# Solutions Architect, Retail

**Company:** [Databricks](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/databricks)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Solutions Architecture
**Salary:** $140k – $247k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Databricks, Python, Scala, Java, R, Hadoop, NoSQL, Mpp, Oltp, Olap
**Posted:** 2026-01-30

> Pre-sales Solutions Architect leads technical strategy for Retail/CPG enterprise accounts, driving Databricks ML/AI adoption. Requires 5+ years in large accounts, 3+ years pre-sales, big data/cloud expertise, and programming in Python/Scala/Java.

## Job Description

## Impact You Will Have
- Work with 1-5 clients as the main technical voice for Databricks
- Lead customers on a transformational journey to evaluate and adopt Databricks
- Implement technical strategy aligned with account goals
- Build technical champions within accounts
- Align technical strategies around Databricks solutions
- Provide structured mentorship for team members

## What We Look For
- **5+ years** of experience working with very large (> $1m ARR) Retail/CPG accounts
- **3+ years** in pre-sales or supporting sales activity
- Technical expertise in **big data**, **data science**, and **cloud**
- Ability to drive data-driven business transformation
- **3+ years** design/implementation in big data technologies (**Hadoop**, **NoSQL**, **MPP**, **OLTP**, **OLAP**) or full lifecycle data science
- Experience maintaining production data systems
- Production programming in **Python**, **R**, **Scala**, or **Java**
- **Nice to have**: Databricks Certification

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