Pre‑sales Senior Technical Solutions Engineer (Data and AI)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Req ID: FEQ227R148 – 4 new roles
Reporting to: Manager, Field Engineering
Impact & Responsibilities
- Form successful relationships with clients throughout your assigned territory to provide technical and business value in collaboration with an Account Executive and a Senior Solutions Architect.
- Gain excitement from clients about Databricks through hands‑on evaluation and Spark programming, integrating with the wider cloud ecosystem and 3rd party applications.
- Contribute to building the Databricks technical community through engagement at workshops, seminars, and meet‑ups.
- Become a Big Data Analytics advisor on aspects of architecture and design.
- Support customers by authoring reference architectures, how‑tos, and demo applications.
- Develop both technically and in pre‑sales, with the goal of becoming an independently operating Solutions Architect.
Qualifications
- Experience, technical customer‑facing and with a background in Data Science / Generative AI / Machine Learning / Data Warehousing or Data Engineering.
- Experience working in one or more of the following vertical sectors: Real‑money Gaming, Sports, Entertainment, Media, Telco and/or Hospitality; Manufacturing, Energy, Utilities and Industrials; Travel, Transport and Logistics; Financial Services and Insurance; Public Sector; Consumer Package Goods (CPG) / Retail.
- Pre‑sales or post‑sales experience working with external clients.
- Familiarity with working with clients, creating a narrative, answering customer questions, aligning the agenda with important interests, and achieving tangible outcomes.
- Ability to independently deliver a technical proposition, identify customers’ pain points and explain business value to develop a trusted advisor skillset.
- Proficiency in a core programming language such as Python, Java, or Scala.
- Knowledgeable in a core Big Data Analytics domain with exposure to advanced proofs‑of‑concept and understanding of a major public cloud platform (AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Experience diving deeper into solution architecture and design.
- Requires travel to customer sites in the UK (approx. 20‑30% of the time).
- Nice to have: Databricks Certification.
Benefits
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United States Compliance
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Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.
