning, model serving, deep learning, using tools like MLFlow

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Diverse projects - In each assignment, there is always something new, either on the technical or the business side, that helps you grow
• ▹Empowerment - Trust is a cornerstone of our culture, with support when needed and space to push your limits
• ▹Flexible ways of working - our location on Bartók Béla Road is also a community space, but people work when and how they work best
• ▹Balanced life - a healthy work/life balance, without pointless meetings and unnecessary administration
• ▹Mentoring from your first day - continuous support throughout your career path
• ▹Learning & Development opportunities
• ▹Supportive corporate culture - built on comradery, mutual support, and respect

About the company

Hiflylabs is a Budapest-based company with 250+ employees. Their application development team and business intelligence experts provide effective solutions to business problems. 10 years of experience across multiple Hungarian and international Business Intelligence projects in financial, telecommunication, and energy sectors. They deliver Data Warehouses, Business Intelligence, and Data Analytics solutions, and have acquired high-level competence in Application Development.