Sr. Solutions Architect

Databricks; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits and perks

Diversity and inclusion commitment

Job summary

A leading analytics platform company in Bengaluru is looking for a Senior Solutions Architect. This role involves shaping the Data & AI landscape, providing technical leadership, and consulting on Big Data architectures. Candidates should have over 8 years in data engineering or data science, experience with Apache Spark, and a strong consulting background. The position requires visiting clients in the region and fostering collaboration with teams across the organization.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in data engineering, data science, or technical architecture.
• Strong experience with Big Data technologies including Apache Spark.
• Consulting/customer-facing experience across various industries.

Responsibilities

• Partner with sales to provide technical leadership to customers.
• Consult on Big Data architectures and validate integrations.
• Collaborate with Solutions Architects to support users.

Skills

Data Engineering

Data Science

Technical Architecture

Consulting Experience

Apache Spark

Big Data Technologies

Python

Java

AWS

Azure

Job description

Senior Solutions Architect

As a Senior Solutions Architect, you will shape the future of the Data & AI landscape by working with the most sophisticated data engineering and data science teams in the world. You will be a technical advisor internally to the sales team, and work with the product team as an advocate of your customers in the field. You will help our customers achieve tangible data‑driven outcomes through the use of our Databricks Lakehouse Platform, helping data teams complete projects and integrate our platform into their enterprise ecosystem. Reporting to the Field Engineering Manager, you will collaborate with strategic prospects and customers, work directly with product and engineering to drive the Databricks roadmap forward, and work with the broader customer‑facing team to develop architectures and solutions.

The Impact You Will Have

• Partner with the sales team and provide technical leadership to help customers understand how Databricks can help solve their business problems.
• Develop your book of business, define account strategies, and execute strategies to help customers and prospects solve business problems with Databricks.
• Consult on Big Data architectures, implement proof‑of‑concepts for strategic projects spanning data engineering, data science, machine learning, and SQL analysis workflows, and validate integrations with cloud services, home‑grown tools, and other third‑party applications.
• Collaborate with fellow Solutions Architects, using your skills to support each other and our users.
• Become an expert in, promote, and recruit contributors for Databricks‑inspired open‑source projects (Spark, Delta Lake, and MLflow) across the developer community.

What We Look For

• 8+ years in data engineering, data science, technical architecture, or a similar pre‑sales/consulting role.
• 8+ years of experience with Big Data technologies, including Apache Spark, AI, data science, data engineering, Hadoop, Cassandra, and others.
• Strong consulting/customer‑facing experience, working with external clients across a variety of industry markets.
• Coding experience in Python, R, Java, Apache Spark, or Scala.
• Experience building distributed data systems.
• Experience building solutions with public cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Available to travel to customers in your region.
• Nice to have: Databricks Certification.

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.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio‑economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

Compliance

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