Pre-sales Senior Technical Solutions Engineer (AI/ML - Digital Native Business) x2

Location: London (or surrounding areas)

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 third‑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 with a background ideally in Data Science / Generative AI / Machine Learning, but will also consider Data Warehousing or Data Engineering.
• You will be working in 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 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 PySpark, 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.

Nice to have: Databricks Certification.

The role requires travel to customer sites in the UK (approx. 20‑30% of the time).

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.

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.

EEO Statement

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.

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