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The Role As a Sr. Solutions Engineer, you will independently lead technical engagements for customers, owning discovery, solution design, and platform demonstrations. 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 within Digital Native customers. The Impact You Will Have Independently lead technical discovery and solution design for customer workloads spanning data engineering, analytics, and machine learning 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 4+ years in data engineering, solutions architecture, technical pre-sales, or a hands-on consulting role Proficient in Python and SQL with demonstrated ability to debug, optimize, and write production-quality code — live 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 conversations — discovery, whiteboarding, architecture reviews Familiarity with one or more: data engineering (ETL/ELT, medallion architecture, streaming), data science/ML (model training, MLOps), or SQL analytics Strong presentation and demo skills —

The Role As a Sr. Solutions Architect, you are an expert-level technical leader responsible for the most complex strategic customer engagements within the Digital Native Business. 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, str

Location: Tokyo, Japan Req ID: FEQ427R141 Reporting to: Manager, Field Engineering Language requirements: Business-professional Japanese required; business-level English preferred Mission As a Pre-sales Solutions Architect focused on Manufacturing and Automotive, you will engage with leading global automotive manufacturers and strategic industry accounts across Japan. In partnership with Account Executives, Solutions Architects, technology specialists, partners, and customer teams, you will develop and execute technical strategies that help customers adopt the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform and achieve measurable business outcomes. You will translate complex automotive and manufacturing challenges into scalable data and AI solutions across vehicle platforms, connected-vehicle analytics, vehicle and component quality, supply-chain optimization, smart manufacturing, engineering and R&D analytics, aftersales, customer intelligence, and AI-powered applications. You will operate with a builder mindset, creating hands-on prototypes, demonstrations, and proof points that accelerate customer confidence and adoption. The impact you will have Develop and execute customer engagement strategies in partnership with Account Executives and Solutions Architects for strategic automotive and manufacturing accounts. Lead complex customer engagements across the full technical pre-sales lifecycle, including discovery, requirements gathering, solution scoping, architecture design, workshops, demonstrations, proof-of-concepts, and implementation planning. Coach account teams and peers on positioning, adoption strategies, use-case prioritization, and execution plans that deliver outcomes within a defined timeline. Influence stakeholders at all levels, from data practitioners and engineers to manufacturing leaders and C-level executives, by connecting technical decisions to business value. Act as a champion and trusted advisor for customers and colleagues on data, analytics, mach

FEQ427R545 As a Solutions Architect part of a Global Capability Center(GCC) focused Field Engineering team, you will shape the future of the Data and AI landscape by working with the most sophisticated Data and AI teams in the world, including Fortune 500 enterprises and global AI-forward SaaS customers operating globally. In this role, you will be deeply embedded with our named strategic accounts, serving as a trusted long-term technical advisor while also collaborating with internal sales, product, and engineering teams. You will help our customers achieve tangible data-driven outcomes through the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, helping data teams complete projects and integrate our platform into their enterprise ecosystem. You'll grow as a leader in your field, while finding solutions to our customers' biggest challenges in data engineering, analytics, AI and data science. Reporting to the Field Engineering Manager, you will collaborate with our most strategic global prospects and customers, partner with regional field teams across geographies, work directly with product and engineering to drive the Databricks roadmap forward, and work with the broader customer-facing team to develop architectures and solutions using our platform. You will guide customers through the competitive landscape, best practices, and implementation, and develop technical champions along the way. The impact you will have Be the trusted technical advisor for one or more named strategic accounts — building deep, durable relationships with their data, AI/ML, and platform engineering leaders, and earning a seat at the table for their most important architectural decisions. Help shape and drive your customer's AI strategy — partnering with their data science, ML, and AI platform teams to design GenAI and ML architectures, evaluate build-vs-buy decisions, and turn AI ambitions into production systems deployed on Databricks. Partner with the sales team and provide hands-on technical

Req ID: FEQ427R18 Location London, UK The Role As a Solutions Architect, you will lead 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 specialization (archetype) and are recognized within your team for depth in a specific domain. The Impact You Will Have Own the end-to-end technical strategy for your 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 specialization (archetype) — becoming a go-to resource for your team in that domain Orchestrate cross-functional resources (DSAs, SSAs, Partners) 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, 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 rapidly) with a developing technical specialization in one area (e.g., real-time/streamin

Req ID: FEQ327R425 Location: Tokyo, Japan Language Requirements: Fluent Japanese required; Business-level English preferred As a Specialist Solutions Architect (SSA), you will guide customers in building big data solutions on Databricks that span a large variety of use cases. These are customer-facing roles, working with and supporting the Solution Architects, requiring hands-on production experience with cloud infrastructure and big data technologies. SSAs help customers through the design and successful implementation of essential workloads while aligning their technical roadmap for expanding the usage 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: 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 Architect production-level workloads, including end-to-end pipeline load performance testing and optimisation Provide technical expertise in cloud infrastructure and security relating to our Databricks Intelligence Platform Assist Solution Architects with more advanced aspects of the technical sale including custom proof of concept content, workload sizing, and custom architectures Improve community adoption (through tutorials, training, hackathons, conference presentations) Contribute to the Databricks Community and act as a technical SME. What we look for: Pre-sales or post-sales experience working with external clients across a variety of industry markets Experience as a Data Platform engineer designing, setting up, and maintaining production-grade big data systems (Spark) Experience designing cloud i

FEQ427R444 Location: Sydney 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

FEQ327R69 As a Specialist Solutions Architect (SSA) for Security, you will guide customers in building big data solutions on Databricks that span a large variety of use cases. These are customer-facing roles, working with and supporting the Solution Architects, requiring hands-on experience supporting customer security teams through security reviews for data platform adoption. SSAs help customers through the design and successful implementation of essential workloads while aligning their technical roadmap for expanding the usage 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: 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 Architect security solutions and reference architectures that meet customers’ security requirements Provide technical expertise in cloud infrastructure and security relating to our Databricks Intelligence Platform Assist Solution Architects with more advanced aspects of the technical sale including custom proof of concept content, security review, and custom architectures Improve community adoption (through tutorials, training, hackathons, conference presentations) Contribute to the Databricks Community and act as a technical SME. What we look for: 5+ years of experience in Pre-sales or post-sales working with external clients across a variety of industry markets Experience designing, building, and managing modern data governance for a modern data platform 3+ years of experience designing cloud infrastructure and services, such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, applying best practices in cloud se

FEQ427R92 As a Specialist Solutions Architect (SSA) - Data Warehousing, you will guide customers in their cloud data warehousing transformation with Databricks which span a large variety of use cases. You will be in a customer-facing role, working with and supporting Solution Architects, that requires hands-on production experience with large-scale data warehousing technologies and lakehouse architecture. SSAs help customers through evaluations and successful production planning for their business intelligence workloads while aligning their technical roadmap for 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 and establish yourself in the data warehousing specialty - including performance tuning, data modeling, winning evaluations, architecture design, and production migration planning. The impact you will have: Provide technical leadership to guide strategic customers to successful cloud transformations on large-scale data warehousing workloads - ranging from evaluation to architecture design to production deployment Prove the value of the Databricks Intelligence Platform for customer workloads by architecting production workloads, including end-to-end pipeline load performance testing and optimization Become a technical expert in an area such as data warehousing evaluations or helping set up successful workload migrations Assist Solution Architects with more advanced aspects of the technical sale including custom proof of concept content, estimating workload sizing and performance, and tuning workloads for production Provide tutorials and training to improve community adoption (including hackathons and conference presentations) Contribute to the Databricks Community What we look for: 5+ years experience in a technical role with expertise in data warehousing - such as query tuning

FEQ427R338 The Role 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, l

The Role As a Solutions Architect, you will lead 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 specialization (archetype) and are recognized within your team for depth in a specific domain. You understand the relevance and application of ML & AI within a range of use cases important to the digital native customers in the Healthtech space The Impact You Will Have Own the end-to-end technical strategy for your 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 specialization (archetype) — becoming a go-to resource for your team in that domain Orchestrate cross-functional resources (DSAs, SSAs, Partners) 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, 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 abil

While candidates in the listed location(s) are encouraged for this role, candidates in other locations will be considered. We are looking for experienced pre-sales professionals who have a successful track record helping large enterprises become more data-driven. Working with the Account Executive (AE), the Travel & Hospitality within Retail SA defines and directs the technical strategy for our largest and important accounts, leading to more widespread use of our products and wider and deeper adoption of ML & AI. You will lean upon your solid background in value selling, technical account management and technical leadership to maximize success in these accounts. While you work with a team that includes hands-on resources who will build proofs of concept and demonstrate Databricks' products, you need to be technical and must understand the relevance and application of ML & AI within a range of use cases important to the target accounts in the Retail and CPG space. The impact you will have: You will work with up to 9 clients as the main technical voice for Databricks You will lead your customers on a transformational journey, helping them to evaluate and adopt Databricks as part of their strategy You will implement the technical strategy in the account, in close understanding of the strategy Build a movement of technical champions within the account Align technical strategies around Databricks solutions You will provide structured mentorship for other team members What we look for: 6+ years of experience working very large (> $1m ARR), from the Retail and CPG related space 4+ years working in a pre sales capacity or supporting sales activity Technical in big data, data science and cloud An ability in data-driven business transformation, and driving change with data 3+ years of experience with design and implementation experience in big data technologies such as Hadoop, NoSQL, MPP, OLTP, and OLAP or full lifecycle data science solutions Maintain and exte

FEQ427R476 Location: Remote, Germany At Databricks, we build the platform that makes data and AI usable across an entire organization, not just in a specialist team. Our customers come to us with problems that have no template, and the Solutions Architects are the people who work those problems out with them. As a Lead Solutions Architect, you own our most complex enterprise relationships in the region, technically and commercially, and you act as a recognized voice in the wider data community. You will be measured by the impact you have on those accounts and on the Solutions Architects around you. The impact you will have Lead and manage complex enterprise accounts with custom requirements, from the first technical conversation through to production. Deliver compelling demos and pitches to budget holders and C-level stakeholders. Turn customer conversations into working prototypes fast, using AI-assisted development to build demos in hours rather than weeks. Mentor and develop Solutions Architects and Senior SAs together with Field Engineering leadership. Build Databricks' technical presence in the DACH market through customer-facing collateral, workshops, meetups, and conference talks. Develop and roll out best practices and repeatable processes across the region. Establish close working relationships with internal SMEs, product teams, and leadership. What we look for Fluent German and business-level English. Both are used daily with customers and internally. Substantial experience in technical pre-sales, including complex customer interactions across the full sales lifecycle. Ability to drive technical and business conversations with C-level executives, orchestrate cross-functional teams, and influence outcomes toward long-term customer success. Strong track record in the data landscape, with deep expertise in at least one of data engineering or data science. Hands-on coding ability in Python and SQL. Daily, fluent use of AI tools in your own work. Coding assista

FEQ427R79 Location: Auckland 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 that values innovation and creativity, using your skills to create customized 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: Develop customer engagement strategies in partnership with Account Executive(s) in your designated territory. Coach junior Solutions Architects and teams on use case prioritization and building technical champions. You will influence stakeholders at all levels through complex engagements with the wider cloud ecosystem and 3rd party applications, ensuring they are excited by the Databricks vision and solution strategy. Be a 'champion’ for both customers and colleagues, operating as an expert solution architect and trusted advisor for significant data analytics architecture, design, and adoption of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. Contribute to Databricks' technical community engagement by developing customer-facing collateral and leading workshops, seminars, and meet-ups. Opportunity to continue your development in one of four tracks - technical specialization, industry vertical thought leadership, strategic

Req #: P-1372 Location: Tokyo, Japan As a Partner Solutions Architect you will work with Databricks' Consulting and System Integrator (C&SI) partners, teammates, and with the technical and sales team members who work directly with our customers. You will develop 'technical champions' within our top C&SI Partners, providing enablement on technical matters related to the Databricks product. Working with our partners, you will help our customers to achieve tangible data-driven outcomes through the use of our Databricks Data + AI Platform, helping data teams complete projects and integrate our platform into their enterprise Ecosystem. As a member of our team, you will exercise and develop expertise in those areas, using open-source projects such as Apache Spark™, MLflow, and Delta Lake; and major public cloud infrastructure and services. the product. You will use this expertise to become a trusted advisor to C&SI partners. You will report to the AVP, FDE. The impact you will have: Provide partners with the level of enablement they need to assist their clients in evaluating and adopting Databricks including hands-on Apache Spark™ programming and integration with the wider cloud ecosystem Engage with the partner technical community by leading workshops, seminars, and meet-ups You will be a Big Data Analytics expert on aspects of architecture and design and will share this with our partner network Show expertise by producing creative technical solutions and blog post What we look for: 5+ years of pre-sales or post-sales experience working with external clients or partners across a variety of industry markets Understanding of customer-facing pre-sales or consulting role with a core strength in either data engineering or data science Experience demonstrating technical concepts, including presenting and whiteboarding Experience designing and implementing architectures within public clouds (AWS, Azure or GCP) Coding experience in SQL / Python / Scala / Java&n