Sr. Solutions Architect - Retail, Travel & Hospitality
Databricks · Charlotte, North Carolina; Raleigh, North Carolina; Remote - North Carolina · Field Engineering - FE Direct Enterprise · listed July 13, 2026
The shape of it
Seniority
Principal
Experience asked
4–8 years
Where
Remote
Stated pay
$219,100 – $301,300 USD
Requirements listed
8
Length
706 words
In the posting’s own words
We are looking for experienced pre-sales professionals who have a successful track record helping large enterprises become more data-driven. Working with the Account Executive (AE), the Retail and CPG Sr. SA defines and directs the technical strategy for our largest and important accounts, leading to more widespread use of our products and wider and deeper adoption of ML & AI. You will lean upon your solid background in value selling, technical account management and technical leadership to maximize success in these accounts. While you work with a team that includes hands-on resources who will build proofs of concept and demonstrate Databricks' products, you need to be technical and must understand the relevance and application of ML & AI within a range of use cases important to the target accounts in the Retail and CPG space.
What it asks for · 8
- 8+ years of experience working very large (> $1m ARR), from the Retail and CPG related space
- 4+ years working in a pre sales capacity or supporting sales activity
- Technical in big data, data science and cloud
- An ability in data-driven business transformation, and driving change with data
- 4+ years of experience with design and implementation experience in big data technologies such as Hadoop, NoSQL, MPP, OLTP, and OLAP or full lifecycle data science solutions
- Maintain and extend production data systems to evolve with complex customer needs
- Production programming experience in Python, R, Scala or Java
- Nice to have: Databricks Certification
What the job covers
- You will work with 1-5 clients as the main technical voice for Databricks
- You will lead your customers on a transformational journey, helping them to evaluate and adopt Databricks as part of their strategy
- You will implement the technical strategy in the account, in close understanding of the strategy
- Build a movement of technical champions within the account
- Align technical strategies around Databricks solutions
- You will provide structured mentorship for other team members
Tools and skills named
Data
- Databricks4×
- Hadoop
Languages
- Java
- Python
- Scala
Ways of working
- Mentorship
Words the posting leans on
- data6×
- technical5×
- experience4×
- strategy3×
- account2×
- big data2×
- customer2×
- data science2×
- production2×
- sales2×
- solutions2×
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