Senior Solutions Architect (Pre-sales) - Life Sciences

Req ID: FEQ327R410 The Role As a Solutions Architect in the Benelux Strategic Accounts team, you will play a lead role in driving the technical strategy for your customers — owning architecture discussions, driving platform adoption, and serving as a trusted advisor to customer technical leads and architects. You combine deep technical expertise with strategic thinking to position Databricks as the foundation of your customers’ data and AI strategy. You are developing a technical specialisation (archetype) and are recognised within your team for depth in a specific domain. The Impact You Will Have Own the end-to-end technical strategy with customer accounts, from initial discovery through production deployment and consumption growth Lead complex architecture discussions — designing scalable, production-grade solutions spanning data engineering, ML/AI, and real-time analytics Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customer architects, engineering leads, and Directors Drive technical wins in competitive scenarios by demonstrating Databricks’ differentiation through custom-built solutions Develop and declare an emerging technical specialisation (archetype) — becoming a go-to resource for your team in that domain Orchestrate cross-functional resources (Delivery, Specialist & Partner Solution Architects) to deliver comprehensive solutions for complex customer needs Influence product direction by providing structured feedback on customer requirements and competitive gaps What We Look For 6+ years in solutions architecture, data engineering, technical pre-sales and/or a senior hands-on technical role Strong coding proficiency in Python and SQL — you must demonstrate live coding, debugging, and solution-building skills Deep expertise in distributed data systems architecture: designing scalable pipelines, streaming architectures, lakehouse patterns, and cloud-native data platforms Proficient on the Databricks Platform (or demonstrated ability to achieve proficiency rapi

(FEQ327R229) The Solutions Architect (Lakebase) team executes on Databricks’ strategic Product Operating Model that provides enhanced focus on earlier stage, highly prioritised product lines in order to establish product market fit, and set the course for rapid revenue growth. They are part of a global go-to-market team mandate, though individually will cover a specific, local region. Clients may span across one or more business units and verticals. By working in partnership with direct account teams, they will jointly engage clients, foster the necessary relationships, position in-depth the specific product line, so as to provide compelling reasons for clients to adopt and grow the usage of the given product. They understand the appropriate approach, the guardrails, and the steps needed to successfully adopt the product line, as clients deliver on their business objectives. The Solutions Architect (Lakebase) is paired with an Account Executive aligned to a given product line with specific targets accordingly. Together, they will devise and implement a strategy across their assigned set of accounts, develop presentations, demos and other assets and deliver them such that clients make an informed decision as they decide to adopt the product-line in a meaningful way. The Lakebase product-line requires the following core technical competencies: 10+ years of transactional database (OLTP) expertise across engineering, product development, administration, and pre-sales, with a proven track record of designing and delivering client-facing solutions. Credibility in influencing OLTP products with the market insight needed to shape and prioritise roadmap capabilities. Experience architecting solutions that integrate transactional data systems within broader Big Data, Lakehouse, and AI ecosystems. Infrastructure, platform and administration expertise around disaster recovery, high availability, backup and recovery, scale-out methods, identity and security ma

Req ID: FEQ427R70 The Role As a Senior Solutions Engineer in the Benelux Geo team, you will lead technical engagements for high-growth potential customers, owning discovery, solution design, and platform demonstrations. We are looking for a talented engineer/architect who is excited to expand strategic partnerships and grow Databricks footprint with these customers! You are a builder who can code, architect, and present, combining technical depth with customer-facing skills to drive Databricks adoption. You will own frontline customer relationships and work with your Account Executive to develop technical strategies that expand platform usage. The Impact You Will Have Independently lead technical discovery and solution design for customer workloads spanning Data Engineering, Analytics, Machine Learning, and GenAI Engineering Build and deliver compelling proofs-of-concept and live demos on the Databricks Platform that drive technical wins Own frontline technical relationships with customer engineers, data teams, and technical leads Develop account-level technical strategies in partnership with your Account Executive to grow platform consumption Navigate competitive landscapes by articulating Databricks differentiation through hands-on demonstrations Contribute reusable technical assets (notebooks, solution accelerators, reference architectures) to the broader SA community What We Look For Industry experience in data engineering, solutions architecture, technical pre-sales, or a hands-on consulting role (preference for 3+ years minimum) Proficient in Python and SQL with demonstrated ability to debug, optimise, and write production-quality code — live/vibe coding is a required interview stage Hands-on experience designing and implementing data solutions on at least one public cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP) Working knowledge of distributed data systems: Apache Spark™, Delta Lake, or equivalent (Hadoop, Kafka, Flink) Experience leading technical customer conversatio

Req ID: FEQ327R409 The team The Fungible team is the “rapid-response squad” within the Field Engineering organisation that engages with customers on the most strategic, highest-potential opportunities across Benelux and the Nordics to accelerate critical use cases, land technical wins, and drive successful Databricks adoption. If you enjoy working on novel use cases across a variety of industries on highly visible engagements, this is the right home for you! The role As a Fungible Solutions Architect, you lead the technical strategy on time-boxed, targeted engagements - typically one to five months - aimed at accelerating a specific set of critical customer workloads from evaluation to a production-grade technical win. You own the architecture conversation, drive platform adoption, and act as a trusted advisor to customer architects and engineering leaders, then transition the momentum you've built to the core account team. You bring technical depth and the judgment to apply it fast, in situations that require strong ownership and are highly visible . Where a specialisation helps you contribute quickly, great — but on this team, breadth, adaptability, and a bias for impact matter just as much as your area of depth. The impact you will have Accelerate what matters most: parachute into strategic, high-profile opportunities and own a clearly defined technical area, moving critical workloads and use cases from evaluation toward production and consumption. Lead the architecture: design scalable, production-grade solutions across data engineering, ML/AI, and real-time analytics, and lead the whiteboarding, design reviews, and trade-off decisions with senior customer stakeholders. Win the technical decision : demonstrate Databricks' differentiation through custom-built solutions in competitive, must-win scenarios. Move fast while maintaining the bar: establish momentum quickly in ambiguous situations and compress timelines without cutting corners. Hand off, don't hold on :

(FEQ427R351) Senior Specialist Solutions Engineer - Platform Security and Cloud Infrastructure As a Senior Specialist Solutions Engineer, you will guide customers in building big data solutions on Databricks that span a large variety of use cases. This is a customer-facing role that works with and supports the Field Engineering pre-sales teams and requires hands-on production experience with cloud infrastructure and big data technologies. Specialist Solutions Engineers help customers through the design and successful implementation of essential workloads while aligning their technical roadmap to expand the use of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. As a deep go-to-expert reporting to the Specialist Field Engineering Manager, you will continue to strengthen your technical skills through mentorship, learning, and internal training programs to continuously consolidate the skills in your area of speciality. The impact you will have: Technical thought leader : Provide technical leadership to guide strategic customers to successful implementations on big data projects, ranging from architectural and security design to development and deployment best practices, including automation Assist Solution Architects with more advanced aspects of the technical sale, including custom proof of concept content, workload sizing, and custom architectures Cloud Infra & Security Expertise Architect production-level cloud native governed workloads Provide technical expertise in cloud infrastructure and security relating to our Databricks Lakehouse Platform Community & Adoption : Enable adoption by leading workshops, hackathons, and conference presentations, while actively contributing to the broader Databricks community. What we look for: Pre-sales or post-sales experience working with external customers (or internal clients/stakeholders) across industries 4+ years of experience designing Cloud infrastructure/Security and services, s

(FEQ427R544) Role Summary As a Field Engineering Manager, you will lead a high-performing team of technical pre-sales Solutions Architects (SAs) dedicated to enterprise Named Accounts across the Benelux region. You will operate at the intersection of deep technology and business strategy, driving platform adoption and enterprise AI initiatives. As a technically credible coach and AI builder , you will spend meaningful time in the field (~30-40%) partnering with customer executives and internal Sales counterparts. You will lead by example to instil an AI-Builder Mindset across your team, establish rigorous operational inspection cadences, coach SAs through complex architecture designs without taking the pen, and decisively build an elite pre-sales organisation. The Impact You Will Have Build & Scale Elite Teams: Hire, mentor, and retain exceptional Solutions Engineers/Architects in the Benelux region, establishing high standards for technical excellence, inclusive leadership, and decisive performance management. Drive AI Adoption & Capabilities: Lead by example as an AI practitioner, embedding AI tools into team workflows and driving scalable capability across the organisation. Act as a Customer Advisor: Build trusted relationships with C-level and senior technical executives across customer accounts. Translate complex platform capabilities into measurable business ROI (e.g., predictive maintenance, yield optimisation, supply chain resilience). Drive Operational Execution: Co-own regional consumption and growth targets with Sales partners. Maintain rigorous inspection cadences across pipeline health, technical validation, and account strategy. Technically Coach the Field: Serve as an architectural sounding board for your team. Diagnose platform designs, spot failure modes in distributed systems or AI infrastructure, and coach SAs to refine architectures independently. Expand Benelux Presence: Serve as a key regional leader helping build Databricks' brand and