Principal Solution Architect

About RevoData:

RevoData is a boutique Data & AI consultancy and proud Databricks Gold partner. We focus exclusively on Databricks to design and build scalable data platforms that support real business use cases.

We foster a no‑ego, no‑nonsense culture with collaboration, proactivity, and knowledge sharing.

Role Overview

You’re the person people turn to when the question is not “how do we build this?” but “what should we build – and why?” You’re comfortable operating before things are clearly defined, shaping complex business challenges into structured, actionable solutions and staying involved to ensure they work in practice.

Key responsibilities

• Lead Databricks‑driven engagements end‑to‑end: from defining architecture and approach to guiding delivery, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring the solution creates real value.
• Design architectures that connect business needs to technical reality, turning vague problems into clear plans.
• Apply depth across data and AI architecture: modern data patterns, distributed systems, large‑scale data processing, algorithms, performance trade‑offs, component interaction.
• Use Databricks tools – Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, ingestion, transformation, MLflow, etc. – to build lakehouse‑paradigm solutions.
• Incorporate machine learning concepts into designs – enabling ML workflows, supporting GenAI use cases, ensuring platform can handle evolving AI requirements.
• Embed governance, security, and compliance into designs as foundational elements.
• Translate architecture into execution: break down solutions into phases, define realistic roadmap, guide teams through delivery.
• Influence across levels: explain decisions to senior stakeholders, collaborate with engineers, challenge assumptions, align teams, keep momentum.
• Contribute beyond projects: mentoring, internal standards, demos, external knowledge sharing.

Key qualifications

• Strong understanding of modern data architecture patterns, distributed systems, and large‑scale data processing.
• Proficiency with the Databricks platform – Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, MLflow, etc. – and ability to design lakehouse architectures.
• Experience with data engineering, data modeling, and machine learning concepts.
• Knowledge of governance, security, and regulatory compliance.
• Excellent communication skills; able to convey technical decisions to senior stakeholders.
• Experience guiding delivery and stakeholder alignment.

Nice to have

• Databricks certifications or recognition (e.g., Champion)
• Fluency in Dutch

Additional Information

• Multiple start dates available in 2026. Apply now and join our next growth chapter.
• Open to hiring at Principal level. Principal salary range €90,000‑€110,000 per year.

Benefits and Perks

• Unlimited learning: partner academies, workshops, lunch & learns.
• Tech playground: experimenting with Databricks, Terraform, Terragrunt, CI/CD, monitoring tools.
• Fun clubs: climbing, padel, language club, or start your own.
• Work‑life balance: hybrid setup with HQ in NDSM, two days at client office, rest at home or office.
• Well‑being budget: €75 net per month.
• Monthly work‑from‑home, travel, internet/phone allowance.
• Pension plan, permanent contract, lunch at office, quarterly events, workations, pet‑friendly office.

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