Senior Solutions Engineer: Data & AI Platform Architect

Databricks; New York (NY); On-site; USD 152,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Benefits

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics, and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with global reach, Databricks empowers teams to turn insights into action.

As a Sr. Solutions Engineer in New York, you will independently lead technical engagements for customers, owning discovery, solution design, and platform demonstrations.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in data engineering, solutions architecture, technical pre‑sales, or hands‑on consulting.
• Proficient in Python and SQL with production‑quality code; live coding required.
• Experience designing data solutions on at least one public cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Working knowledge of distributed data systems: Spark, Delta Lake, Hadoop, Kafka, Flink.
• Experience leading technical customer conversations—discovery, whiteboarding, architecture reviews.
• Familiarity with data engineering, data science/ML, or SQL analytics.
• Strong presentation and demo skills.
• Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering or quantitative field.

Responsibilities

• Independently lead technical discovery and solution design for customer workloads.
• Build and deliver proofs‑of‑concept and live demos on the Databricks Platform.
• Own frontline technical relationships with customer engineers and data teams.
• Develop account‑level technical strategies with the Account Executive to grow platform usage.
• Navigate competitive landscapes with hands‑on demonstrations.
• Contribute reusable technical assets to the broader SA community.

Skills

Python

SQL

Live coding

Data engineering

Solutions architecture

Technical pre-sales

Presentation

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Databricks Platform

Unity Catalog

MLflow

Job description

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics, and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with global reach, Databricks empowers teams to turn insights into action.

As a Sr. Solutions Engineer in New York, you will independently lead technical engagements for customers, owning discovery, solution design, and platform demonstrations.