Sr. Solutions Engineer (Greater China)

Location: Singapore

Company

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

What you will do

• Lead technical discovery and solution design for customer workloads across data engineering, analytics, and machine learning.
• Build and deliver proofs-of-concept and live demonstrations on the Databricks Platform.
• Own technical relationships with customer engineers, data teams, and technical leads.
• Develop account-level technical strategies with the Account Executive to grow platform consumption.
• Demonstrate Databricks differentiation in competitive technical sales engagements.
• Create reusable notebooks, solution accelerators, and reference architectures for the Solutions Architect community.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in data engineering, solutions architecture, technical pre-sales, or hands-on consulting.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL, including debugging, optimization, and production-quality coding; live coding is a required interview stage.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing data solutions on at least one public cloud platform: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Working knowledge of distributed data systems such as Apache Spark, Delta Lake, Hadoop, Kafka, or Flink.
• Experience leading technical customer conversations, including discovery, whiteboarding, and architecture reviews.
• Experience in at least one area: data engineering including ETL/ELT, medallion architecture, or streaming; data science and ML including model training or MLOps; or SQL analytics.
• Strong presentation and demonstration skills, including building and presenting a live solution during the interview.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a quantitative discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Business proficiency in Mandarin and experience in the Greater China Region are required. The role involves Mandarin-language technical sales discussions with Greater China customers.

Nice to have

• Databricks certification or experience with the Databricks Platform.
• Experience with Unity Catalog, Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines, or MLflow.
• Background at a data or AI company, cloud provider, or technical consulting firm.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and perks are offered, with details varying by region.
• Inclusive workplace committed to equal employment opportunity and diversity.
• Databricks operates from more than 30 offices globally.

Hiring process

• Recruiter screen, hiring manager screen, and design and architecture interview.
• Live coding assessment followed by a Build, Demo, Pitch! presentation.
• Reference check.