Databricks

Sr. Solutions Architect - Travel and Hospitality

Databricks$219K — $301K *
Hospitality & Recreation
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience with large accounts (>$1m ARR) in Retail and CPG sectors.
  • 4+ years in a pre sales role or supporting sales activities.
  • Strong technical background in big data, data science, and cloud technologies.
  • Experience in business transformation driven by data initiatives.
  • 3+ years designing and implementing big data technologies including Hadoop and NoSQL solutions.
  • Ability to maintain and extend production data systems for complex client needs.
  • Programming skills in Python, R, Scala, or Java; Databricks Certification preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary technical contact for up to 9 major clients.
  • Lead clients through their adoption of Databricks products.
  • Develop and implement technical strategies aligned with client goals.
  • Cultivate a community of technical advocates within client accounts.
  • Drive alignment of technical solutions with Databricks offerings.
  • Mentor junior team members to enhance their technical skills.
  • Collaborate with hands-on teams to create proof of concepts to showcase products.

Benefits

  • Structured mentorship and professional development opportunities.
  • Exposure to working with significant enterprise accounts in a leading tech environment.
  • Participation in driving transformational change through data strategies.
  • Collaboration with hands-on resources for proofs of concept and product demonstrations.
Full Job Description
While candidates in the listed location(s) are encouraged for this role, candidates in other locations will be considered.

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 Travel & Hospitality within Retail 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.

The impact you will have:
  • You will work with up to 9 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

What we look for:
  • 6+ 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
  • 3+ 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


Pay Range Transparency

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.

Local Pay Range

$219,100-$301,300 USD

About Databricks

Databricks is a unified analytics platform that provides data engineering, collaborative data science, and machine learning capabilities. The company was founded in 2013 by the original creators of Apache Spark, a popular open-source big data processing engine. Databricks provides a cloud-based platform that allows data teams to collaborate and build data pipelines, run machine learning models, and perform advanced analytics. The company has raised over $1 billion in funding and is valued at $38 billion as of November 2021.
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2013

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