Burtch Works Joins Databricks Partner Network to Provide AI Talent
Burtch Works has joined the Databricks Brickbuilder Partner Network, giving Databricks customers access to specialized engineers, architects, executives and AI professionals through managed services and contract staffing. The partnership is effective immediately.
- Burtch Works joined the Databricks Brickbuilder Partner Network.
- The partnership is effective immediately.
- Customers can use fractional executives, contract staffing or managed services.
- Available professionals include engineers, architects, data scientists and AI leaders.
- Burtch Works said 72% of organizations struggle to fill critical roles.
A workforce partner for Databricks deployments
The partnership connects Burtch Works' managed services and on-demand contract staffing with the Databricks Data + AI Platform. Burtch Works will support deployments, implementations and deliverable outcomes through forward-deployed engineers, solutions engineers, platform architects, data scientists and AI leaders.
According to Burtch Works, all of its professionals have hands-on platform experience. The company said this is intended to shorten both the time to hire and the time to value for enterprise data and AI initiatives. Its role includes helping customers build, run and scale their Databricks environments.
Databricks describes its Data + AI Platform as a way for organizations to use data for analytics, AI applications and agentic outcomes. The company says the platform is built on an open source foundation and can help organizations increase revenue, lower costs and reduce risk.
Three ways customers can engage
Burtch Works will serve Databricks customers through three engagement models. Fractional Executive Expertise is designed for data and AI leaders responsible for platform strategy. On-demand contract staffing provides Databricks-skilled engineers and architects, with the option for those professionals to convert to full-time roles. Managed services teams will deliver defined outcomes on the platform.
The company said its available talent includes forward-deployed engineers, platform architects, analytics engineers, data scientists and ML/AI engineers with experience in Databricks, Apache Spark, Python and SQL. Its technical vetting process is conducted with Burtch Works' in-house data and AI leadership and assesses practical skills, including pipeline design, Python and SQL.
Burtch Works also provides fractional executives such as Chief Data Officers, Chief AI Officers and heads of data engineering. Its professionals can access Databricks Partner Academy training and discounted certification vouchers during the hiring process and after placement.
Addressing demand for specialized AI skills
Burtch Works said the partnership responds to the difficulty many organizations face in finding AI expertise. The company cited a recent global survey of more than 39,000 employers, which found that AI skills had become the hardest capabilities to find and that 72% of organizations were struggling to fill critical roles.
The U.S.-based talent solutions company serves enterprises in financial services, healthcare, retail, consumer goods, legal, manufacturing and private equity. It said it brings more than 17 years of specialized data, engineering and AI talent to the partnership, alongside Databricks-focused role scoping and technical assessment.
For Databricks customers, the arrangement offers a route to obtain platform-specific staff, leadership and managed delivery through a single workforce execution partner. Burtch Works also supplies compensation and hiring-market data from its research. The company said its market data is cited by the Wall Street Journal and other prominent media outlets.
