The Role

As a Senior Databricks Architect, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering custom, enterprise-grade solutions that sit at the intersection of Databricks and Braze. You'll own end-to-end Lakehouse architecture and work directly with enterprise clients to design and build what makes Braze really sing: sharper data foundations, smarter segmentation, and AI-driven customer 360 solutions that wouldn't be possible without the right infrastructure underneath. You'll combine deep technical expertise with the agility of a high-growth consultancy-hands-on in the platform in the morning, leading an architecture conversation with a CMO in the afternoon.

To thrive in this role, you'll need to be as comfortable writing PySpark as you are presenting recommendations to a marketing or data engineering team. You bring a strong point of view, a curiosity-first approach to client problems, and the drive to build something at Stitch that didn't exist before you got here.

What You'll Do

• Lead and drive client working sessions focused on data architecture and data mapping, bringing clarity and direction to complex discussions with senior stakeholders.
• Design and own end-to-end Databricks Lakehouse architecture for marketing data ingestion, transformation, storage, and consumption-leveraging Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, Delta Live Tables, and Databricks SQL Warehouse.
• Design integrations between Databricks and martech platforms (Braze, CDPs, ect) to enable customer 360 views, churn prediction, media mix modeling, dynamic pricing, and lifetime value analysis.
• Design and implement robust data models-including medallion architecture, Star Schema, and Data Vault-optimized for marketing analytics workloads.
• Enable marketers to query data conversationally and generate actionable insights without SQL through Databricks Genie and AI-powered analytics.
• Support the design and implementation of AI agents using Agent Bricks and the Mosaic AI Agent Framework.
• Review and interpret technical capability maps and frameworks, connecting them to data architecture and design decisions.
• Architect data governance, security, and access control policies using Unity Catalog, including lineage tracking, audit logging, PII masking, and marketing data privacy compliance.
• Integrate Databricks workflows into CI/CD pipelines using Terraform, Git, and Azure DevOps; implement infrastructure-as-code and automated deployment for notebooks, jobs, and clusters.
• Partner with clients on roadmaps, POCs, and migrations; support pre-sales efforts with technical proposals, whiteboarding sessions, and project estimation.
• Manage your time to meet billable targets of 36+ hours per week.
• Travel up to 20% for client meetings, workshops, and onsite engagements.

How You Consult

At Stitch, every role is expected to operate as a trusted advisor whose expertise helps our clients with their business needs. As a Databricks Architect, your credibility comes from deep technical depth combined with the ability to communicate clearly across technical and business audiences.

• Lead requirements, validation, and ideation sessions with technical and business stakeholders.
• Advise clients on data architecture and platform tradeoffs. Navigate ambiguity and translate between marketers and engineers.
• Build relationships with client technical leads. Become the architect they trust and request.
• Bring a strong point of view and recommendations-not just options. Anticipate what the client needs before they ask.
• Own outcomes on your technical workstream. Lead without being asked.
• Share feedback with peers regularly that makes all of us better.

What Success Looks Like

• Clients see you as a trusted data architecture advisor. You're confident meeting with senior stakeholders and bringing a strong point of view around best practices and creative solutions.
• You show up to every meeting prepared and engaged. Every touchpoint-Slack, email, Zoom, or onsite-is an opportunity to add value. You're responsive and work with a sense of urgency.
• You consistently meet deadlines. We're a professional services business, so our success depends on client satisfaction. Hitting your deadlines gives the Stitchers depending on your work enough runway to do theirs.
• You manage your weekly schedule intentionally to meet quarterly billable targets. You'll be context-switching between deep technical work, client meetings, internal collaboration, certifications, and time-tracking-oftentimes across multiple clients at once. Staying organized is what makes it all feel manageable.

Who Your Team Will Be

Stitchers come with diverse backgrounds and experiences-but we are tied together by our Common Threads. These are the values that define our Stitchers:

Form Lasting Bonds - We're a people business. We consistently show up for our team, our partners, and our clients in ways that build trust and champion others.

Seek Solutions - We aren't order takers. We're solution designers. We solve problems, move fast, deliver excellence, and drive results. We always have a point of view.

Don't Settle - We don't accept the way things have always been done. We think bigger, pursue growth, and find motivation in the discomfort that scares most people away.

Take the Lead - We forge our own path without waiting for permission. We push boundaries, lead our team and customers, and find the answer when one doesn't exist yet.

What You'll Get at Stitch

• The opportunity to work within multiple Fortune 1000 brands across the retail, media, gaming, quick-service, financial services, travel, and healthcare industries.
• Working alongside the most concentrated group of Braze experts in the world-backed by more Braze credentials and experience than any other company across the globe.
• The ability to feel your impact and shape how Stitch grows as we continue to scale through hypergrowth.
• The chance to learn new technologies (like Braze, Databricks, and AI) and grow faster than you ever have before.
• Of course, we offer competitive compensation, benefits, and growth opportunities, too.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering or data architecture.
• 3+ years of hands-on Databricks experience, including PySpark, SQL, and Scala.
• Proven experience integrating Databricks with Braze or similar martech platforms for marketing analytics (Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Responsys, Adobe).
• Deep expertise in Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Delta Live Tables, structured streaming, and MLflow.
• Strong data modeling skills across medallion architecture, Star Schema, and Data Vault.
• Cloud platform experience across AWS, Azure, or GCP, with proficiency in IaC tooling such as Terraform and ARM templates.
• Track record of leading and mentoring engineering teams in consulting environments.
• Client-facing experience within an agency or consultancy required.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States or Canada without visa sponsorship, now or in the future.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401k with company match
• Flexible PTO policy
• Monthly tech stipend
• Paid parental leave
• In-person onboarding experience at our HQ in Indianapolis, Indiana
• Mental well-being support