Senior Solutions Engineer - Digital Native Strategy & Demos

Databricks; California (MO); 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 are a builder who can code, architect, and present—driving Databricks adoption across customer workloads.

You will manage frontline customer relationships, collaborate with your Account Executive on technical strategies, and contribute notebooks and reference architectures to accelerate success.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in data engineering, solutions architecture, technical pre‑sales, or hands‑on consulting.
• Proficient in Python and SQL with production‑quality code and live coding as part of interviews.
• Hands‑on experience designing data solutions on at least one public cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Working knowledge of distributed data systems: Spark, Delta Lake, Hadoop, Kafka, or 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 — capable of delivering live solutions during interviews.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery and solution design for customer workloads across data engineering, analytics, and ML.
• Build and deliver proofs‑of‑concept and live demos on the Databricks Platform to win technical cycles.
• Own frontline technical relationships with customer engineers, data teams, and technical leads.
• Develop account‑level technical strategies with the Account Executive to expand platform usage.
• Navigate competitive landscapes with hands‑on demonstrations and articulate Databricks differentiation.
• Contribute reusable technical assets (notebooks, solution accelerators, reference architectures) to the SA community.

Skills

Python & SQL

Live coding

Public cloud

Distributed data

Technical conversations

Data/ML familiarity

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Apache Spark

Delta Lake

Hadoop

Kafka

Flink

Databricks Platform

MLflow

Unity Catalog

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Solutions Engineer to independently lead technical engagements, owning discovery, solution design, and platform demonstrations. You are a builder who can code, architect, and present—driving Databricks adoption across customer workloads.

You will manage frontline customer relationships, collaborate with your Account Executive on technical strategies, and contribute notebooks and reference architectures to accelerate success.