# Solutions Architect - Retail- CPG, Central

**Company:** [Databricks](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/databricks)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Sales Engineering
**Salary:** $180k – $248k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Databricks, Hadoop, NoSQL, Mpp, Oltp, Olap, Python, R, Scala, Java, Big Data, Data Science, Cloud, Spark, Delta Lake
**Posted:** 2026-05-11

> Pre-sales Solutions Architect partnering with Account Executives to define technical strategies for Retail/CPG enterprise accounts, driving Databricks ML/AI adoption. Requires 8+ years in large accounts, 5+ years pre-sales, and deep big data/data science expertise.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- 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 strategy
- Build technical champions within accounts
- Align technical strategies around Databricks solutions
- Provide structured mentorship for team members

## Requirements
- 8+ years experience in very large (> $1m ARR) Retail and CPG-related accounts
- 5+ years in pre-sales capacity or supporting sales activity
- Technical expertise in big data, data science, and cloud
- Ability to drive data-driven business transformation
- 3+ years design and implementation experience in big data technologies such as Hadoop, NoSQL, MPP, OLTP, and OLAP or full lifecycle data science solutions
- Experience maintaining and extending production data systems
- Production programming experience in **Python**, **R**, **Scala**, or **Java**

## Nice to Have
- Databricks Certification

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