Senior Field Engineering Manager, Solutions Architecture

The Briefed; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonus

Equity

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Field Engineering Manager to lead a team of pre-sales Solutions Architects for the Manufacturing segment. You will partner with Sales and other Field Engineering teams to drive revenue, customer success, and strategic data infrastructure decisions.

You will hire, train, and mentor a high-caliber team, ensure robust hiring pipelines, and maintain a culture of continuous learning and strong collaboration across Engineering, Product, and Customer Success.

Qualifications

• 3+ years leading technical pre-sales teams
• 7+ years in the Data + AI space with a technical product
• Deep technical understanding of Data + AI impact across industries
• Ability to earn the trust of Engineering leadership at Databricks
• Experience as trusted advisor to technical executives guiding data infrastructure decisions
• Experience hiring and ramping pre-sales professionals, with performance improvement plans
• Experience working with Product, Engineering, and Customer Success
• Demonstrated architectural influence on scalable solutions

Responsibilities

• Hire, train, grow, and manage a bar-raising team of Solutions Architects at a high-growth company
• Make customers successful with Databricks and deliver outsized value
• Maintain a robust hiring pipeline
• Build relationships across the business to support customers and the team
• Partner with sales leadership to hit sales and consumption targets while ensuring customer success
• Keep your team ahead of the technical curve through continuous learning
• Lead the team in technical qualification, proofs of concept, architecture discussions, and product demonstrations
• Foster a positive team culture and strong cross-functional relationships

Skills

Team leadership

Pre-sales leadership

Data + AI expertise

Architecture influence

Cross-functional collaboration

Trusted advisor

Tools

Databricks platform

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Field Engineering Manager to lead a team of pre-sales Solutions Architects for the Manufacturing segment. You will partner with Sales and other Field Engineering teams to drive revenue, customer success, and strategic data infrastructure decisions.

You will hire, train, and mentor a high-caliber team, ensure robust hiring pipelines, and maintain a culture of continuous learning and strong collaboration across Engineering, Product, and Customer Success.