Solutions Architect (Pre-sales)

As a Solutions Architect (Pre-sales) in the Benelux Field Engineering team, you will be an essential part of Databricks' mission, using your technical expertise to demonstrate how the Data Intelligence Platform can help customers solve their complex data challenges. You'll work with a collaborative, customer-focused team who values innovation and creativity, using your skills to create customised solutions to help customers achieve their goals and guide their businesses forward.

The impact you will have:

• Lead the technical strategy for accounts within the Benelux region, assessing a customer’s architecture and providing strategic guidance and deep technical expertise across multiple systems, teams, and stakeholders, from data and AI practitioners to business domains and C-level leaders.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, driving alignment through negotiations and ensuring long-term technical commitment.
• Abstract learnings from your builds into reusable patterns and guidance for the wider Databricks community, anticipating objections before they surface.
• Move beyond proof of concept to deliver outcomes the business can measure, using adoption signals to ensure sustained customer impact.
• 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!

• Experience in customer interactions in a technical pre-sales capacity and ability to manage complex sales lifecycles.
• Strong skills in use case discovery, scoping, and delivering complex solution architecture designs to multiple audiences, with the ability to switch context and 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 such as Databricks, AWS, Microsoft, GCP, or other relevant platforms; certifications are advantageous.
• Prior experience coding in a core programming language such as Python or SQL, and willingness to learn Apache Spark™.
• Skills with AI-assisted coding and tooling.
• Ability to execute through ambiguity, with a track record of identifying emerging risks early and mobilising others to act even when full information is not available.
• Recognition as an experienced architect who can confidently lead technical discussions and solve high-complexity, multi-account architectural challenges.
• Excellent communication skills in English are required; Dutch language skills at business proficiency level are advantageous.

Notes on the role:

• This will be an office-based contract in Amsterdam, with a hybrid schedule.
• An initial 12-month fixed-term contract will be offered, with the expectation of extending or converting to FTE upon successful completion of the probation period.

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.

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