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Solutions Engineer (Data Engineering and/or Data Warehousing)

Databricks
London
1 year ago
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At Databricks, our core values are at the heart of everything we do; creating a culture of proactiveness and a customer-centric mindset guides us to create a unified platform that makes data science and analytics accessible to everyone. We aim to inspire our customers to make informed decisions that push their business forward. We provide a user-friendly and intuitive platform that makes it easy to turn insights into action and fosters a culture of creativity, experimentation, and continuous improvement. You will be an essential part of this mission, using your technical expertise to demonstrate how our Databricks Data Intelligence Platform can help customers solve their complex data challenges. You'll work with a collaborative, customer-focused team that values innovation and creativity, using your skills to create customized solutions to help our customers achieve their goals and guide their businesses forward. Join us in our quest to change how people work with data and make a better world!

You will be reporting to the Manager, Field Engineering.

The impact you will have:

Form successful relationships with clients throughout your assigned territory to provide technical and business value in collaboration with an Account Executive and a Senior Solutions Architect. Gain excitement from clients about Databricks through hands-on evaluation and Spark programming, integrating with the wider cloud ecosystem and 3rd party applications. Contribute to building the Databricks technical through engagement at workshops, seminars, and meet-ups. Become a Big Data Analytics advisor on aspects of architecture and design. Support your customers by authoring reference architectures, how-tos, and demo applications. Develop both technically and in the pre-sales aspect with the goal of becoming an independently operating Solutions Architect.

What we look for:

Experience, technical customer-facing and with a background in Data Engineering (Spark, Databricks, etc) and / or Data Warehousing (BI, DWH, SQL, PowerBI) skills. You will be working in the following any one of the following vertical sectors: Communications, Media and EntertainmentManufacturing, Energy and IndustrialsTravel, Transport and LogisticsFinancial Services and InsuranceHealthcare and Life SciencesPublic SectorConsumer Package Goods (CPG) / Retail Any experience of Pre-sales or post-sales experience working with external clients Familiarity working with clients, creating a narrative, answering customer questions, aligning the agenda with important interests, and achieving tangible outcomes. Ability to independently deliver a technical proposition, identify customers' pain points, and explain important areas for business value to develop a trusted advisor skillset. Code in a core programming language such as Python, Java, or Scala. Knowledgeable in a core Big Data Analytics domain with some exposure to advanced proofs-of-concept and an understanding of a major public cloud platform (AWS, GCP, Azure). Experience diving deeper into solution architecture and design. The role requires 30% travel to customer sites in the UK and to the London offices. Nice to have: Databricks Certification

Benefits

Private medical insurance Private dental insurance Health Cash Plan Life, income protection & critical illness insurance Pension PlanEquity awards Enhanced Parental Leaves Fitness reimbursement Annual career development fund Home office & work headphones reimbursement Business travel accident insurance Mental wellness resources Employee referral bonus

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