Senior Data & AI Solutions Architect for Enterprises

databricks; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks in London seeks a strategic technical leader to collaborate with our largest enterprise customers and accelerate transformation across the UK & Ireland. As Lead Solutions Architect in the UKI Field Engineering practice, you will drive data and AI initiatives, engaging executives to advise on and accelerate Databricks adoption.

You will champion the builder culture, mentor the technical community, and orchestrate multi-cloud engagements with AWS, Azure and GCP while turning complex

Qualifications

• Experience influencing technology change at a global-scale enterprise level with a focus on data & AI strategy.
• Deep appreciation of customer and vendor commercial motivations and sales cycles.
• Understanding of major data & AI market players including hyperscalers and ISVs.
• Bias towards showing rather than telling, inspiring stakeholders with built examples.
• Deep experience in data & AI technologies with Python/SQL, Spark, and Databricks.
• Able to orchestrate diverse teams and explain complex tech to non-technical leaders.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites in the UK and London offices (20–30%).

Responsibilities

• Build authentic partnerships with stakeholders—from developers to C-suite executives—helping them understand the Databricks data vision.
• Partner with Account Executives & UKI Leadership to design engagement strategies for large customers.
• Mentor the wider practice, guiding teams on complex customer scenarios and executive engagements.
• Architect solutions across the cloud ecosystem (AWS, Azure, GCP) with third-party tools.
• Lead executive engagement, create customer-facing content, and speak at industry events.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Commercial Awareness

Market Familiarity

Builder Mentality

Technical Expertise

Collaboration

Travel

Tools

Apache Spark

Databricks Platform

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Databricks in London seeks a strategic technical leader to collaborate with our largest enterprise customers and accelerate transformation across the UK & Ireland. As Lead Solutions Architect in the UKI Field Engineering practice, you will drive data and AI initiatives, engaging executives to advise on and accelerate Databricks adoption.

You will champion the builder culture, mentor the technical community, and orchestrate multi-cloud engagements with AWS, Azure and GCP while turning complex