Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect

Databricks
Singapore
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have hands-on experience with AI/ML and Gen AI in cloud environments.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 6+ years in data science and ML, and 2+ in Gen AI production systems
    — “6+ years of experience in Data Science, Machine Learning and 2+ years in production Gen AI
  • Individuals comfortable leading cross-functional teams and shaping product strategy
    — “Work with a team of subject matter experts (SMEs) to scale your impact in local regions
  • Candidates with a strong background in AI product adoption and technical go-to-market strategy
    — “defining our technical go to market strategy and driving our AI product adoption in the Asia Pacific and Japan region

Things to consider

  • This role requires direct customer engagement and external communication at executive levels.
    — “trusted advisor for senior executives and your in-depth technical knowledge will ensure our customers are successful
  • The position demands leadership without direct reports, focusing on influencing and recruiting specialists.
    — “You will not have any direct reports but will recruit and lead a group of specialists

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in AI product adoption and technical strategy in your resume and interviews.
    — “defining our technical go to market strategy and driving our AI product adoption
  • Demonstrate leadership in cross-functional initiatives and influencing product direction.
    — “Work with our FDE teams and partners to establish best practices
  • Emphasize your track record in competitive pre-sales environments with Databricks products.
    — “Proven track record of successful pre-sales experience in competitive situations
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • Developed technical go-to-market strategy
  • Supported field engineering teams
  • Influenced product direction based on customer feedback
Typical background
Solutions architectProduct specialistTechnical consultant

Skills & requirements

Required

Ai/ml Product SuiteCloud-based Data VisualizationData Application ArchitectureTechnical PresentationsField Engineering SupportProduct Strategy

Preferred

Competitive AnalysisProduct Marketing

Stack & domain

Data ScienceMachine LearningCloud ComputingProblem SolvingCommunicationAIMLCloud

About the role

Original posting from Databricks

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Location: Singapore

As the AI Product Specialist, you will be defining our technical go to market strategy and driving our AI product adoption in the Asia Pacific and Japan region. 

You will be directly working with customers to guide and influence their data application architecture and decisions. You will be expected to present, demo and pitch Databricks AI/ML product suite and you will be acting as a trusted advisor for senior executives and your in-depth technical knowledge will ensure our customers are successful in leveraging Databricks to solve their business problems.

You will be the technical expert to support our field engineering teams internally and you will be expected to help enable the team to understand the key differentiators of our product against our competitors. You will partner with product managers to help to define the product direction based on local knowledge and inform our product strategy with our go-to-market field teams. You will not have any direct reports but will recruit and lead a group of specialists across the field dedicated to scale your impact. 

You will also be a thought leader externally to the market via speaking at conferences, online webinars, and blog posts. You will meet with customers to communicate the vision and gather feedback.

You have expertise in designing and delivering cloud-based Data Visualisation and Analytics Solutions. You will bring your in depth knowledge and experience of building production level data applications leveraging different technologies. You will excel in creating and articulating a compelling value proposition for our customers and enabling Account Executives and Field Engineers to operate effectively using best practices and assets that you own and develop.

The impact you will have:

Lead the vision and strategy for AI products adoption in Asia Pacific and Japan

Develop materials for our GTM team to effectively communicate our value proposition

Support our field teams in key strategic pursuit opportunities

Work with a team of subject matter experts (SMEs) to scale your impact in local regions and enable the broader field team to have confidence in competing in the market

Act as the thought leader to build confidence and relationships with our customers at the executive level

Present externally at conferences, events and webinars and publish content to establish our position in the market

Work with our FDE teams and partners to establish best practices

Act as a cross-functional representative with Product Management, Product Marketing and Engineering on our go-to-market motion

What we look for:

6+ years of experience in Data Science, Machine Learning and 2+ years in production Gen AI

Hands-on experience building solutions within major public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Trusted advisor to technical executives that inform strategic data decisions

Proven ability to co-plan large territories with Account Executives and operate in a highly coordinated, cross-functional effort across GTM and R&D teams.

Expertise in traditional Machine Learning methodologies and have deployed large scale production systems

Deep understanding of LLM application architectures (RAG, agentic, fine-tuning), agent frameworks (LangGraph / LlamaIndex / AutoGen / DSPy), eval methodology and foundational model markets (Claude, Llama, Mistral, OpenAI, open-source)

Proven track record of successful pre-sales experience in competitive situations

Ability to define and executive strategic program cross functionally

High impact communication internally and externally

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

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

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Source: Databricks careers

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