Sr. Solutions Architect - Lakebase

CSQ427R34 As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) you will work with customers to build and productionize solutions to their data & AI challenges using the Databricks platform. You will own the architecture, lead design decisions, and implement end-to-end systems spanning data engineering, AI, and application development. We work cross-functionally to shape long-term strategic priorities and initiatives alongside engineering, product, and developer relations. FDEs deliver with customer empathy, integrating with client systems, training, and other technical needs to help customers get most value out of their data. This is a hands-on, customer-facing role for builders who thrive at the intersection of technology and business impact. The ideal candidate combines engineering expertise with adaptability, curiosity, and a passion for working with customers and teammates to solve complex problems that drive measurable outcomes. FDEs are billable and know how to complete projects according to specification with exceptional customer empathy. The impact you will have: Production Solution Delivery: Lead impactful customer technical projects by delivering production-grade systems, designing and building reference architectures, custom applications and data ingestion and ML/AI model integration Transformational Impact: Guide strategic customers as they implement transformational big data projects including end-to-end design, build and deployment of industry-leading big data and AI applications. Work with engagement managers to scope technical delivery work with input from the customer Empower Customers: Guide customers on architecture and design; bootstrap or implement customer projects which leads to a customers' successful understanding, evaluation and adoption of Databricks. Own the Architecture: Lead architecture and design decisions, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with both customer needs and Databricks best practices. Work with the Databricks t

FEQ327R413 As a Sr. Solutions Architect, you are an expert-level technical leader responsible for the organization's most complex customer engagements. You drive consumption strategy, own executive-level relationships, and serve as the definitive technical authority for your accounts. You have declared your archetype—a recognized technical specialization that makes you a force multiplier across your team and region. You operate at the intersection of deep technical expertise, strategic account planning, and executive influence. Location: Open to remote locations, Frankfurt or Berlin. The Impact You Will Have Drive the technical and consumption strategy for the organization's most complex customer engagements, directly influencing platform adoption and revenue growth. Own senior-level technical relationships — serving as a trusted advisor on enterprise data and AI strategy Lead the most complex architecture engagements: multi-workload platforms, enterprise-wide migrations, real-time systems, and AI/ML at scale Operate as an Expert on the Databricks Platform with a declared archetype — actively mentoring others and driving horizontal impact across your team Develop and execute competitive strategies for your customers, positioning Databricks against incumbent and emerging platforms Orchestrate cross-functional teams (DSAs, SSAs, Partners, Product) to deliver enterprise-grade solutions Coach and develop junior SAs (L3–L5) on technical depth, customer engagement, and use case prioritization Contribute to Field Engineering thought leadership through customer-facing content, workshops, and community engagement What We Look For 8+ years in solutions architecture, principal engineering, technical pre-sales leadership, or a senior customer-facing technical role Expert-level coding proficiency — Python, SQL, and ideally Spark/PySpark. You will complete a live coding assessment and a platform build during the interview Deep expertise in enterprise data architecture: dist

FEQ327R414 As a Sr. Solutions Architect, you are an expert-level technical leader responsible for the organization's most complex customer engagements. You drive consumption strategy, own executive-level relationships, and serve as the definitive technical authority for your accounts. You have declared your archetype—a recognized technical specialization that makes you a force multiplier across your team and region. You operate at the intersection of deep technical expertise, strategic account planning, and executive influence. The Impact You Will Have Drive the technical and consumption strategy for the organization's most complex customer engagements, directly influencing platform adoption and revenue growth. Own senior-level technical relationships — serving as a trusted advisor on enterprise data and AI strategy Lead the most complex architecture engagements: multi-workload platforms, enterprise-wide migrations, real-time systems, and AI/ML at scale Operate as an Expert on the Databricks Platform with a declared archetype — actively mentoring others and driving horizontal impact across your team Develop and execute competitive strategies for your customers, positioning Databricks against incumbent and emerging platforms Orchestrate cross-functional teams (DSAs, SSAs, Partners, Product) to deliver enterprise-grade solutions Coach and develop junior SAs (L3–L5) on technical depth, customer engagement, and use case prioritization Contribute to Field Engineering thought leadership through customer-facing content, workshops, and community engagement What We Look For 8+ years in solutions architecture, principal engineering, technical pre-sales leadership, or a senior customer-facing technical role Expert-level coding proficiency — Python, SQL, and ideally Spark/PySpark. You will complete a live coding assessment and a platform build during the interview Deep expertise in enterprise data architecture: distributed systems at scale, streaming/real-time, lakehouse

FEQ427R349 As a Sr. Solutions Architect, you are an expert-level technical leader responsible for the organisation's most complex customer engagements. You drive consumption strategy, own executive-level relationships, and serve as the definitive technical authority for your accounts. You have declared your archetype—a recognised technical specialisation that makes you a force multiplier across your team and region. You operate at the intersection of deep technical expertise, strategic account planning, and executive influence. The Impact You Will Have Drive the technical and consumption strategy for the organization's most complex customer engagements, directly influencing platform adoption and revenue growth. Own senior-level technical relationships — serving as a trusted advisor on enterprise data and AI strategy Lead the most complex architecture engagements: multi-workload platforms, enterprise-wide migrations, real-time systems, and AI/ML at scale Operate as an Expert on the Databricks Platform with a declared archetype — actively mentoring others and driving horizontal impact across your team Develop and execute competitive strategies for your customers, positioning Databricks against incumbent and emerging platforms Orchestrate cross-functional teams (DSAs, SSAs, Partners, Product) to deliver enterprise-grade solutions Coach and develop junior SAs (L3–L5) on technical depth, customer engagement, and use case prioritization Contribute to Field Engineering thought leadership through customer-facing content, workshops, and community engagement What We Look For 8+ years in solutions architecture, principal engineering, technical pre-sales leadership, or a senior customer-facing technical role Expert-level coding proficiency — Python, SQL, and ideally Spark/PySpark. You will complete a live coding assessment and a platform build during the interview Deep expertise in enterprise data architecture: distributed systems at scale, streaming/real-time, lakehouse

REQ# FEQ327R416 At Databricks, our core principles are at the heart of everything we do; creating a culture of proactiveness and a customer-centric mindset guides us to create a unified platform that makes data science and analytics accessible to everyone. We aim to inspire our customers to make informed decisions that push their business forward. We provide a user-friendly and intuitive platform that makes it easy to turn insights into action and fosters a culture of creativity, experimentation, and continuous improvement. You will be an essential part of this mission, using your technical expertise to demonstrate how our Data Intelligence Platform can help customers solve their complex data challenges. You'll work with a collaborative, customer-focused team who values innovation and creativity, using your skills to create customised solutions to help our customers achieve their goals and guide their businesses forward. Join us in our quest to change how people work with data and make a better world! The impact you will have: Form successful relationships with clients throughout your assigned territory to provide technical and business value in collaboration with an Account Executive and a Senior Solutions Architect. Gain excitement from clients about Databricks through hands-on evaluation and Spark programming, integrating with the wider cloud ecosystem and 3rd party applications. Contribute to building the Databricks technical community through engagement at workshops, seminars, and meet-ups. Become a Big Data Analytics advisor on aspects of architecture and design. Support your customers by authoring reference architectures, how-tos, and demo applications. Develop both technically and in the pre-sales aspect with the goal of becoming an independently operating Solutions Architect. What we look for: Familiarity working with clients, creating a narrative, answering customer questions, aligning the agenda with important interests, and achieving tangible outco

For over 20 years, Smartsheet has empowered teams to manage work seamlessly and scale solutions smarter. Now, in our most ambitious chapter yet, we are uniting human teams with AI agents. By orchestrating the work agents do best, automating manual tasks and uncovering insights at scale, we create the space for people to focus on what truly matters: judgment, creativity, and big thinking. That is magic at work, and it’s what we show up for every day. You independently lead the most complex AI deployments Smartsheet undertakes. You own the full engagement lifecycle from technical discovery through production deployment through solutions org handoff. You architect multi-agent solutions, design client-personalized MCP resource packs, and build the Deployment Kits that transform how 200+ solutions consultants and partners operate. You mentor junior FDEs, drive the intelligence loop, and present field findings at weekly Applied AI strategy sessions. You are building a function, not filling a role. You will work remotely from Germany and will be reporting to Sr. Director, Engineering You Will: Lead complex, multi-system AI deployments end-to-end scope, architect, build, validate, and manage the customer relationship throughout. Own the AI workshop program for your pod, customize modules per customer, lead technical sessions, translate outputs into production requirements, evolve content from field learning. Architect multi-agent solutions selecting the right coordination pattern for each customer's workflow characteristics and compliance requirements. Design client-specific and industry-specific MCP resource packs that serve personalized intelligence from the server so every connected AI surface gets smarter for that customer automatically. Own Deployment Kit quality for your pod. If a kit is not documented well enough for a solutions consultant with no engineering background to follow, it isn't done. Lead Solutions Enablement Sprints: transfer AI deployment patterns to so