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Senior Partner Engineer, Databricks Alliance

San Francisco, CAOnsite5+ YOE
Summary

Principal technical advisor and advocate for the Sigma-Databricks partnership. Drives technical integration, GTM enablement, stakeholder relationships, and joint solution development with deep Databricks expertise.

About the role

Responsibilities

Strategic Technical Alliance Leadership

  • Serve as the primary technical leader and advocate for the Sigma Computing/Databricks strategic alliance
  • Drive mutual success of joint customers by ensuring seamless technical integration, optimal performance, and maximized utilization of the Databricks platform and Sigma

Deepen and Expand Stakeholder Relationships

  • Cultivate and maintain robust technical relationships with key personnel at Databricks (Product Management, Partner Leadership, Solution Engineering, Sales teams)
  • Ensure strategic alignment, drive co-innovation, and facilitate joint account mapping

Joint Go-to-Market (GTM) Enablement and Execution

  • Collaborate with Sigma's GTM teams to identify, qualify, and technically support strategic joint customer opportunities
  • Develop and champion compelling technical GTM solutions, reference architectures, and partner-facing enablement content (training, workshops, internal demos)

Platform Integration and Future-Proofing

  • Proactively identify and scope high-value joint product opportunities
  • Facilitate handoff to the Partner Architect team for deeper technical engagement and development

Cross-Functional Technical Subject Matter Expert (SME)

  • Act as the internal authority on the Databricks platform
  • Provide expert technical guidance and training to Sigma's Sales Engineering, Product, and Engineering teams on best practices for leveraging Databricks features with Sigma
  • Own creation and maintenance of technical resources for the field, including deep-dive enablement sessions (HOLs, workshops)

Content and Event Technical Leadership

  • Lead technical creation of joint thought-leadership content (webinars, blogs, solution briefs, demo vignettes, presentations)
  • Represent at major industry events (Data and AI Summit, Data and AI World Tours)
  • Coordinate with Marketing and Demo Engineering teams for high-quality technical representation

Advanced Solution Development

  • Identify, design, and evangelize high-value, industry-specific technical solutions leveraging combined capabilities of Sigma and Databricks
  • Work with internal teams, Systems Integrator partners, and Databricks Industry Leads and Field CTOs

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in a highly technical customer-facing or partner-focused role (Technical Alliance Management, Solution Engineering, Product Management, or Technical Consulting)
  • Deep and current hands-on experience with the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform (mandatory) — core architecture, features, and ecosystem integrations
  • Strong technical background in data analytics, data warehousing, business intelligence, and cloud data platforms
  • Prior experience working with BI and Analytics platforms (required); experience with Sigma Computing (a plus)
  • Proven ability to develop and maintain strong, mutually beneficial technical relationships with key stakeholders at major partner organizations
  • Exceptional communication and presentation skills — translate complex technical concepts into clear, compelling business value for technical and non-technical executive audiences
  • Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment and can manage multiple priorities independently
  • Willingness to travel up to 50% of the time for partner/customer engagements and company/industry events

Nice-to-Haves

  • Prior Data Engineering and Front-End Software Development experience
  • Experience with Sigma Computing
Skills
DatabricksData AnalyticsData WarehousingBusiness IntelligenceCloud Data PlatformsSolution EngineeringTechnical Alliance ManagementData EngineeringFront-End DevelopmentPartner Enablement