# Senior Solutions Architect (Data & AI) - Leeds based at Databricks

- Company: Databricks (databricks.com)
- Location: Remote - United Kingdom (remote)
- Places: Remote, United Kingdom
- Posted: 2026-06-25
- Apply: https://databricks.com/company/careers/open-positions/job?gh_jid=8585599002
- Page: https://ye.saranatour.dev/jobs/senior-solutions-architect-data-ai-leeds-based-databricks-kn7eq0sy50epbsrk9zan29n6c58hch67

## The posting

Senior Solutions Architect (Data & AI) - Leeds based
Databricks · Remote - United Kingdom

**JOB ID:****FEQ427R333**

**Location: The customer is based in Leeds or Manchester, United Kingdom**

**Industry: Enterprise Retail or CPG (UKI Enterprise) - The customer is based in Leeds. You will be visiting the client or based there for 2-3 days a week.**

**The Role**

As a Senior 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 leade