Solutions Architect

Databricks Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks Inc. is seeking a technically adept professional to drive customer relationships within the assigned territory, delivering technical and business value in collaboration with Account Executives.

You will advocate for the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, shaping architecture designs and driving successful adoption. You will craft reference architectures, how-tos, and demos; contribute to community building through regional workshops and meet-ups while expanding your expertise

Qualifications

• Engage customers in technical sales and guide clear outcomes.
• Develop relationships with customers and internal teams.
• Experience in identifying use cases, scoping, and delivering complex solution designs.

Responsibilities

• Form successful relationships with clients across your territory, providing technical and business value with Account Executives.
• Act as an expert in big data analytics to drive adoption of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.
• Scale best practices by authoring architectures, how-tos, and demos; lead regional workshops and meetups.
• Grow knowledge to become a technical or industry specialist.

Skills

Technical sales

Customer relationships

Use case discovery

Context switching

Tools

Spark

Job description

At Databricks, our core principles are at the heart of everything we do; creating a culture of proactiveness and a customer-centric mindset guides us to create a unified platform that makes data science and analytics accessible to everyone. We aim to inspire our customers to make informed decisions that push their business forward. We provide a user‑friendly and intuitive platform that makes it easy to turn insights into action and fosters a culture of creativity, experimentation, and continuous improvement. You will be an essential part of this mission, using your technical expertise to demonstrate how our Data Intelligence Platform can help customers solve their complex data challenges. You'll work with a collaborative, customer‑focused team that values innovation and creativity, using your skills to create customized solutions to help our customers achieve their goals and guide their businesses forward. Join us in our quest to change how people work with data and make a better world!

The impact you will have:

• Form successful relationships with clients throughout your assigned territory, providing technical and business value to Databricks customers in collaboration with Account Executives.
• Operate as an expert in big data analytics to excite customers about Databricks. You will develop into a ‘champion’ and trusted advisor on multiple issues of architecture, design, and implementation to lead to the successful adoption of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.
• Scale best practices in your field and support customers by authoring reference architectures, how-tos, and demo applications, and help build the Databricks community in your region by leading workshops, seminars, and meet‑ups.
• Grow your knowledge and expertise to the level of a technical and/or industry specialist.

What we look for:

• Engage customers in technical sales, challenge their questions, guide clear outcomes, and communicate technical and value propositions.
• Develop customer relationships and build internal partnerships with account executives and teams.
• Prior experience with coding in a core programming language (i.e., Python, Java, Scala) and willingness to learn a base level of Spark.
• Proficient with Big Data Analytics technologies, including hands‑on expertise with complex proofs‑of‑concept and public cloud platform(s).
• Experienced in use case discovery, scoping, and delivering complex solution architecture designs to multiple audiences requiring an ability to context switch in levels of technical depth.

About Databricks

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn , X , YouTube , and Instagram.

Benefits

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