Sr. Solutions Architect

Databricks Databricks · Data AI · Singapore · Field Engineering - Other

This role is for a Sr. Solutions Architect at Databricks, a data and AI company. The primary responsibilities involve developing customer engagement strategies, coaching junior architects, influencing stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor for data analytics architecture, and contributing to technical community engagement through collateral development and workshops. The role requires experience in technical pre-sales, influencing decision-makers, coding in a core language (Python, Java, Scala), and hands-on expertise with proofs-of-concept and public cloud platforms. Proficiency in Mandarin is also required.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop customer engagement strategies in partnership with Account Executive(s) in your designated territory.
  2. Coach junior Solutions Architects and teams on use case prioritization and building technical champions.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Contribute to Databricks' technical community engagement by developing customer-facing collateral and leading workshops, seminars, and meet-ups.

Skills

Required

  • coding in a core programming language (i.e., Python, Java, Scala)
  • willingness to learn a base level of Spark
  • Hands-on expertise with complex proofs-of-concept
  • public cloud platform(s)
  • provide technical solutions for specialized customer needs
  • navigate a competitive landscape
  • Mandarin

Nice to have

  • customer engagement strategies
  • technical pre-sales capacity
  • influence decision-makers and C-level executives
  • developing relationships
  • orchestrating teams

What the JD emphasized

  • Proficiency in Mandarin is required as this role involves direct customer communications in Mandarin