Solutions Architect (Pre-sales) - Retail/CPG

• Req ID : FEQ427R293
• Location : Tokyo, Japan

As a Pre-sales Solutions Architect (Analytics, AI, Big Data, Public Cloud), you will guide the technical evaluation phase in a hands-on environment throughout the sales process. You will be a technical advisor internally to the sales team, and work with the product team as an advocate of your customers in the Retail/CPG field. You will help our customers to achieve tangible data-driven outcomes through the use of our The Databricks Lakehouse Platform, helping data teams complete projects and integrate our platform into their enterprise Ecosystem. You'll grow as a leader in your field, while finding solutions to our customers' biggest challenges in big data, analytics, data engineering and data science problems. You will report to the Manager of Field Engineering.

The impact you will have:

You will be a Big Data Analytics expert on aspects of architecture and design

Lead your prospects through evaluating and adopting Databricks

Support your customers by authoring reference architectures, how-tos, and demo applications

Integrate Databricks with 3rd-party applications to support customer architectures

Engage with the technical community by leading workshops, seminars and meet-ups

Together with your Account Executive, you will form successful relationships with clients throughout your assigned territory to provide technical and business value

What we look for:

Pre-sales or post-sales experience working with external clients across a variety of industry markets

Understanding of customer-facing pre-sales or consulting role with a core strength in either Data Engineering or Data Science advantageous

Experience demonstrating technical concepts, including presenting and whiteboarding

Experience designing and implementing architectures within public clouds (AWS, Azure or GCP)

Experience with Big Data technologies, including Apache Spark™, AI, Data Science, Data Engineering, Hadoop, Cassandra, and others.

Fluent coding experience in Python or Scala implementing Apache Spark™, Java and R is also desirable

Experience working with Enterprise Accounts

Written and verbal fluency in Japanese and English

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, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn , X , YouTube , and Instagram .

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