Senior Solutions Architect - Lakebase

Databricks Databricks · Data AI · Berlin, Germany · Field Engineering - Other

Databricks is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect for their Lakebase team in Berlin, Germany. This role focuses on driving adoption of a specific product line by engaging with clients, understanding their needs, and positioning Databricks' solutions. The architect will collaborate with account teams, develop strategies, deliver presentations and demos, and act as a trusted advisor. The role requires deep expertise in transactional databases, integration with Big Data/Lakehouse/AI ecosystems, and cloud environments. The architect will also influence the product roadmap and serve as a tier-3 escalation point.

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

  • transactional database (OLTP) expertise
  • architecting solutions integrating transactional data systems within 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 management, migrations
  • SQL
  • Python
  • AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • data engineering
  • data warehousing
  • AI
  • ML
  • governance
  • transactional systems
  • app development
  • streaming

Nice to have

  • pre-sales
  • consulting

What the JD emphasized

  • 10+ years of transactional database (OLTP) expertise
  • architecting solutions that integrate transactional data systems within broader Big Data, Lakehouse, and AI ecosystems
  • 6+ years in a customer-facing, pre-sales or consulting role