Sr. Solutions Engineer (Emerging Enterprises & Digital Natives)

Req ID FEQ225R124

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 skills to demonstrate how our Data Intelligence Platform can help customers solve their complex data challenges.

You will report to a Field Engineering Director in the region and 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!

Notes on mandatory requirements:

• The location for the role must be in Amsterdam (or within a commutable distance for a hybrid schedule).
• Flexibility to travel (up to 20-30% as required for customer meetings, events and training).
• Business proficiency in both Dutch and English is required as a minimum. Fluency in additional regional languages may be advantageous.

The impact you will have: 

• Learn from a Senior Solutions Architect and work with a team to sell Databricks solutions.
• Promote our platform to the technical community through workshops, events, and partnerships with the Databricks team.
• Gain hands-on experience by working on technical projects, understanding customer needs, and delivering solutions that solve their problems.
• Develop technical skills to work on data projects from ingestion to insight creation and prediction.
• Grow into an independent Senior Solutions Engineer by developing technical and pre-sales skills.

What we look for:

• Strong skills in effective communication, answering customer questions, aligning with their interests and achieving tangible results.
• Excitement for technical discovery, ability to gather requirements through effective questioning, research solutions, and present proofs-of-concept to an audience.
• Ability to identify and communicate the business value of technical solutions.
• Hands-on experience with a core programming language, Python or SQL. Apache Spark skills will be advantageous for the role.
• Knowledgeable in the Big Data Analytics domain with some exposure to advanced proofs-of-concept
• Hands-on skills with public cloud platform(s) - experience with the AWS (Amazon Web Services) platform is a key requirement.
• Cloud certifications in AWS and Databricks will be advantageous.