Senior Solutions Engineer: Lead Demos & Data Solutions

AI Startups UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Solutions Engineer to independently lead technical engagements, owning discovery, solution design, and platform demonstrations.

You will build proofs-of-concept and live demos, driving Databricks adoption while managing frontline customer relationships with the Account Executive. You will design data solutions across data engineering, analytics, and ML, with strong Python/SQL coding skills and cloud platform experience.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in data engineering, solutions architecture, technical pre-sales, or a hands-on consulting role.
• Proficient in Python and SQL with production-quality code; live coding is an interview stage.
• Experience designing and implementing data solutions on at least one public cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Working knowledge of distributed data systems: Apache Spark™, Delta Lake, or equivalent (Hadoop, Kafka, Flink)
• Experience leading technical customer conversations — discovery, whiteboarding, architecture reviews
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a quantitative discipline (or equivalent experience)

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery and solution design for customer workloads spanning data engineering, analytics, and machine learning.
• Build and deliver proofs-of-concept and live demos on the Databricks Platform that drive technical wins.
• Own frontline technical relationships with customer engineers, data teams, and technical leads.
• Develop account-level technical strategies in partnership with your Account Executive to grow platform consumption.
• Navigate competitive landscapes by articulating Databricks differentiation through hands-on demonstrations.
• Contribute reusable technical assets (notebooks, solution accelerators, reference architectures) to the broader SA community.

Skills

Python

SQL

Live coding

Cloud platforms

Spark/Delta Lake

Data engineering

Presentation

Degree requirement

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/Engineering/Quantitative field

Tools

Databricks Platform

Unity Catalog

MLflow

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Solutions Engineer to independently lead technical engagements, owning discovery, solution design, and platform demonstrations.

You will build proofs-of-concept and live demos, driving Databricks adoption while managing frontline customer relationships with the Account Executive. You will design data solutions across data engineering, analytics, and ML, with strong Python/SQL coding skills and cloud platform experience.