Offer summary

Qualifications:

Fluency in Italian is required., Experience with core programming languages such as Python, SQL, or Java., Knowledge in Big Data Analytics and familiarity with public cloud platforms., Ability to engage with clients and deliver technical propositions independently..

Key responsibilities:

Build and maintain relationships with clients to provide technical and business value.

Conduct hands-on evaluations and integrate solutions with cloud ecosystems.

Author reference architectures and demo applications to support customers.

Engage in community building through workshops and seminars.

Job description

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Senior Solutions Engineer, Digital Natives and Startups - Milan region

Look at all the apps you have on your mobile. Many of these are built by customers that are within our Digital Natives and Startup patch and are using Databricks to support their business.

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 foster 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.

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.

Join us in our quest to change how people work with data and make a better world!

You will report to the Director, Field Engineering leading the Emerging Business team.

Location: Milan

The impact you will have:

Form successful relationships with clients throughout your assigned territory to provide technical and business value in collaboration with an Account Executive and the wider Field Engineering team.
Gain excitement from clients about Databricks through hands-on evaluation and Spark programming, integrating with the wider cloud ecosystem and 3rd party applications.
Contribute to building the Databricks technical community through engagement at workshops, seminars, and meet-ups.
Become a Big Data Analytics advisor on aspects of architecture and design.
Support your customers by authoring reference architectures, how-tos, and demo applications.
Develop both technically and in the pre-sales aspect with the goal of becoming an independently operating Solutions Architect.

What we look for:

Familiarity working with clients, creating a narrative, answering customer questions, aligning the agenda with important interests, and achieving tangible outcomes.
Ability to independently deliver a technical proposition, identify customers' pain-points, and explain important areas for business value to develop a trusted advisor skillset.
Prior experience with coding in a core programming language (i.e., Python, SQL, Java) and willingness to learn a base level of Spark.
Knowledgeable in a core Big Data Analytics domain with some exposure to advanced proofs-of-concept and an understanding of a major public cloud platform.
Experience diving deeper into solution architecture and design.

Notes on mandatory requirements:

The location for the role must be in the Milan region (or within a commutable distance for a hybrid schedule).
Fluency in Italian is required as a minimum.

About Databricks

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

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, please visit https://www.mybenefitsnow.com/databricks.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

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