Technical Solutions Lead

Lead Solutions Architect (Digital Natives Business)

Databricks

REQ ID: FEQ227R147 Location: London, UK Recruiter: Dina Hussain 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 and AI accessible to everyone. We aim to inspire our customers to make informed decisions that push their business forward. In the UK&I Digital Natives Hunting territory, we move at the speed of the most innovative companies in the world. We don't just sell software; we partner with technical founders, CTOs, and VPs of Engineering at high-growth startups to build the future of AI. You will be an essential part of this mission, using your executive-level technical credibility and "Hunter" mindset to win mindshare and acquire new logos. Join us in our quest to change how people work with data and make a better world! Reporting to Manager, Field Engineering THE IMPACT YOU WILL HAVE: * Executive Evangelism & Thought Leadership: Act as a Technical Advisor, building peer-to-peer relationships with CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and technical founders at high-growth DNBs. You will win technical mindshare in "first meetings" by articulating a vision for Data + AI that aligns with their rapid innovation cycles. * Drive New Logo Motion: Execute the high-velocity "Hunter DNA"—obsessing over Time to Value, qualifying out ruthlessly when necessary, and focusing energy on hard-to-win, prestigious accounts that establish Databricks as the standard for the UK startup ecosystem. * Ecosystem Building: Drive awareness within the UK startup and VC ecosystem. You will be the face of Databricks at relevant events, building strategic relationships with VCs, accelerators, and incubators to identify and influence the next generation of "unicorns." * Strategic Technical Discovery: Move beyond traditional "hands-on" SA work to focus on high-level architecture and strategic road-mapping. You will bridge complex business requirements with technical solutions, ensuring that the Databricks Intelligence platform is seen as a strategic enabler of a startup's core product. * Regional Mentorship: Be a role model and mentor for the wider Field Engineering team, specifically coaching Solutions Architects on how to engage effectively with CxOs and navigate the unique demands of the digital-native segment. * Technical Community Engagement: Develop high-impact, customer-facing collateral, and lead technical seminars or meet-ups that position Databricks as a thought leader in Generative AI, LLMs, and modern data stack architecture. WHAT WE LOOK FOR: * Startup Leadership & Scaling Experience: 10+ years of professional experience, including significant time spent as a tech co-founder, Head of Engineering, VP-level leader, or high-impact technical contributor within high-growth startups. We value the "in the trenches" experience of scaling a business and technical stack from the ground up. While you possess the credibility to engage with senior founders, you maintain a hands-on technical edge and aren't afraid to dive into the architecture. * Executive Presence: Proven ability to influence and win trust with senior technical stakeholders and C-level executives in innovative, fast-moving environments. * Technical Depth with an Evangelist Spike: Strong technical background (8+ years) in Operational Databases, Data Engineering, Data Science, or AI, but with a primary skillset focused on technical evangelism, storytelling, and high-level architectural vision rather than tactical delivery. * Operational Database and Real-Time Data Architecture: Experience with modern operational database architectures (OLTP) and building scalable, data-driven applications, including connecting transactional systems with analytical platforms to support real-time analytics, AI/agent workloads, and operational applications.  * Startup Ecosystem Knowledge: 5+ years of deep familiarity with the startup and VC landscape. You know who the key players are and how to navigate the network of investors, accelerators, and founders. * High Velocity Mindset: Experience working with early-stage, high-growth digital natives where speed, agility, and "Time to Value" are prioritized over traditional enterprise sales cycles. * Problem-Solving Agility: Ability to innovate technical solutions for specialized customer needs and navigate a competitive landscape where prospects may already be using "greenfield" or bleeding-edge tech stacks. * Communication Excellence: Exceptional ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both highly technical audiences and business decision-makers. * Nice to have: * Familiarity with PostgreSQL-compatible systems and architectures enabling low-latency feature and application data serving. * Experience migrating or modernising operational databases (e.g. Aurora/ RDS/ PostgreSQL) toward Lakehouse integrated architectures. * Deep expertise in articulating the strategic and commercial value of Generative AI, including Large Language Models (LLMs), RAG architectures, and the shift toward Compound AI Systems. * Familiarity with the latest advancements in Agentic Workflows, model fine-tuning (Mosaic AI), and efficient inference at scale. * Established presence in the technical community (e.g., high-impact blog, regular public speaking at major conferences like Data+AI Summit, AWS re:Invent, or significant open-source contributions). 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 If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.

Senior Appian Development Consultant

Valtech

Senior Appian Development Consultant Why Valtech? We’re the experience innovation company - a trusted partner to the world’s most recognised brands. To our people we offer growth opportunities, a values-driven culture, international careers and the chance to shape the future of experience. The opportunity At Valtech, you’ll find an environment designed for continuous learning, meaningful impact, and professional growth. Whether you're pioneering new digital solutions, challenging conventional thinking or building the next generation of customer experiences, your work will help transform industries. The Role: You'll work alongside multidisciplinary teams of strategists, architects, engineers, analysts, designers and consultants, helping enterprise organisations modernise business operations through low-code technology, workflow automation and intelligent digital solutions. Our capability spans the full transformation lifecycle; from discovery and solution design through to implementation, optimisation and continuous improvement. We work across sectors including financial services, retail, healthcare, automotive, media and the public sector, delivering enterprise platforms that simplify complex business processes and create measurable business value. As a Senior Appian Consultant, you'll play a key role in designing and delivering scalable Appian solutions that improve operational efficiency, automate manual processes and enable organisations to respond faster to changing business needs. This is a hands-on consulting role requiring strong technical expertise, client engagement skills and the ability to translate business requirements into robust enterprise applications. Role Responsibilities: You are a hands-on Appian specialist who enjoys solving complex business challenges through modern low-code technology. You combine strong technical capability with a consulting mindset and enjoy working closely with clients to understand problems before designing scalable solutions. You will lead the design, configuration and development of enterprise Appian applications, ensuring solutions are secure, maintainable and aligned to Appian best practices. You'll contribute throughout the delivery lifecycle, from technical design and sprint planning through to testing, deployment and production support. Working collaboratively with architects, product managers, business analysts and engineering teams, you'll help shape technical solutions that balance business requirements with implementation practicality. You'll be comfortable leading technical discussions with clients, providing guidance on solution design, integration approaches and delivery best practice while mentoring junior developers and helping elevate engineering quality across delivery teams. You'll actively contribute to Agile delivery ceremonies, supporting backlog refinement, estimation, sprint demonstrations and continuous improvement initiatives. You will also play an important role in maintaining delivery quality through technical reviews, unit testing, deployment management and performance optimisation. As technology continues to evolve, you'll remain curious and committed to continuous learning; embracing new Appian capabilities and identifying opportunities to improve delivery through automation, reusable components and emerging AI capabilities.   Must have Qualifications: * Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale Appian solutions within complex client * Strong experience developing Appian applications using Records, Record Types, Relationships, SAIL Interfaces, Process Models, Sites, Reports and CDTs, with the ability to manage a single application through its full lifecycle. * Strong understanding of relational databases, SQL, data modelling and enterprise data structures. * Comfortable working day-to-day within blended teams of client staff and third-party vendors, building good working relationships and adapting to the client's tools, processes and team culture. * Experience designing and implementing integrations using Connected Systems, Web APIs and external services, including REST and SOAP-based integration patterns, exercising sound judgement on when to use built-in objects, expressions, rules and plug-ins versus custom development. * Experience identifying performance bottlenecks, applying caching strategies, and using the Appian Health Check report and process monitoring tab to maintain production stability within an application. * Experience implementing Appian's security model and managing Appian deployments, release pipelines, and troubleshooting production issues within a single application or workstream. * Experience producing technical design documentation, unit testing and delivering high-quality solutions against defined acceptance criteria. * Strong understanding of Appian development best practices and enterprise application design principles. * Experience working within Agile Scrum delivery teams, including sprint planning, refinement, estimation and demonstrations. * Excellent communication skills with experience working directly with business stakeholders, Product Owners and technical teams. * A proactive mindset with a passion for continuous learning and emerging Appian capabilities. Commitment to reaching all kinds of people We design experiences that work for all kinds of people - and that starts with our own teams. At Valtech, we’re intentional about building an inclusive culture where everyone feels supported to grow, thrive and achieve their goals. No matter your background, you belong here. Explore our Diversity & Inclusion site to see how we’re creating a more equitable Valtech for all. About Valtech Valtech is the experience innovation company that exists to unlock a better way to experience the world. By blending crafts, categories, and cultures, we help brands unlock new value in an increasingly digital world. At the intersection of data, AI, creativity, and technology, we drive transformation for leading organisations, including L’Oréal, Mars, Audi, P&G, Volkswagen Dolby, and more. At Valtech, we don’t just talk about transformation. We make it happen. Our people are the heart of our success, and we foster a workplace where everyone has the support to thrive, grow and innovate. Are you ready to create what’s next? Join us.

Senior Technical Project Manager - Martech

VML MAP

WHO WE ARE WPP Enterprise Solutions designs, builds, and operates the growth systems that competitive businesses rely on. In a world where Al is reshaping how companies drive growth, we lead clients in business transformation and marketing modernization, connecting strategy directly to execution. Our 12,000 experts in engineering and platforms, commerce, consulting, content transformation, CRM, and CX work within a unified global operating unit across 40+ markets. WPP Enterprise Solutions works alongside best-in-class partners including Adobe, AWS, Braze, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Shopify, as well as innovators in AI, to deliver growth solutions tailored to the needs of our clients’ businesses. Do you have experience managing and implementing marketing automation projects with a hands-on and agile approach? Do you follow processes that keep you “on the ball” while also sharing your own opinion? Would you like to develop your skills working for well-known, successful international brands? Then you might be just the Technical Project Manager we’re looking for.  WHAT WILL YOUR DAY LOOK LIKE? In the role as our new Technical Project Manager, you will be responsible for organizing and managing key client projects. Your job is to ensure a high level of quality, delivering projects on time and within budget. More specifically, your tasks include:  * Controlling the analysis phase * Developing project plans and requirements specifications * Estimating budgets and allocating internal resources and third parties/vendors  * Securing that our configurators and developers is free of administrative overhead, securing that follow up, planning and time spend is overseen * Managing relationships with client and stakeholders, including motivating your colleagues in their day-to-day tasks.   WHO ARE YOU GOING TO WORK WITH? You will be the linchpin in a network of closely coordinating Project Managers, Designers, User Experience Architects, Solution Architects and Developers. The position offers great opportunity for you to personally make a difference on the projects that you work on, and you can look forward to being supported every step of the way.  WHAT DO YOU BRING TO THE TABLE? You are easy-going with a proactive, positive mind-set. You work to deliver the best possible outcome despite any challenges that arise, following processes that keep you “on the ball” while sharing your own opinion. As you will be managing several projects simultaneously, you are an organized person who can keep perspective while paying attention to details. In addition, you have:  * 4+ years of experience with either; Braze, Adobe Experience Platform or Salesforce marketing cloud * Experience with managing and implementing projects within CRM, or marketing automation * A conceptual, and a technical, understanding of data modelling, service-oriented and layered architectures, and complex technical solutions in general * Worked with agile methods of Scrum and/or Kanban * Great communication skills, enabling you to translate “business language” into technical language.  A LEADER IN PERSONALIZED CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES VML MAP is a world-leading Centre of Excellence that helps businesses humanize the relationship between the brand and the customer through hyper personalization at scale, marketing automation and CRM. With the brain of a consultancy, the heart of an agency and the power of technology and data, we work with some of the world's most admired brands to help them on their transformation journey to becoming truly customer-centric. Together, we are 1000 + technology specialists, data scientists, strategic thinkers, consultants, operations experts, and creative minds from 55+ nationalities. A GLOBAL NETWORK We are part of the global VML network that encompasses more than 30,000 employees across 150+ offices in 60+ markets, each contributing to a culture that values connection, belonging, and the power of differences.    #LI-EMEA About WPP WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com. WPP (MAP/VML) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. 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