Senior Solutions Architect (Data & AI)

JOB ID: FEQ427R333 Location: Leeds/Manchester, United Kingdom - remote contract Industry: Enterprise Retail or CPG (UKI Enterprise) The Role As a Sr. Solutions Architect, you are an expert-level technical leader responsible for the organisation’s most complex customer engagements. You drive consumption strategy, own executive-level relationships, and serve as the definitive technical authority for your accounts. You have declared your archetype-a recognised technical specialisation that makes you a force multiplier across your team and region. You operate at the intersection of deep technical expertise, strategic account planning, and executive influence. The Impact You Will Have Drive the technical and consumption strategy for the organisation’s most complex customer engagements, directly influencing platform adoption and revenue growth. Own senior-level technical relationships - serving as a trusted advisor on enterprise data and AI strategy Lead the most complex architecture engagements: multi-workload platforms, enterprise-wide migrations, real-time systems, and AI/ML at scale Operate as an Expert on the Databricks Platform with a declared archetype - actively mentoring others and driving horizontal impact across your team Develop and execute competitive strategies for your customers, positioning Databricks against incumbent and emerging platforms Orchestrate cross-functional teams (DSAs, SSAs, Partners, Product) to deliver enterprise-grade solutions Coach and develop junior SAs (L3-L5) on technical depth, customer engagement, and use case prioritisation Contribute to Field Engineering thought leadership through customer-facing content, workshops, and community engagement What We Look For 8+ years in solutions architecture, principal engineering, technical pre-sales leadership, or a senior customer-facing technical role Expert-level coding proficiency - Python, SQL, and ideally Spark/PySpark. You will complete a live coding assessment and a platform

build during the interview Deep expertise in enterprise data architecture: distributed systems at scale, streaming/real-time, lakehouse design patterns, data governance frameworks, and cloud-native platforms Expert-level Databricks Platform knowledge (or equivalent depth in competing platforms with demonstrated rapid learning ability) Declared technical specialisation with recognised depth - e.g., real-time architectures, ML/AI platforms, data governance, large-scale migrations, or industry-specific solutions Proven track record of driving consumption growth and platform adoption in large accounts Executive presence - ability to influence Directors, VPs, and C-level stakeholders on long-term data and AI strategy Experience leading competitive displacements and complex enterprise evaluations Strong strategic thinking - connecting technical architecture decisions to business outcomes and revenue impact, Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a quantitative

discipline (or equivalent experience); advanced degrees, are valued Nice to Have: Databricks certifications Prior experience at Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, Google, Microsoft, or a top-tier data/AI company Published thought leadership (blogs, conference talks, open source contributions) Industry experience in Retail or Consumer Packaged Goods with executive-level domain credibility Interview Process: Recruiter Screen * Hiring Manager Screen * Design and Architecture Interview * Live Coding Assessment * Build, Demo, Pitch! Presentation * Reference Check About Databricks Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide - including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 - rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie