Solutions Architect (Pre-sales) - Digital Native

Ultra Tendency

ABOUT ULTRA TENDENCY Ultra Tendency is a leading data and AI consultancy helping organizations accelerate digital transformation through modern data platforms, advanced analytics, and AI-driven solutions. As a trusted partner to enterprise customers across Europe, we specialize in delivering cloud-native data architectures and scalable solutions that unlock business value. We are expanding our Databricks practice and are looking for an experienced Senior Databricks Consulting Engineer to work closely with our clients and delivery teams across APJ & EMEA. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ROLE As a Senior Databricks Consulting Engineer, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor and strategic partner to enterprise customers. You will guide organizations through their data and AI transformation journeys, helping them design, implement, and optimize modern data platforms built on Databricks. You will combine deep technical expertise with strong stakeholder management skills to ensure customers realize measurable value from their Databricks investments. Working alongside client teams, executives, engineers, and Ultra Tendency consultants, you will lead architecture decisions, promote best practices, and drive successful adoption of the Databricks Lakehouse Platform. This is a highly customer-facing role requiring both hands-on technical capability and executive-level communication skills. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KEY RESPONSIBILITIES CUSTOMER ADVISORY & ARCHITECTURE * Act as the primary technical advisor for strategic Databricks customers. * Design and review scalable data, analytics, and AI architectures leveraging the Databricks Lakehouse Platform. * Lead architecture workshops, solution design sessions, and technical roadmap discussions. * Translate business requirements into technical solutions and implementation plans. * Advise customers on platform modernization, cloud migration, data governance, and AI initiatives. SOLUTION DELIVERY & OPTIMIZATION * Support the successful implementation and adoption of Databricks solutions. * Review data engineering, analytics, machine learning, and GenAI workloads for scalability, performance, security, and cost optimization. * Identify and resolve technical blockers during customer engagements. * Drive architectural best practices for data pipelines, Lakehouse design, Unity Catalog, governance, and platform operations. TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP * Serve as a subject matter expert on Databricks capabilities and emerging data & AI technologies. * Mentor customer teams and Ultra Tendency consultants on architecture patterns and best practices. * Deliver executive presentations, technical workshops, and enablement sessions. * Contribute to reusable assets, reference architectures, and practice development initiatives. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT * Partner with sales and account teams during strategic customer engagements. * Support technical discovery, solution positioning, and proposal development. * Provide architecture guidance during pre-sales and proof-of-concept activities. * Identify opportunities for platform expansion and increased customer value. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS * 7+ years of experience in data engineering, cloud architecture, analytics, or related fields. * 3+ years working with Databricks in enterprise environments. * Strong expertise in modern data platform architecture and cloud-native solutions. * Hands-on experience designing and implementing Lakehouse architectures. * Strong knowledge of: * Databricks Data Intelligence Platform * Apache Spark * Delta Lake * Unity Catalog * Data Governance & Security * Data Warehousing and Lakehouse Design * ETL/ELT Architectures * Data Modeling * Experience with at least one major cloud platform: * Microsoft Azure (preferred) * AWS * Google Cloud Platform * Proficiency in: * Python * SQL * Spark * Experience engaging with executive stakeholders and technical leadership teams. * Excellent communication and presentation skills in English & Japanese. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS * Databricks certifications such as: * Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional * Databricks Certified Solutions Architect * Databricks Certified Machine Learning Professional * Experience with: * Generative AI and LLM solutions * MLflow * MLOps * Data Governance frameworks * Data Mesh architectures * Real-time and streaming data platforms * Experience in consulting or professional services environments. * Additional language skills in German, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean or Chinese are highly desirable. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE * Customers successfully adopt and scale Databricks solutions. * Complex technical challenges are resolved quickly and effectively. * Executive stakeholders view you as a trusted advisor. * Best practices are consistently applied across customer environments. * Customer satisfaction, platform utilization, and business outcomes improve measurably. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHY JOIN ULTRA TENDENCY? * Work with leading enterprise customers across APJ & EMEA. * Be part of a rapidly growing Data & AI consultancy. * Access to cutting-edge technologies in Data Engineering, Analytics, AI, and GenAI. * Opportunity to shape and expand Ultra Tendency's Databricks practice. * Continuous learning and certification support. * Flexible and remote-friendly working environment. * Competitive compensation package. * Collaborative, entrepreneurial, and international culture. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ELIGIBILITY Applicants must currently reside in Japan and possess the legal right to work in the country. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide relocation assistance or visa sponsorship for this position. ABOUT US Ultra Tendency is an international Data Engineering consultancy specializing in Big Data, Cloud, Streaming, IIoT, and Microservices. Since 2010, we have helped leading organizations—including the European Central Bank, Deutsche Telekom, and Europe’s largest automotive manufacturer—build and operate large-scale, data-driven platforms. With 8 offices across 10 countries and a growing global team, we combine deep technical expertise with a strong commitment to open source. Our consultants actively contribute to projects such as Apache Kafka, Apache NiFi, Terraform, and Ansible, and we are a trusted Databricks partner. At Ultra Tendency, you'll work on challenging projects that push the boundaries of Data and AI while collaborating with talented colleagues in a culture built on learning, knowledge sharing, and mutual support. We evaluate candidates based on skills, experience, and business fit, and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Data privacy statement: Data Protection for Applicants – Ultra Tendency

Datadog

We are Datadog's in-house product experts. The Technical Solutions (TS) team enables Datadog's worldwide growth by educating potential clients and ensuring that existing customers are happy and successful. Field CTOs are part of the broader Product Solutions Architecture (PSA) organization, serving as technical multipliers and trusted advisors to our customers' most senior decision makers and key executive stakeholders. They align customer ambitions with Datadog’s technology roadmap, enabling digital transformation while driving sustained growth for both our customers and Datadog. As Datadog continues to scale, we are creating a Field CTO role to lead our GTM technical strategy for the entire Japan region - establishing thought leadership, building the long-term strategic case for Datadog, and expanding our footprint in the market. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: * C-Level: Strategically guide CIO/CTO/CEO/CISO-level customer and prospect executives in rationalizing their adoption journey, investment and operationalizing of observability. * GTM: Identifies industry specific trends and their impact and potential during Customers engagements, feeding the top-of-funnel for Product, GTM, BVA and Architecture teams. Co-create industry solutions via collaboration with Product SAs and Product Management.   * Leadership: Demonstrate Datadog's platform as well as thought leadership in Observability and Security, emphasizing our advanced solutions, industry best practices, and dedication to providing organizations with superior visibility and management of their at scale environments. * Advisory: Be a trusted advisor to Sales leaders as well as customer and prospect executives on ROI, value realization and white-space analysis. Assist with opportunity and adoption strategy for individual customers within their vertical of expertise.  * Collaboration: Collaborate with Product Solutions Architecture (PSA), Sales, Sales Engineering and Marketing in providing high-quality technical resources to a broad audience of practitioners and economic buyers.  * Presentations: Lead architecture and design engagements to demonstrate how Datadog meets the needs of strategic customers. Participate in Executive Brief conversations in Datatadog’s Executive Briefing Center (EBC) with high profile customers and prospects about overall architecture, Observability Best Practices and industry trends. * Hiring: Assist leadership in recruiting and hiring of top talent for the Product Solutions Architecture and Field CTO teams.  Who You Are: * Industry Experience: Strong experience of at least 15+ years with Enterprise architecture or Application architecture at scale and ability to map architectures to real world use cases, coupled with deep knowledge of the observability space, cloud, and technological shifts for customers in the Japan region.  * Strategic Thinker: Able to think long term and creatively about a wide variety of technical and business challenges * Stakeholder Management: Experienced in interacting and influencing key stakeholders (VP+ and C level) in large Enterprise organizations  * Technologist: Hands-on technologist who gains credibility and establishes strong relationships at all levels of the organization * Presenter: Excellent customer-facing presentation skills for large audiences, comfortable discussing complex technical details as well as with briefing executives or non-technical personas. * Communicator: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to link product functionality to business objectives, value realization and ROI.  * Travel: Able to travel via auto, train or air up to 50% of the time * Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field, Master’s degree preferred * Native level in Japanese with strong English proficiency (both spoken and written) to communicate effectively with customers in Japan Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply. Benefits and Growth: * Best-in-breed onboarding * Generous global benefits * Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking * New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) * Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing * An inclusive company culture, able to join our Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog. #LI-Hybrid ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Datadog:  Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Equal Opportunity at Datadog: Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.  Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.  Privacy and AI Guidelines: Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.

Newrelic

We are a global team of innovators and pioneers dedicated to shaping the future of observability. At New Relic, we build an intelligent platform that empowers companies to thrive in an AI-first world by giving them unparalleled insight into their complex systems. As we continue to expand our global footprint, we're looking for passionate people to join our mission. If you're ready to help the world's best companies optimize their digital applications, we invite you to explore a career with us! Your opportunity New Relicのソリューションをお客様にお届けするSolutions Consultantを募集しています。テクニカルセールスに熱意を持つコンサルタントやプリセールスエンジニア、あるいはデベロッパーだけどお客様と話す機会が多いという方は大歓迎です。New Relicには技術的に優秀なエンジニアを優秀なSolutions Consultant に転向させた実績がありますので、セールス寄りの経験が浅く、このポジションへのフィットに心配な方でもご安心ください。オンボードのためのトレーニングも揃っています。  Solutions Consultantの主な業務は、New Relicの営業、Technial Account Manager、 Technical Support Engineerやマーケティングチームなどと共に、クラス最高のNew Relicソリューションをお客様のビジネスに効果的に活用頂くためのご提案や、素晴らしい機能をきちんと活用して頂くための技術的な支援することです。  当社のSolutions Consultantとして、さまざまな業界やシステムに対する技術的なサポートをすることで、お客様のビジネスニーズや市場動向を把握することができます。当社の持つSaaSソリューションの販売に関する豊富な知見や、セールスサイクルの全フェーズを理解するとともに、現場のセールスをサポートするSolutions Consultantを求めています。他のSolutions Consultantや製品チームと協力して、お客様のITインフラストラクチャやソフトウェアアーキテクチャを理解すると共に、お客様のビジネスニーズを解決するソリューションを作成し、New Relicのソリューションがリアルタイムでこうしたニーズにどのように対応しているかを確認していきます。 What you'll do * お客様にNew Relicソリューションの価値が伝わるよう、New Relicコンサルティングの知識を提供する * New Relicのソリューション、お客様の要件に関連した価値を明確に説明したカスタマープレゼンテーション作成や、説得力のある顧客向け概念実証デモを構築し提示する * New Relicソリューションを広めるために、イベント登壇や技術資料の作成、トレーニングなどを提供する * New RelicのSales、Solution Consultant、Technical Account Managerと商談機会について協働する * 責任感が強く、大胆で、本格的であり、熱意があり、首尾一貫している、など企業としてのコアバリューの順守は不可欠です。 This role requires * プロジェクトまたは営業活動などで顧客との対応経験があり、 Pre-sales Engineer、技術系Consultant/Architect、システム運用管理者、Software Developerなどで3年以上の経験があること * 最新技術に興味があり、自ら手を動かしてキャッチアップしている * 運用監視やシステム管理設計などのアプリケーション/インフラ運用に関わる知識や経験、興味を持っている * AWS、Azure、Google Cloudなどのクラウドプラットフォームの経験 * Slackやメールなどで海外メンバーと文章でやり取りできるレベルの英語の読み書き Bonus points if you have *  Java、PHP、.NET、Ruby、Node.js、Pythonなどプログラム言語に関する実践的な作業経験があるかたは優遇  Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position. #LI-RT     Fostering a diverse, welcoming and inclusive environment is important to us. We work hard to make everyone feel comfortable bringing their best, most authentic selves to work every day. We celebrate our talented Relics’ different backgrounds and abilities, and recognize the different paths they took to reach us – including nontraditional ones. Their experiences and perspectives inspire us to make our products and company the best they can be. We’re looking for people who feel connected to our mission and values, not just candidates who check off all the boxes.  If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or recruiting process, please reach out to resume@newrelic.com. We believe in empowering all Relics to achieve professional and business success through a flexible workforce model. This model allows us to work in a variety of workplaces that best support our success, including fully office-based, fully remote, or hybrid. Our hiring process In compliance with applicable law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work and to complete employment eligibility verification. Note: Our stewardship of the data of thousands of customers means that a criminal background check is required to join New Relic. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records based on individual circumstances and in accordance with applicable law including, but not limited to, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. New Relic does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes, and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with New Relic. New Relic develops and distributes encryption software and technology that complies with U.S. export controls and licensing requirements. Certain New Relic roles require candidates to pass an export compliance assessment as a condition of employment in any global location. If relevant, we will provide more information later in the application process. Candidates are evaluated based on qualifications, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, age, disability, neurodiversity, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other legally protected characteristics.  Review our Applicant Privacy Notice at https://newrelic.com/termsandconditions/applicant-privacy-policy