Pre-sales Senior Technical Solutions Engineer (Data and AI)

Databricks
London, GB
On-site

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior technical professionals with expertise in Data Science or AI who thrive in client-facing pre-sales roles and are comfortable with 20-30% travel in the UK.

Best fit for

  • Technical pre-sales professionals with hands-on experience in Big Data Analytics and cloud platforms.
    — “Experience, technical customer-facing and with a background in Data Science / Generative AI / Machine Learning / Data Warehousing or Data Engineering.
  • Candidates who can independently deliver technical propositions and act as trusted advisors.
    — “Ability to independently deliver a technical proposition, identify customers' pain points and explain important areas for business value to develop a trusted advisor skillset.
  • Developers proficient in Python, Java, or Scala with exposure to advanced proofs-of-concept.
    — “Code in a core programming language such as Python, Java, or Scala.

Things to consider

  • The role requires frequent travel to customer sites across the UK.
    — “The role requires travel to customer sites in the UK. Travelling approx. 20-30% of the time
  • Candidates should be comfortable working in specific vertical sectors like Financial Services or Retail.
    — “You will be working in the following any of the following vertical sectors: Entertainment, Media, Telco and/or Hospitality. Financial Services and Insurance (FSI) Retail / CPG (Consumer Package Goods)

How to stand out

  • Showcase your ability to create narratives and align agendas with customer interests.
    — “Familiarity with working with clients, creating a narrative, answering customer questions, aligning the agenda with important interests, and achieving tangible outcomes.
  • Highlight any experience in authoring reference architectures or demo applications.
    — “Support your customers by authoring reference architectures, how-tos, and demo applications.
  • Obtain or highlight a Databricks Certification to demonstrate platform expertise.
    — “Nice to have: Databricks Certification
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • building technical relationships
  • providing technical and business value
  • authoring reference architectures
Typical background
data sciencemachine learningdata engineering

Skills & requirements

Required

Technical Customer-facingData ScienceMachine LearningData EngineeringBig Data AnalyticsCloud Platforms

Preferred

Databricks Certification

Stack & domain

PythonJavaScalaDatabricks CertificationData ScienceGenerative AiMachine LearningData WarehousingData Engineering

About the role

Original posting from Databricks

Req ID: FEQ327R439

Recruiter: Dina Hussain

Location: London (or surrounding areas)

 

At Databricks, our core values 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 Databricks 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 customised 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!

 

You will be reporting to the Manager, Field Engineering.

The impact you will have: 

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 your customers by authoring reference architectures, how-tos, and demo applications.

Develop both technically and in the pre-sales aspect with the goal of becoming an independently operating Solutions Architect.

 

What we look for:

Experience, technical customer-facing and with a background in Data Science / Generative AI / Machine Learning / Data Warehousing or Data Engineering.  

You will be working in the following any of the following vertical sectors: 

Entertainment, Media, Telco and/or Hospitality.

Financial Services and Insurance (FSI)

Retail / CPG (Consumer Package Goods)

Any experience in 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 important areas for business value to develop a trusted advisor skillset.

Code in a core programming language such as Python, Java, or Scala.

Knowledgeable in a core Big Data Analytics domain with some exposure to advanced proofs-of-concept and an understanding of a major public cloud platform (AWS, GCP, Azure).

Experience diving deeper into solution architecture and design.

The role requires travel to customer sites in the UK. Travelling approx. 20-30% of the time

Nice to have: Databricks Certification

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

At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here.

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

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Source: Databricks careers

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