# Lead Specialist Solutions Architect - Lakebase

**Company:** [Databricks](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/databricks)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Solutions Architecture
**Salary:** $219k – $301k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Big Data, Data Science, Cloud Computing, Hadoop, NoSQL, Mpp, Oltp, Olap, Python, R, Scala, Java, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Databricks
**Posted:** 2026-08-25

> Leads technical strategy, value selling, and Databricks adoption for major Retail and CPG enterprise accounts. The role requires extensive enterprise experience, pre-sales expertise, big data and cloud knowledge, production programming skills, and the ability to drive data-driven transformation.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Serve as the main technical voice for 1–5 clients in the Retail and CPG space.
- Partner with the Account Executive to define and direct technical strategy for large enterprise accounts.
- Lead customers through evaluating and adopting Databricks as part of their data and AI strategy.
- Implement account technical strategy and align it around Databricks solutions.
- Build a network of technical champions within customer accounts.
- Apply value selling, technical account management, and technical leadership to drive adoption of ML and AI.
- Provide structured mentorship to other team members.

## Requirements
- 8+ years of experience working with very large accounts in the Retail and CPG space.
- 4+ years of experience in pre-sales or supporting sales activity.
- Technical expertise in big data, data science, and cloud technologies.
- Experience driving data-driven business transformation and organizational change.
- 4+ years of design and implementation experience with big data technologies such as Hadoop, NoSQL, MPP, OLTP, and OLAP, or full-lifecycle data science solutions.
- Experience maintaining and extending production data systems for complex customer needs.
- Production programming experience in Python, R, Scala, or Java.

## Nice to Have
- Databricks Certification.

## Compensation
- Local pay range: **$219,100–$301,300 USD**.
- Total compensation may include an annual performance bonus, equity, and benefits.

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