Sr. Solutions Engineer

Databricks
London
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringSkills: ["Customer-centric mindset","Technical communication","Consultative problem-solving","Relationship building","Comfortable with ambiguity"]

Own technical wins for new digital-native customers across the UK & Ireland territory by pairing with account teams and proving the Data Intelligence Platform with hands-on evaluations and proofs-of-concept. Engage modern data and AI technical buyers (Spark/Delta, streaming, ML, and Generative AI) and translate customer needs into clear technical and business value. Build customer-facing collateral, contribute to workshops and community events, and grow toward operating independently as a solutions architect.

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Sr. Solutions Engineer

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Job Summary

Own technical wins for new digital-native customers across the UK & Ireland territory by pairing with account teams and proving the Data Intelligence Platform with hands-on evaluations and proofs-of-concept. Engage modern data and AI technical buyers (Spark/Delta, streaming, ML, and Generative AI) and translate customer needs into clear technical and business value. Build customer-facing collateral, contribute to workshops and community events, and grow toward operating independently as a solutions architect.
Location: London
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Partner with an Account Executive and Senior Solutions Architect to win new digital-native logos across the UK & Ireland territory and own the technical win.
  • •Run hands-on evaluations and proofs-of-concept using customers’ real data and workloads to demonstrate platform value.
  • •Meet technical buyers across modern data engineering (Spark/Delta/streaming), machine learning, and Generative AI, integrating with customers’ cloud and open-source stack.
  • •Make the technical and commercial case against competing tools, including cloud data warehouses, open-source stacks, and hyperscaler services.
  • •Develop technically and in pre-sales toward operating independently as a Solutions Architect, including creating customer-facing collateral and participating in workshops and events.
Travel: Medium travel

Key Requirements

  • •Hands-on experience in technical pre-sales, consultancy, or engineering, ideally with data-native or high-growth technology companies.
  • •Proficiency in Python, SQL, Scala, or Java, and willingness to learn (or knowledge of) Spark.
  • •Familiarity with modern data or AI domains such as modern data engineering, streaming, machine learning, or Generative AI (e.g., RAG, fine-tuning, LLMOps).
  • •Experience with the modern data stack and open-source data tooling, plus hands-on experience with at least one major public cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
  • •Hands-on expertise designing and delivering proofs-of-concept (PoCs), with interest in AI-based development tooling such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Databricks Assistant/Genie.
Experience:SaaSData and AIPre-salesCloudOpen sourceDigital native
Skills:Customer-centric mindsetTechnical communicationConsultative problem-solvingRelationship buildingComfortable with ambiguity
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonSQLScalaJavaSparkDeltaStreamingMachine learningGenerative AIRAGFine-tuningLLMOpsAWSAzureGCPOpen-source data toolingClaude CodeCursorDatabricks AssistantGenie

Company Brief

Databricks
Provides a unified data analytics platform powered by Apache Spark to simplify building, deploying, and scaling data engineering, data science, and machine learning workloads for enterprises.
Industry: Data Infrastructure
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2013
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