Solutions Architect

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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.

As a **Solutions Architect**, you will play a vital role in helping customers overcome complex data challenges. Leveraging your technical expertise and pre-sales acumen, you will demonstrate how the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform can transform their business. You’ll join a collaborative, innovative team, working with Retail & Consumer Goods customers to craft tailored solutions that drive real results and long-term success.

The impact you will have:

- **Customer Engagement**: Partner with Retail & Consumer Goods clients to understand their unique challenges, delivering innovative, data-driven solutions.
- **Pre-Sales Excellence**: Lead technical discussions, deliver compelling demonstrations, and contribute to RFPs, proofs-of-concept, and workshops in collaboration with Account Executives.
- **Technical Leadership**: Guide customers and internal teams in architecting with a focus on Data and AI solutions.
- **Domain Expertise**: Leverage your knowledge of the Retail & Consumer Goods sector to address specific business needs and unlock new opportunities.
- **Thought Leadership**: Contribute to best practices, author reference architectures, and build community through events like workshops, meet-ups, and seminars.
- **Growth Mindset**: Collaborate with a motivated team while advancing your career on a technical or managerial path, supported by extensive learning and development opportunities.

**What we look for**:

- Proven experience in a customer-facing pre-sales or technical consulting role.
- Strong technical expertise in Data Warehousing and/or Big Data Engineering, and related tools (e.g., Spark, Python, SQL) are beneficial.
- Ideally knowledge of the Retail & Consumer Goods vertical and its unique challenges.
- High level of ownership, leadership, and a proactive mindset in solving customer challenges.
- Excellent communication skills, capable of addressing technical and non-technical audiences alike.
- Fluency in German is nice to have.

**About Databricks**

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

**Benefits**

**Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion**

At Databricks, 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.

**Compliance