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Solutions Architect

Full-time

FEQ327R342

Location: Auckland

At Databricks, our core principles 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 expertise to demonstrate how our Data Intelligence Platform can help customers solve their complex data challenges. You'll 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!

The Impact You Will Have

  • Develop customer engagement strategies in partnership with Account Executive(s) in your designated territory.

  • Coach junior Solutions Architects and teams on use case prioritization and building technical champions.

  • You will influence stakeholders at all levels through complex engagements with the wider cloud ecosystem and 3rd party applications, ensuring they are excited by the Databricks vision and solution strategy.

  • Be a 'champion’ for both customers and colleagues, operating as an expert solution architect and trusted advisor for significant data analytics architecture, design, and adoption of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.

  • Contribute to Databricks' technical community engagement by developing customer-facing collateral and leading workshops, seminars, and meet-ups.

  • Opportunity to continue your development in one of four tracks - technical specialization, industry vertical thought leadership, strategic customer vision, and people management.

What We Look For

  • Know how to engage in complex customer interactions and sales lifecycle in a technical pre-sales capacity.

  • Ability to influence decision-makers and C-level executives by developing relationships and orchestrating teams to achieve long-term customer success.

  • Prior experience with coding in a core programming language (i.e., Python, Java, Scala) and willingness to learn a base level of Spark.

  • Hands-on expertise with complex proofs-of-concept and public cloud platform(s).

  • Know how to provide technical solutions for specialized customer needs and navigate a competitive landscape.

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.

Benefits

At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

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Solutions Architect

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CX-Jobs is a free resource from Lorikeet, the AI support platform for complex, regulated businesses.

© 2026 Lorikeet. All rights reserved.

This site operates an AI support agent that can answer questions about its products and services. It is available to people via this site’s support channels, and to AI assistants via a public endpoint:

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