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title: 'Databricks Architect | Canada at Cuesta Partners'
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# Databricks Architect | Canada at Cuesta Partners

- **Company:** Cuesta Partners
- **Location:** Canada
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-08-13
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cuesta-partners/17ac72b2-d7c0-4433-8bc2-e8dc9a6fe8b3

## Job description

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.
- 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 15-25%
- 401k, healthcare benefits, paid time-off, and more!

## About Cuesta Partners

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Cuesta Partners is a technology strategy consulting firm that helps mid-market organizations navigate complex transformations, from M&A and AI implementation to data strategy and core technology modernization.
- **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped/self-funded, no funding rounds disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: Not publicly available (remote-first organization)
- **Founded**: Not publicly available
- **Founders**: Riley Scott (quoted as founder figure on the careers page)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Technology strategy consulting, M&A advisory, AI and data strategy
- **Target customers**: Mid-market companies, organizations of various sizes across industries (B2B, enterprise)
- **Mission**: To turn technology into a true catalyst for growth and competitive advantage, helping clients move from ambition to outcomes with clarity and speed.

## Products & Services
- **Technology Strategy**: Helping CIOs and CTOs define clear, actionable strategies aligned with business priorities, covering software systems, infrastructure, cybersecurity, operating models, and AI.
- **Data Strategy & Execution**: Building data infrastructure, governance, and analytics to turn raw data into trusted, business-ready intelligence. Includes master data management, margin analytics, and resource demand analytics.
- **AI Strategy & Execution**: Identifying high-impact AI use cases, prototyping, and scaling solutions with clear ROI, using proprietary methods to evaluate AI and data maturity.
- **Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory**: Full lifecycle support including product/tech diligence, cybersecurity, post-merger integration, and AI readiness to unlock hidden value in deals.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Not publicly available (no revenue or funding figures disclosed)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly available
- **Growth Signals**: Actively hiring for multiple remote roles (Data Engineer, Data Analyst, Engineering Manager, Technical Lead, etc.) with a focus on Latin America, indicating expansion. Client case studies show measurable results (e.g., $10K monthly labor cost reduction, $1M annual profit improvement for a $1.5B logistics provider).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Business-first, tech-smart approach**: Strategy grounded in business goals, not technology for its own sake.
- **Flat, non-hierarchical team structure**: Diversity of thought and experience; everyone teaches and learns, from newest hire to most senior.
- **Value-led delivery**: Co-creates with clients, stays engaged until value is realized, and focuses on measurable ROI.
- **Proprietary AI and data maturity evaluation methods**: Accelerates diligence and integration in M&A and transformation projects.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI readiness and implementation**: Helping clients define and scale AI strategies grounded in technical feasibility and high-value use cases.
- **Data foundation modernization**: Building scalable, cloud-ready data environments to enable real-time insight and innovation.
- **M&A value creation**: Turning acquisitions into platforms for scalable growth through deep technical and commercial diligence.
- **Expanding talent pool**: Hiring remote talent across Latin America to support growing client demand.

## Why Work Here
- **Remote-first culture**: "We’re Where You Work. Not Where You Live." Fully remote positions with a focus on work-life balance.
- **Generous PTO**: Encouraged up to 5 weeks of paid time off annually, with a minimum of 2 weeks; managers ensure time off is taken.
- **Competitive benefits**: Competitive salary, continuous education support, leading parental leave with flexible return options, full health care and ancillary insurance, plus 7 company holidays and 3 floating holidays.
- **Flat, learning-oriented culture**: Everyone is both teacher and student; autonomy to create your own path; emphasis on humility, entrepreneurship, speed, and diversity.
- **Growth opportunities**: Ability to lead and learn at every career stage; mentorship and exposure to diverse technologies and industries.

## Sources
1. [cuestapartners.com](https://www.cuestapartners.com/) – Main site overview of services and approach
2. [cuestapartners.com/about](https://www.cuestapartners.com/about-2/) – About page with mission and team structure
3. [cuestapartners.com/careers](https://www.cuestapartners.com/careers-2/) – Careers page with benefits, culture, and founder quote
4. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/cuesta-partners](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cuesta-partners) – Current job listings
5. [cuestapartners.rippling-ats.com](https://cuestapartners.rippling-ats.com/jobs) – Additional job listings showing remote roles in Latin America

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