Senior Specialist Solutions Engineer (Infrastructure & Platform)

Location: London, United Kingdom. Willingness to travel up to 30% as needed.

Company

Databricks is a data and AI company providing a unified platform for data engineering, analytics, machine learning, governance, and AI applications.

What you will do

• Guide enterprise customers through the full lifecycle of Databricks deployments on AWS, Azure, or GCP, from architecture through production.
• Design secure and scalable cloud environments covering networking, private connectivity, identity, encryption, and compliance.
• Build and maintain infrastructure automation using Terraform and cloud-native infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Support competitive technical engagements through custom-built solutions, workshops, and architecture demonstrations.
• Collaborate with DSAs, SAs, FDEs, and partners on complex customer requirements.
• Provide structured customer feedback to influence product direction and contribute to field-engineering thought leadership.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in solutions architecture, technical pre-sales, or hands-on network architecture.
• Strong expertise in cloud security, identity protocols, enterprise networking, private connectivity, platform administration, observability, and cost management.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure automation and IaC tools, including Terraform and relevant AWS, Azure, or GCP tooling.
• Strong coding proficiency in Python and PySpark/Spark, including live coding, debugging, and solution building.
• Knowledge of distributed data systems, scalable pipelines, streaming architectures, lakehouse patterns, and cloud-native data platforms.
• Ability to lead architecture discussions with senior technical stakeholders and communicate complex designs as business value.

Nice to have

• Databricks or professional-level AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud certifications.
• Experience with Snowflake, cloud-native data services, Azure Synapse, or BigQuery.
• Background in a data and AI company or cloud provider.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and perks tailored to the employee's region.
• Inclusive workplace focused on equal employment opportunity and diversity.
• Opportunity to work with enterprise customers and contribute to technical communities and field-engineering content.