Solution Engineer

Fractal; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) Plan

Paid holidays

Parental Leave

Flexible PTO

Job summary

A leading AI consultancy in New York seeks a Solution Engineer to bridge business intake and technical delivery for data analytics. Your role will involve translating requirements into technical solutions and assessing use cases for feasibility. Proficiency in Databricks and Google Cloud Platform is essential. The compensation ranges between $120,000 - $190,000, with discretionary bonuses and comprehensive benefits including PTO, health insurance, and a 401(k) plan.

Qualifications

• Proven experience translating business requirements into technical designs.
• Understanding of analytical and reporting use cases.
• Experience with agile delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Translate business requirements into end-to-end technical solutions.
• Evaluate use cases for platform readiness and data availability.
• Collaborate with delivery teams for architectural clarification.

Skills

Databricks

Google Cloud Platform

Data pipelines

Analytical reporting

Job description

Overview

Fractal is a strategic AI partner to Fortune 500 companies with a vision to power every human decision in the enterprise. Fractal is building a world where individual choices, freedom, and diversity are the greatest assets. An ecosystem where human imagination is at the heart of every decision. Where no possibility is written off, only challenged to get better. We believe that a true Fractalite is the one who empowers imagination with intelligence. Fractal has been featured as a Great Place to Work by The Economic Times in partnership with the Great Place to Work® Institute and recognized as a ‘Cool Vendor’ and a ‘Vendor to Watch’ by Gartner.

Please visit Fractal | Intelligence for Imagination for more information about Fractal

Location: NYC, New York (Onsite)

Note: This position is not eligible for Immigration Sponsorship at this time.

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Solution Engineer to bridge the gap between business intake and technical delivery for data and analytics use cases. This role is responsible for translating product and business requirements into pragmatic, end-to-end technical solutions that can be confidently handed off to delivery teams.

Solution Engineers operate at the intersection of architecture, platform engineering, and delivery planning. They ensure that use cases are technically feasible, aligned to platform standards, and positioned for rapid execution—without requiring exhaustive upfront design.

This role will support multiple domains and a growing portfolio of use cases built on Databricks and/or Google Cloud.

Key Responsibilities

Intake & Requirements Translation

• Review PRDs and intake artifacts to assess:
• Functional requirements
• Data sources and dependencies
• Success criteria and value drivers
• Identify gaps, ambiguities, and assumptions requiring clarification
• Ensure PRDs remain focused on what is needed, not how it is built
• Define end-to-end technical solutions, including:
• Data ingestion and transformation approaches
• Platform services and components (Databricks, GCP)
• Analytics, modeling, and consumption patterns
• “Just enough” architecture to start delivery
• Decide when use cases require:
• Proofs of concept (POCs)
• Direct progression to build and production

Platform & Feasibility Assessment

• Evaluate use cases against:
• Platform readiness
• Data availability and quality
• Security, governance, and operational constraints
• Delivery sequencing
• Effort and complexity estimation
• Technical risk identification

Delivery Enablement

• Serve as the technical handoff point to development teams
• Collaborate with delivery leads to:
• Clarify architectural intent
• Adjust designs as implementation realities emerge
• Support agile delivery by updating solution artifacts as needed
• Work closely with:
• Intake and product teams
• Platform and data engineering teams
• Analytics and data science teams
• Help establish and evolve:
• Feedback loops between intake and delivery

Required Experience & Skills

Technical & Platform Expertise

• Databricks (data engineering, analytics, lakehouse patterns)
• Google Cloud Platform, including relevant data and analytics services
• Solid understanding of:
• Data pipelines and transformations
• Analytical and reporting use cases

Solution Engineering & Architecture

• Proven experience translating business requirements into technical designs
• Comfort operating with incomplete or evolving requirements
• Ability to balance speed, rigor, and pragmatism

Delivery & Agile Mindset

• Experience working with agile delivery teams
• Understanding of how design evolves during implementation
• Focus on enabling progress rather than perfect upfront specification

Communication & Influence

• Ability to clearly articulate technical decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Comfortable acting as a point of alignment across multiple teams and domains

Nice to Have

• Experience in regulated or enterprise environments
• Familiarity with analytics or advanced analytics use cases
• Exposure to multi-domain or portfolio-scale delivery models

Pay

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Fractal, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is: $120,000 - $190,000. In addition, for the current performance period, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus.

As a full-time employee of the company or as an hourly employee working more than 30 hours per week, you will be eligible to participate in the health, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability plan in accordance with the plan documents, which may be amended from time to time. You will be eligible for benefits on the first day of employment with the Company. In addition, you are eligible to participate in the Company 401(k) Plan after 30 days of employment, in accordance with the applicable plan terms. The Company provides 11 paid holidays and 12 weeks of Parental Leave. We also follow a “free time” PTO policy, allowing you the flexibility to take time needed for either sick time or vacation.

Fractal provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.