Presales Senior Solutions Engineer (Greenfield, Digital Native Business)

Databricks Inc.; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading data and AI company is seeking a skilled individual for a role focusing on technical consultancy and customer relationships in London. You will engage with clients to solve critical data challenges and mentor junior team members. Ideal candidates possess experience in data engineering and machine learning, alongside proficiency in programming languages. Regular commuting to London offices and travel for customer visits are expected.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits

Opportunity for international collaboration

Mentorship opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in Data Engineering, Data Warehousing or AI/Machine Learning.
• Prior experience with core programming languages like Python or SQL.
• Proficient with big data technologies and public cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Form successful relationships with clients in your territory.
• Develop as an expert in big data analytics.
• Lead workshops and help build the Databricks community.

Skills

Technical consultancy

Data Engineering

Machine Learning

Presales experience

Python

SQL

Big data analytics

Solution architecture

Job description

Overview

At Databricks, our core values are at the heart of everything we do; creating a culture of proactiveness and a customer-centric mindset guides us to create a unified platform that makes data science and analytics accessible to everyone. We aim to inspire our customers to make informed decisions that push their business forward. We provide a user-friendly and intuitive platform that makes it easy to turn insights into action and fosters a culture of creativity, experimentation, and continuous improvement. You will be an essential part of this mission, using your technical expertise to demonstrate how our Databricks Data Intelligence Platform can help customers solve their complex data challenges. You will work with a collaborative, customer-focused team that values innovation and creativity, using your skills to create customised solutions to help our customers achieve their goals and guide their businesses forward. Join us in our quest to change how people work with data and make a better world!

Reporting to the Manager, Field Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Form successful relationships with clients throughout your assigned territory, providing technical and business value to Databricks customers in collaboration with Account Executives.
• Operate as an expert in big data analytics to excite customers about Databricks. You will develop into a ‘champion’ and trusted advisor on multiple issues of architecture, design, and implementation to lead to the successful adoption of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.
• Author reference architectures, how-tos, and demo applications to scale best practices in your field and support customers. Lead workshops, seminars, and meet-ups to help build the Databricks community in your region and scale best practices in your field.
• Grow your knowledge and expertise to the level of a technical and/or industry specialist.

Qualifications

• We are looking for a highly motivated and technically skilled individual to join our EMEA Greenfield Business Unit, focused on landing new customers across both enterprise and high-growth start-up segments. This role offers the opportunity to be based in London, with regular collaboration across the EMEA region.
• Experience, technical consultancy and/or presales with a background in Data Engineering, Data Warehousing or Data Science / AI / Machine Learning.
• Work with customers to help them adopt Databricks in solving critical challenges across Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, and Machine Learning/AI. Experience in any vertical is welcome.
• Experience diving deeper into solution architecture and design.
• Engage customers in technical sales, challenge their questions, guide clear outcomes, and communicate technical and value propositions.
• Develop customer relationships and build internal partnerships with account executives and teams.
• Prior experience with coding in a core programming language (i.e., Python, SQL) and willingness to learn a base level of Spark.
• Proficient with big data Analytics technologies, including hands-on expertise with complex proofs-of-concept and public cloud platform(s)
• Experienced in use case discovery, scoping, and delivering complex solution architecture designs to multiple audiences, requiring an ability to context switch in levels of technical depth.
• Coach and mentor junior team members, helping them develop strong field engineering and customer engagement skills.
• Nice to have: Databricks or Cloud Certification
• The candidate must be able to commute to London offices regularly and travel approximately 20-30% of the time for customer visits
• Proficiency in an additional European language such as French, Italian, or German is a plus.

About Databricks

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

Benefits

At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region, please visit https://www.mybenefitsnow.com/databricks.

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