AI Solutions Architect (Pre-sales) - Strategic Accounts

Databricks

(FEQ327R60) ABOUT THE ROLE At Databricks, we are looking for a Solutions Architect to join our Benelux Hunter Pre-sales team. You will be the technical lead for our most strategic new engagements in the region, with the mission to establish Databricks as the main data & AI platform on greenfield and developing accounts. You aren't just a technical resource; you are a strategic advisor who raises the bar for how our customers build and reason through data solutions. This is the perfect role for you if you are someone who thrives in rapid growth environments and high-paced customer engagements, creating structure in ambiguous situations and driving commitment from senior stakeholders even when priorities shift. Whether you come from a pre-sales background or have deep technical expertise in complex systems, your ability to manage high-level stakeholders and deliver measurable business outcomes is what will make you successful. The Impact You Will Have * Technical Strategy & Leadership: Lead the technical strategy for greenfield and developing accounts within the Benelux region - assessing a customer’s architecture and provide strategic guidance and deep technical expertise addressing problems that span multiple systems, teams, and stakeholders, from data & AI practitioners, business domains and all the way up to C-level. * Executive Advisory: Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, driving alignment during high-tension negotiations and ensuring long-term technical commitment. * Raise the Bar: Abstract learnings from your builds into reusable patterns and guidance for the wider Databricks community, anticipating objections before they surface. * Drive Adoption: Move beyond "proof of concept" to deliver outcomes the business can measure, using adoption signals to ensure sustained customer impact. * Mentorship: Coach and develop junior members of the team on technical discovery and complex use-case prioritisation, helping the team maintain high standards at sustained velocity. What We Look For *Note - you do not need to fulfil every single requirement to be a strong candidate. If you are excited about this role and have related experience, we encourage you to apply.* * 8+ years of experience in technical and client-facing roles with strong skills in use case discovery, scoping, and delivering complex solution architecture designs to multiple audiences, requiring an ability to switch context and/or levels of technical depth. * Deep expertise across the data landscape—including Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, and GenAI—with a strong "AI-Builder" mindset. * Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., Databricks, AWS, Microsoft Azure, GCP, or other relevant platforms) and relevant certifications will be advantageous.  * Prior experience with coding in a core programming language (i.e., Python, SQL etc.) and willingness to learn Apache Spark™. We will also assess your skills in AI-assisted coding and tooling.  * Ability to execute through ambiguity: A track record of identifying emerging risks early and mobilising others to act, even when full information is not available. * Excellent communication and presentation skills in English required as a minimum.  * This will be an office-based contract (Amsterdam), with a hybrid schedule. #LI-hybrid   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.

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FEQ226R42 At Databricks, our core principles 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 science and analytics accessible to everyone. We aim to inspire our customers to make informed decisions that push their business forward. We provide a user-friendly and intuitive platform that makes it easy to turn insights into action and fosters a culture of creativity, experimentation, and continuous improvement. As a Solutions Architect in the Benelux Field Engineering organisation, specifically the Manufacturing Named Accounts team for the Energy sector, you will be an essential part of this mission, using your technical expertise to demonstrate how our Data Intelligence Platform can help customers solve their complex data challenges. You'll work with a collaborative, customer-focused pre-sales team who values innovation and creativity, using your skills to create customised solutions to help our customers achieve their goals and guide their businesses forward.  Join us in our quest to change how people work with data and make a better world! The impact you will have:  * Technical Strategy & Leadership: Lead the technical strategy for Energy sector accounts within the Benelux region - assessing a customer’s architecture and provide strategic guidance and deep technical expertise addressing problems that span multiple systems, teams, and stakeholders, from data & AI practitioners, business domains and all the way up to C-level. * Executive Advisory: Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, driving alignment through negotiations and ensuring long-term technical commitment. * Raise the Bar: Abstract learnings from your builds into reusable patterns and guidance for the wider Databricks community, anticipating objections before they surface. * Drive Adoption: Move beyond "proof of concept" to deliver outcomes the business can measure, using adoption signals to ensure sustained customer impact. * Mentorship: Coach junior team members on technical discovery and complex use-case prioritisation, helping the team maintain high standards at sustained velocity. What we look for: (Note - you do not need to fulfil every single requirement to be a strong candidate. We are interested in your curiosity and willingness to learn. If you are excited about this role and have relevant/transferable experience, we encourage you to apply!)  * Experienced in customer interactions in a technical pre-sales capacity and adept at managing complex sales lifecycles. Adept skillset in use case discovery, scoping, and delivering complex solution architecture designs to multiple audiences, requiring an ability to switch context and/or levels of technical depth. * Industry domain experience in the Manufacturing sector, prior engagement with customers in the Energy domain will be advantageous for the role.  * Deep expertise across the data landscape—including Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, and GenAI—with a strong "AI-Builder" mindset. * Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., Databricks, AWS, Microsoft, GCP, or other relevant platforms) and certifications will be advantageous.  * Prior experience with coding in a core programming language (i.e., Python, SQL etc.) and willingness to learn Apache Spark™. We will also be looking to assess your skills with AI-assisted coding and tooling.  * Ability to execute through ambiguity: A track record of identifying emerging risks early and mobilising others to act, even when full information is not available. * Recognised as an experienced architect who can confidently lead technical discussions and solve high-complexity, multi-account architectural challenges. * Excellent communication skills in English required as a minimum.  Notes on the role:  * This will be an office-based contract (Amsterdam), with a hybrid schedule. * An initial 12-month fixed-term contract is to be offered, with the expectation of extending/converting to FTE upon successful completion of the probation period.    #LI-hybrid 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.

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(FEQ327R229) The Solutions Architect (Lakebase) team executes on Databricks’ strategic Product Operating Model that provides enhanced focus on earlier stage, highly prioritised product lines in order to establish product market fit, and set the course for rapid revenue growth. They are part of a global go-to-market team mandate, though individually will cover a specific, local region.  Clients may span across one or more business units and verticals. By working in partnership with direct account teams, they will jointly engage clients, foster the necessary relationships, position in-depth the specific product line, so as to provide compelling reasons for clients to adopt and grow the usage of the given product.  They understand the appropriate approach, the guardrails, and the steps needed to successfully adopt the product line, as clients deliver on their business objectives. The Solutions Architect (Lakebase) is paired with an Account Executive aligned to a given product line with specific targets accordingly. Together, they will devise and implement a strategy across their assigned set of accounts, develop presentations, demos and other assets and deliver them such that clients make an informed decision as they decide to adopt the product-line in a meaningful way.   The Lakebase product-line requires the following core technical competencies: * 10+ years of transactional database (OLTP) expertise across engineering, product development, administration, and pre-sales, with a proven track record of designing and delivering client-facing solutions. * Credibility in influencing OLTP products with the market insight needed to shape and prioritise roadmap capabilities. * Experience architecting solutions that integrate transactional data systems within broader Big Data, Lakehouse, and AI ecosystems. * Infrastructure, platform and administration expertise around disaster recovery, high availability, backup and recovery, scale-out methods, identity and security management, migrations (vendor-to-vendor, on-prem to cloud) The impact you will have * Collaborate with GTM leadership and account teams to design and execute high-impact engagement strategies across your territory. * As a trusted advisor, serve as an expert Solutions Architect and "champion," building technical credibility with stakeholders to drive product adoption and vision. * Enable clients at scale through workshops and developing customer-facing collateral that helps increase technical knowledge and thought leadership. * Influence product roadmap by translating field-derived, data-driven insights into strategic recommendations for Product and Engineering teams * Handle the most complex technical challenges in this product line by acting as the tier-3 escalation point for the field, ensuring customer success in mission-critical environments.  Competencies & Responsibilities * 6+ years in a customer-facing, pre-sales or consulting role influencing technical executives, driving high-level data strategy and product adoption. * 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. * Experience collaborating with Global System Integrators (GSIs) and third-party consulting organisations to drive customer outcomes. * Proficient in programming, debugging, and problem-solving using SQL and Python. Also requiring prior experience with Apache Spark or similar analytics engine tooling for large-scale data processing.  * Hands-on experience building solutions within major public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP). * Broad experience (in two or more) and understanding across the fields of data engineering, data warehousing, AI, ML, governance, transactional systems, app development, and streaming. * Undergraduate degree (or higher) in a technical field such as Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Engineering or similar. * A track record of driving complex projects to completion in fast-paced, customer-facing environments.   #LI-hybrid   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.