Senior AI/ML Solutions Architect (GenAI & MLOps)

Databricks Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Senior Specialist Solutions Architect for AI/ML in London. You will be the trusted technical expert for ML/AI, guiding customers and the Field Engineering team to design production‑grade AI solutions on the Databricks platform.

You will drive GenAI initiatives, RAG architectures, agentic systems, AI observability, and NLQ of structured data, while mentoring peers and influencing the platform roadmap. Some travel may be required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on industry DS/ML experience, with a focus on ML engineering or data science.
• Production-level ML workloads on cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Experience with data engineering concepts and distributed Spark.
• Pre-sales or post-sales experience with external clients; 5+ years customer-facing preferred.
• Experience with Apache Spark to process large-scale distributed datasets.
• Strong communication to teach complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Willingness to travel up to 30%.

Responsibilities

• Architect production-level ML/AI workloads, including end-to-end pipelines, training/inference optimization, MLOps lifecycle management, and cloud integration.
• Lead GenAI initiatives, specializing in RAG architectures, agentic systems (tool-calling, multi-agent orchestration, guardrails), AI observability, and NLQ of structured data.
• Provide advanced technical support to Solution Architects during the technical sales cycle by building MVPs and leading deep-diving sessions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product and engineering to reflect customer voice and influence the platform's AI roadmap.
• Create tutorials and training materials and participate in industry conferences and hackathons.

Skills

ML Engineering

Data Science/AI

Spark

Pre-sales

Customer-facing

Communication

Lifelong learning

Tools

HuggingFace

Langchain

Apache Spark

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Senior Specialist Solutions Architect for AI/ML in London. You will be the trusted technical expert for ML/AI, guiding customers and the Field Engineering team to design production‑grade AI solutions on the Databricks platform.

You will drive GenAI initiatives, RAG architectures, agentic systems, AI observability, and NLQ of structured data, while mentoring peers and influencing the platform roadmap. Some travel may be required.