Solution Architect — Data & AI Platform

Delan Associates is seeking a Principal Solution Architect to lead the design and enablement of AI-ready data capabilities on a modern Databricks Lakehouse foundation. This role focuses on building architecture patterns to support LLM-powered analytics, conversational AI, agentic AI workflows, and governed data products.

Key responsibilities

• Define and drive the Data and AI platform architecture using Databricks, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and modern lakehouse design patterns.
• Architect secure LLM and GenAI enablement patterns, including RAG, embeddings, vector search, semantic search, and prompt orchestration.
• Design agentic AI capabilities to support data platform operations such as metadata discovery, catalog enrichment, and lineage analysis.
• Establish architecture standards for AI-ready data products, certified metrics, semantic layers, and business definitions.

Requirements

• Over 10 years of professional experience in data architecture and platform engineering.
• Deep expertise in CI/CD practices and advanced SQL development.
• Proven ability to design complex data ecosystems and AI-ready infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of model serving, grounding, and AI evaluation frameworks.

What we offer

• Fully remote work environment allowing for global collaboration.
• Opportunity to lead high-impact projects in the rapidly evolving field of GenAI and data platforms.
• Engagement in a forward-thinking technical culture focused on modern lakehouse design.