What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Platform Architect (Databricks) position at Coastal?
Data Platform Architect
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Data Platform Architect amp; Integration Lead to design, build, and deliver integrations that consume Master Data products published in Databricks and feed them into an enterprise commercial CRM platform, as part of a large-scale CRM modernization program.
Master Data sources (customer, account, and product master) are exposed as governed data products in Databricks – curated Delta tables registered in Unity Catalog. This role owns the consumption of those data products and their reliable, validated delivery into the target CRM and enterprise ecosystem, while re-platforming existing integrations onto modern, cloud-native patterns.
This is a working, hands-on leadership role. The person leads the integration workstream and personally performs the coding, code review, and deployment work – not oversight alone. Every skill listed is expected to be backed by direct, hands-on delivery experience.
Key Responsibilities
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Data Platform Architect amp; Integration Lead to design, build, and deliver integrations that consume Master Data products published in Databricks and feed them into an enterprise commercial CRM platform, as part of a large-scale CRM modernization program.
Master Data sources (customer, account, and product master) are exposed as governed data products in Databricks – curated Delta tables registered in Unity Catalog. This role owns the consumption of those data products and their reliable, validated delivery into the target CRM and enterprise ecosystem, while re-platforming existing integrations onto modern, cloud-native patterns.
This is a working, hands-on leadership role. The person leads the integration workstream and personally performs the coding, code review, and deployment work – not oversight alone. Every skill listed is expected to be backed by direct, hands-on delivery experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Hands-On Integration Delivery
- Personally perform coding, code review, and deployment activities, and any other assigned work related to this transformation – leading the team does not replace individual hands-on contribution.
- Must have hands-on experience across all required skills; the person is expected to build, not only direct others who build.
- Own the end-to-end integration lifecycle: design specification, build, unit testing, deployment across dev / sandbox / UAT / prod, runbooks, and knowledge transfer.
- Produce design specifications, deployment steps, and rollback approaches, and deliver them hands-on.
- Databricks Data-Product Consumption amp; Integration
- Consume Databricks data products (Delta Lake tables via Unity Catalog) as the source of master data, respecting the data-product contract – schema, refresh cadence, quality guarantees, and access model.
- Move master data from Databricks into the CRM using the appropriate pattern – Apache Iceberg interoperability, Spark / PySpark-based movement, or API-based delivery – selecting the right mechanism per integration by volume, latency, and directionality.
- Build transformation and mapping logic (PySpark / Spark SQL) to reconcile the data-product schema with the target CRM data model, including handling master-data change (deltas, data-change requests, reference data).
- Re-platform existing master-data integrations onto the Databricks-data-product and modern integration patterns, ensuring parity, reconciliation, and no data loss during transition.
- Implement observability, data-quality checks, error handling, data-gap detection, and reprocessing across the Databricks-to-CRM flows.
- Client Engagement amp; Meetings
- Participate in and lead all relevant client meetings – design reviews, working sessions, governance forums, and status discussions – representing the integration workstream directly with the client.
- Communicate technical decisions, risks, and dependencies clearly to client stakeholders and delivery teams.
- Multi-Vendor (Dual-SI) Collaboration
- Collaborate with the second System Integrator (SI) partner responsible for independently testing and validating this team’s build.
- Review the second SI’s test findings, triage them, and resolve the defects – ensuring fast, clean cross-vendor root-cause and closure rather than back-and-forth.
- Maintain clean build-to-test handoffs and shared traceability so defects are resolved efficiently across vendors.
- On-Site Presence amp; Travel
- Must be present in person in Indianapolis.
- If not working from Indianapolis, must travel for all important meetings as required by the program.
- Patterns, Standards amp; Data Partnership
- Define reusable integration patterns and interface contracts for master-data flows that other build and assurance teams can work to.
- Partner with data-product owners and data-engineering teams to align on data-product schemas, versioning, refresh frequency, access, and change management.
- Ensure data integrity, security, privacy, and, where applicable, regulated-industry compliance across connected systems.
Must-Have Technical Skills
All of the following require direct, hands-on experience:
All of the following require direct, hands-on experience:
- Databricks – hands-on with Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and consuming / publishing data products; lakehouse / medallion architecture.
- AI – hands-on experience applying AI in a data, integration, or software-development context.
- Data services on AWS – hands-on experience building data and transformation services / pipelines on AWS.
- API – hands-on REST API design, build, and implementation at scale.
- PySpark – strong, hands-on PySpark and Spark SQL for data movement and transformation.
- Master Data / MDM – hands-on experience integrating customer, account, and product master data into downstream systems, including schema mapping, reconciliation, and master-data change handling.
- Demonstrated ability to lead a build team while remaining hands-on – doing the build, review, and deployment work directly.
Why Coastal, and what we offer:
- Flexible working hours with an emphasis on a life-work balance (in that order!)
- Remote flexible work; “Live by the beach, work in the Cloud,” plus company office locations in Palm Coast, FL; Atlanta, GA; Tysons, VA amp; Lexington, KY; travel as required to client locations
- Unlimited Paid Time Off (RTO), 401K with Company Match, and Medical, Vision, amp; Dental coverage
- Competitive quarterly bonus opportunities
- Continuing education and certification reimbursements, specifically within the Salesforce and Snowflake ecosystems; plus occasional in-house competitions with spot bonuses
- A flexible and fun team culture! We value transparency, support, flexibility, growth, teamwork, fun, and so much more
- Frequent team and culture activities, virtual amp; in-person, including Lunch and Learns, Happy Hours, team-building events
- Monthly All-Hands calls to bring the company together, and an open-door leadership policy with access to mentorship and guidance
- Opportunities for accelerated growth, networking, and career guidance and support
- Trust, transparency and respect across all levels of the company
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