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DatabricksSr. Solutions Engineer
Databricks seeks a Sr. Solutions Engineer to direct technical engagements, manage solution designs, and execute platform demonstrations. Operating as a builder, the individual in this position…
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Databricks seeks a Sr. Solutions Engineer to direct technical engagements, manage solution designs, and execute platform demonstrations. Operating as a builder, the individual in this position will write code, formulate architectures, and present technical concepts to foster adoption of the Databricks platform. The role involves partnering with an Account Executive to formulate account strategies, manage frontline customer relationships, and expand platform consumption. Databricks functions as a data and AI organization.…
Job Description
Databricks seeks a Sr. Solutions Engineer to direct technical engagements, manage solution designs, and execute platform demonstrations. Operating as a builder, the individual in this position will write code, formulate architectures, and present technical concepts to foster adoption of the Databricks platform. The role involves partnering with an Account Executive to formulate account strategies, manage frontline customer relationships, and expand platform consumption.
Databricks functions as a data and AI organization. Over twenty thousand entities globally, which include prominent corporations and a majority of the Fortune 500, utilize the Databricks Data and AI Platform to scale and construct data and AI applications, analytics, and agents. The enterprise maintains headquarters in San Francisco alongside more than thirty international offices, delivering a unified system that encompasses Unity Catalog, Lakehouse, Lakeflow, Agent Bricks, Lakebase, and Genie.
This position is designated as remote. Qualified candidates will possess a blend of customer-facing capabilities and technical expertise to navigate competitive scenarios and contribute technical assets back to the solutions architecture community.
Responsibilities
- Manage technical discovery processes and solution designs for customer machine learning, analytics, and data engineering workloads independently
- Develop and present live demonstrations and proofs-of-concept on the Databricks Platform
- Maintain primary technical relationships with customer data teams, technical leads, and engineers
- Collaborate with Account Executives to formulate technical strategies for increasing platform consumption within accounts
- Address competitive environments through hands-on demonstrations highlighting platform differentiation
- Produce reusable reference architectures, solution accelerators, and notebooks for the solutions architecture community
Requirements
- Four or more years of experience in technical pre-sales, data engineering, solutions architecture, or hands-on consulting
- Proficiency in SQL and Python with the capability to write production-quality code, debug, and optimize
- Practical background in implementing and designing data solutions on at least one major cloud platform including Azure, AWS, or GCP
- Familiarity with distributed data technologies such as Delta Lake, Apache Spark, Kafka, Flink, or Hadoop
- Experience conducting customer-facing technical discussions encompassing whiteboarding, architecture reviews, and discovery
- Background in data engineering, data science, machine learning, or SQL analytics
Qualifications
- Bachelor or Master degree in Engineering, Computer Science, a quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience
- Experience working with the Databricks Platform or holding a Databricks certification
- Familiarity with MLflow, Unity Catalog, or Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines
- Previous employment history at a technical consulting firm, cloud provider, or data and AI company
Core Skills
Benefits
- Comprehensive perks and benefits designed to address employee needs based on their region
Frequently Asked Questions
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Is the Sr. Solutions Engineer position remote?
Yes, the source posting explicitly designates this role as remote.
What level of experience is required for this role?
Candidates must have four or more years of experience in technical pre-sales, data engineering, solutions architecture, or a hands-on consulting role.
What technical skills are tested during the hiring process?
Applicants must demonstrate proficiency in Python and SQL, including the ability to write production-quality code, as live coding is a required stage of the interview process.
What salary is offered for this role?
The salary is not stated in the source posting.
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