Senior Data Solutions Engineer — Live Demos & ML Impact

Databricks; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 152,000 - 209,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks in the United States is seeking a Sr. Solutions Engineer who will independently lead technical engagements, own discovery, design solutions, and deliver platform demonstrations.

You are a builder who can code, architect, and present—combining technical depth with customer-facing skills to drive Databricks adoption. You will own frontline customer relationships and work with your Account Executive to develop technical strategies that expand platform usage across data engineering,

Qualifications

• 4+ years in data engineering, solutions architecture, pre-sales, or hands-on consulting.
• Proficient in Python and SQL with ability to debug, optimize, and write production-quality code; live coding is a required interview stage.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing data solutions on at least one public cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience leading technical customer conversations — discovery, whiteboarding, architecture reviews.
• Strong presentation and demo skills; able to build and present a live solution during the interview.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a quantitative discipline (or equivalent experience).

Responsibilities

• Independently lead technical discovery and solution design for customer workloads spanning data engineering, analytics, and machine learning.
• Build and deliver compelling 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

Technical presentation

Customer engagement

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Apache Spark

Delta Lake

Hadoop

Kafka

Job description

Databricks in the United States is seeking a Sr. Solutions Engineer who will independently lead technical engagements, own discovery, design solutions, and deliver platform demonstrations.

You are a builder who can code, architect, and present—combining technical depth with customer-facing skills to drive Databricks adoption. You will own frontline customer relationships and work with your Account Executive to develop technical strategies that expand platform usage across data engineering,