Senior Solutions Architect - Ai/bi

Databricks Databricks · Data AI · London, United Kingdom · Field Engineering - Other

This role is for a Senior Solutions Architect focused on AI/BI products at Databricks. The individual will partner with account teams to engage clients, understand their needs, and position Databricks' product lines, particularly in AI and Business Intelligence. Responsibilities include designing and delivering cloud-based analytics solutions, advising on lakehouse architecture, enabling clients through workshops and collateral, and influencing product roadmaps. The role requires strong technical competencies in data visualization, analytics systems, cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP), Apache Spark, Python, and SQL, with broad experience across data engineering, AI/ML, governance, and streaming. The Solutions Architect will act as a trusted advisor and a tier-3 escalation point for complex technical challenges.

What you'd actually do

  1. Collaborate with GTM leadership and account teams to design and execute high-impact engagement strategies across your territory.
  2. As a trusted advisor, serve as an expert Solutions Architect and "champion," building technical credibility with stakeholders to drive product adoption and vision.
  3. Enable clients at scale through workshops and developing customer-facing collateral that helps increase technical knowledge and thought leadership.
  4. Influence product roadmap by translating field-derived, data-driven insights into strategic recommendations for Product and Engineering teams
  5. Handle the most complex technical challenges in this product line by acting as the tier-3 escalation point for the field, ensuring customer success in mission-critical environments.

Skills

Required

  • Experience in designing and delivering cloud-based Data Visualisation and Analytics Solutions in a client or customer environment
  • Ability to advise customers in lakehouse analytics architecture
  • Certification and/or demonstrated competence in data visualisation and analytics systems along with one of Azure, AWS or GCP cloud providers
  • Demonstrated competence in the Lakehouse architecture including hands-on experience with Apache Spark, Python and SQL
  • 6+ years in a customer-facing, pre-sales or consulting role influencing technical executives, driving high-level data strategy and product adoption.
  • Proven ability to co-plan large territories with Account Executives and operate in a highly coordinated, cross-functional effort across GTM and R&D teams.
  • Experience collaborating with Global System Integrators (GSIs) and third-party consulting organizations to drive customer outcomes.
  • Proficient in programming, debugging, and problem-solving using SQL and Python.
  • Hands-on experience building solutions within major public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
  • Broad experience (in two or more) and understanding across the fields of data engineering, data warehousing, AI, ML, governance, transactional systems, app development, and streaming.
  • Undergraduate degree (or higher) in a technical field such as Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Engineering or similar.
  • A track record of driving complex projects to completion in fast-paced, customer-facing environments.

Nice to have

  • AI
  • ML
  • governance
  • transactional systems
  • app development
  • streaming

What the JD emphasized

  • core technical competencies
  • trusted advisor
  • expert Solutions Architect
  • champion
  • technical credibility
  • drive product adoption
  • vision
  • technical knowledge
  • thought leadership
  • field-derived, data-driven insights
  • strategic recommendations
  • most complex technical challenges
  • tier-3 escalation point
  • customer success
  • mission-critical environments
  • customer-facing
  • pre-sales
  • consulting
  • technical executives
  • data strategy
  • product adoption
  • major public cloud environments
  • Broad experience
  • data engineering
  • data warehousing
  • AI
  • ML
  • governance
  • transactional systems
  • app development
  • streaming
  • technical field
  • Computer Science
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Engineering
  • track record of driving complex projects to completion
  • fast-paced, customer-facing environments