Senior Software Engineer (Databricks Platform Engineer)
Vizient · Irving, TX
$102,400–$179,000from the description
Jul 12, 2026
Irving, TX
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A platform engineering role focused on building and maintaining an enterprise Databricks environment that serves analytics, data products, machine learning, and AI workloads. Day-to-day work involves Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD pipelines, reusable templates, and self-service tooling, alongside supporting Databricks services such as MLflow, Unity Catalog, and Feature Store. Suits an experienced data platform engineer with solid Databricks and lakehouse architecture knowledge.
Senior level · 5+ years · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 60 people in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 35–90
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $158,173 (middle half $132,644–$169,109). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
Location is not explicitly stated in the posting; Vizient is headquartered in Irving, TX (Dallas-Fort Worth metro), so that CBSA is used as the best estimate.
The degree requirement is listed as 'preferred,' not required, so it is treated as None.
Terraform and CI/CD appear in the qualifications section without a 'preferred' qualifier, so they are treated as hard gates despite the softer framing of surrounding items.
Azure cloud experience is explicitly labeled 'preferred' in the qualifications section.
MLflow, MLOps, streaming, and event-driven architectures are explicitly labeled 'preferred' in the qualifications section.
The role sits at the boundary between data/lakehouse platform architecture (15-1243) and software/platform engineering (15-1252); the strong emphasis on Databricks platform design, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and lakehouse architecture tips it toward 15-1243, but the CI/CD, IaC, and automation focus is a meaningful signal toward 15-1252.
The posting notes the role is incentive-eligible in addition to the stated salary range.
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