Solutions Architect (Pre‑sales) – Benelux Strategic Accounts

About the role

As a Solutions Architect in the Benelux Strategic Accounts team at Databricks, you will lead the technical strategy for key customers, own architecture discussions, drive platform adoption and act as a trusted advisor to technical leads and architects.

Key responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end technical strategy from discovery through production deployment and consumption growth.
• Lead complex architecture discussions covering data engineering, ML/AI and real‑time analytics.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customer architects, engineering leads and directors.
• Drive technical wins in competitive scenarios by building custom solutions that showcase Databricks’ differentiation.
• Develop and champion an emerging technical specialisation (archetype) within the team.
• Orchestrate cross‑functional resources (Delivery, Specialist & Partner Solution Architects) to deliver comprehensive solutions.
• Provide structured feedback to influence product direction based on customer requirements.

Required profile

• 6+ years of experience in solutions architecture, data engineering, technical pre‑sales or a senior hands‑on technical role.
• Strong coding proficiency in Python and SQL, with live coding and debugging capabilities.
• Deep expertise in distributed data systems architecture, scalable pipelines, streaming, lakehouse patterns and cloud‑native platforms.
• Proficiency with the Databricks platform (or ability to become proficient quickly) and a developing specialisation such as real‑time streaming, ML/AI, data governance or migrations.
• Experience delivering production deployments on public cloud (AWS, Azure or GCP) including infrastructure, security and governance.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a quantitative discipline (or equivalent experience).

Required skills

• Python
• SQL
• Distributed data systems architecture
• Lakehouse patterns
• Cloud‑native data platforms
• Databricks Platform
• AWS, Azure, GCP
• Real‑time/streaming solutions
• Machine learning / AI