Solutions Architect, EMEA Startups — France

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In the posting’s own words

The location for the role should be in the Paris region (i.e. within a commutable distance for a hybrid schedule). Databricks is a Data and AI company. Our Solutions Architects help customers turn complex data and AI challenges into secure, scalable solutions that deliver measurable business value.

What it asks for · 10

• 5+ years of experience in a customer-facing pre-sales, technical architecture, consulting or equivalent role.
• A track record of leading technical discovery and architecture discussions with software engineers, data teams, architects and senior technical decision-makers.
• Experience designing and architecting distributed data systems and cloud-native solutions.
• Hands-on programming experience in at least one of Python, SQL, Scala, or Java.
• Experience building solutions with one or more public-cloud providers, such as AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Depth in at least one relevant domain, such as data engineering, data warehousing, analytics and BI, data science, machine learning, GenAI, streaming, OLTP or data governance.
• Experience taking ambiguous customer problems from use-case discovery through solution design, evaluation and a clear technical outcome.
• Strong business communication skills, including the ability to explain technical trade-offs, connect architecture to business value, and communicate through presentations, whiteboarding, written points of view and platform demonstrations.
• Ability to operate with pace and autonomy across multiple accounts, prioritise effort and collaborate effectively with Account Executives and the wider account team.
• A customer-first mindset, strong curiosity and the ability to learn quickly in a fast-moving technology environment.

Also a plus

• Experience working with high-growth technology companies, product engineering teams, SaaS businesses, founders or venture-backed organisations.
• Experience with Apache Spark, Delta Lake, MLflow or comparable modern data and AI technologies.
• Familiarity with startup, VC, accelerator, ISV or cloud-partner ecosystems.
• Databricks and cloud certifications.

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Words the posting leans on

• technical17×
• data13×
• account11×
• customer8×
• architecture7×
• experience7×
• solutions7×
• startups6×
• architects5×
• business5×
• discovery5×
• engineering5×
• technology5×
• adoption4×
• partner4×
• account executives3×

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