Senior Solutions Engineer, Data & AI Platform

Databricks; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 209,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Solutions Engineer to independently lead technical engagements for customers, owning discovery, solution design, and platform demonstrations. You are a builder who can code, architect, and present—bridging technical depth with customer-facing skills to drive platform adoption.

You will own frontline customer relationships and collaborate with the Account Executive to develop technical strategies that expand usage. Strong presentation and demo skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in data engineering, solutions architecture, technical pre-sales, or a hands-on consulting role.
• Proficient in Python and SQL with ability to debug, optimize, and write production-quality code; live coding is an interview stage.
• Experience designing and implementing data solutions on at least one public cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Familiarity with distributed data systems: Apache Spark, Delta Lake, or equivalents.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery and solution design for customer workloads spanning data engineering, analytics, and ML.
• Build and deliver proofs-of-concept and live demos on the Databricks Platform to drive technical wins.
• Own frontline technical relationships with customer engineers, data teams, and tech leads.
• Develop account-level technical strategies in partnership with the Account Executive to grow platform consumption.

Skills

Python

SQL

Live coding

Cloud platforms

Data engineering

Presentation skills

Customer-facing

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Databricks Platform

Unity Catalog

MLflow

Spark

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Solutions Engineer to independently lead technical engagements for customers, owning discovery, solution design, and platform demonstrations. You are a builder who can code, architect, and present—bridging technical depth with customer-facing skills to drive platform adoption.

You will own frontline customer relationships and collaborate with the Account Executive to develop technical strategies that expand usage. Strong presentation and demo skills are essential.