Databricks
Sr. Solutions Architect
To accelerate innovation for its customers by unifying Data Science, Engineering and Business
Software engineering
Full-time
Office | Sydney, NSW, Australia
Visa sponsorship · No
Mid Level · A role for someone with some well-developed knowledge and skills they can bring to the role and team. Typically within 2-5 years of experience.
·
Why Databricks
Today, more than 7,000 organizations worldwide — including ABN AMRO, Condé Nast, H&M Group, Regeneron and Shell — rely on Databricks to enable massive-scale data engineering, collaborative data science, full-lifecycle machine learning and business analytics.
Headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the world and hundreds of global partners, including Microsoft, Amazon, Tableau, Informatica, Cap Gemini and Booz Allen Hamilton, Databricks is on a mission to simplify and democratize data and AI, helping data teams solve the world’s toughest problems.
About the role
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: **
- Develop customer engagement strategies in partnership with Account Executive(s) in your designated territory.
- Coach junior Solutions Architects and teams on use case prioritization and building technical champions.
- You will influence stakeholders at all levels through complex engagements with the wider cloud ecosystem and 3rd party applications, ensuring they are excited by the Databricks vision and solution strategy.
- Be a 'champion’ for both customers and colleagues, operating as an expert solution architect and trusted advisor for significant data analytics architecture, design, and adoption of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.
- Contribute to Databricks' technical community engagement by developing customer-facing collateral and leading workshops, seminars, and meet-ups.
- Opportunity to continue your development in one of four tracks - technical specialization, industry vertical thought leadership, strategic customer vision, and people management.
What we look for:
- Know how to engage in complex customer interactions and sales lifecycle in a technical pre-sales capacity.
- Ability to influence decision-makers and C-level executives by developing relationships and orchestrating teams to achieve long-term customer success.
- Prior experience with coding in a core programming language (i.e., Python, Java, Scala) and willingness to learn a base level of Apache Spark™.
- Hands-on expertise with complex proofs-of-concept and public cloud platform(s).
- Know how to provide technical solutions for specialized customer needs and navigate a competitive landscape.
What you'll be responsible for
- ✅
Stakeholder Engagement
Partner with stakeholders to understand specifications, business requirements, and communicate insights
- 🤖
Scripting and Automation
Develop scripts and automated workflows to improve the efficiency and accuracy of repeated tasks
- 🛠
Test Automation
Create and implement code tests and software test automation
Skills you'll need
- 👥
Collaboration
Works with others by being open, clear in communication and listening to achieve goals
- 🧮
Numerical problem solving
Works with numerical information and performs mathematical calculations to solve problems
- 🔍
Attention to detail
Accurately identifies and rectifies discrepancies or errors that exists in information and deliverables
Meet the team
Our global engineering team develops and operates one of the largest-scale software platforms. With global customers in every vertical — from healthcare to software — our team collaborates and innovates together to solve multicloud, distributed systems, data visualization and infrastructure challenges. Join our team to build and evolve our product — together, we can revolutionize the future of data and AI.