Senior Solutions Architect - Media & Entertainment AI

Databricks; London (KY); On-site; USD 146,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks in London is seeking a Solutions Architect to lead the technical strategy for customers, owning architecture discussions, driving platform adoption, and acting as a trusted advisor to customer technical leads and architects.

You will design scalable, production-grade solutions across data engineering, ML/AI, and real-time analytics, while developing an emerging technical archetype and coordinating cross-functional resources to deliver complex customer outcomes.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in solutions architecture or related senior technical role.
• Strong coding in Python and SQL with live coding and debugging ability.
• Deep expertise in distributed data systems architecture for scalable pipelines and lakehouse patterns.
• Proven experience with production deployments on public clouds (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Excellent communication skills translating complex architectures to business value.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end technical strategy for your accounts, from initial discovery through production deployment and consumption growth.
• Lead complex architecture discussions — designing scalable, production-grade solutions spanning data engineering, ML/AI, and real-time analytics.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customer architects, engineering leads, and Directors.
• Drive technical wins in competitive scenarios by demonstrating Databricks’ differentiation through custom-built solutions.
• Develop and declare an emerging technical specialisation (archetype) — becoming a go-to resource for your team in that domain.
• Orchestrate cross-functional resources (DSAs, SSAs, Partners) to deliver comprehensive solutions for complex customer needs.
• Influence product direction by providing structured feedback on customer requirements and competitive gaps.

Skills

Python

SQL

Distributed data systems

Databricks Platform

Architecture leadership

Cloud deployments

Communication

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS/Engineering

Job description

Databricks in London is seeking a Solutions Architect to lead the technical strategy for customers, owning architecture discussions, driving platform adoption, and acting as a trusted advisor to customer technical leads and architects.

You will design scalable, production-grade solutions across data engineering, ML/AI, and real-time analytics, while developing an emerging technical archetype and coordinating cross-functional resources to deliver complex customer outcomes.