Partner Solutions Architect

Databricks Inc.; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading data analytics platform provider is seeking a Partner Solutions Architect to build deep technical relationships with C&SI partners. This role involves guiding partners on technical matters, promoting the Databricks platform, and delivering data-driven solutions. Candidates should have extensive experience in Data Engineering and Data Science, as well as strong pre-sales capabilities. The position is based in London, offering significant opportunity to shape technical engagements within a dynamic partner ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in Data Engineering and Data Science.
• Experience developing architectures in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Familiarity with consumption-driven business models.

Responsibilities

• Drive thought leadership for Data and AI within our partners.
• Engage with partner technical teams to build expertise in Databricks.
• Provide technical solutions and communicate effectively.

Skills

Data Engineering

Data Science

Pre-sales experience

Technical architecture

Public cloud experience

Job description

As a Partner Solutions Architect, you will engage and develop deep technical executive relationships with Databricks' Consulting and System Integrator (C&SI) partners, teammates, as well as the technical field and sales team members who work directly with our customers. You will further develop the 'technical champions' within our top C&SI Partners to CoE, providing strategic vision on technical matters related to the Databricks vision aligned to the GSI execution.

Working with our partners, you will help our customers to achieve tangible data-driven outcomes through the application of the Data Intelligence 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 within Data Engineering, AI and Data Science, Data Warehouses, Data Governance and Platform & Security within the major public cloud infrastructure and service providers. You will use this expertise to become a trusted advisor to C&SI partners. You will report to the Partner Director of Field Engineering for EMEA.

The impact you will have:

• Provide our technical executives in our top GSIs with the thought leadership for the Data and AI domain to grow our partners’ independence in positioning and delivering solutions on the Databricks platform
• Engage with our partners’ technical teams to ensure a deep understanding and skills with the Databricks Platform for both pre-sales and delivery of projects
• Engage the account teams in top Accounts to proactively drive and unblock partner delivery in the account
• You will be an expert on aspects of architecture and design and will share this with our partner network to drive the delivery of the platform
• Show expertise by producing creative technical solutions and external communication, such as blog posts
• Work with the wider partner ecosystem to build up a library of Agentic AI solutions to accelerate and derisk large transformation projects and migrations

Experience we look for:

• Understanding of and experience with pre-sales in a consumption-driven business
• Experienced Technical Executive with current hands‑on experience in Data Engineering and Data Science
• Ability to align multiple technical product and program roadmaps to a Partner business
• 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 developing architectures within a public cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

About Databricks

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