Senior Data Solutions Engineer — Platform & AI Demos

Databricks; Santa Fe (NM); On-site; USD 152,000 - 209,000; 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 be a builder who can code, architect, and present—driving Databricks adoption with customer-facing skills.

You will own frontline customer relationships and collaborate with the Account Executive to grow platform usage, delivering live demos and solving complex data challenges across data engineering, analytics, and ML.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in data engineering, solutions architecture, technical pre-sales, or a hands-on consulting role.
• Proficient in Python and SQL with debugging, optimization, and production-quality code development; live coding is an interview stage.
• Hands-on 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.
• Familiarity with data engineering (ETL/ELT, medallion architecture, streaming), data science/ML (model training, MLOps), or SQL analytics.
• Strong presentation and demo skills — ability to build and present a live solution during interview.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree...

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

Data engineering experience

Python

SQL

Cloud platform experience

Spark

Delta Lake

Customer engagement

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a quantitative discipline

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Solutions Engineer to independently lead technical engagements, owning discovery, solution design, and platform demonstrations. You will be a builder who can code, architect, and present—driving Databricks adoption with customer-facing skills.

You will own frontline customer relationships and collaborate with the Account Executive to grow platform usage, delivering live demos and solving complex data challenges across data engineering, analytics, and ML.