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From the employer's careers site First seen 18 Jun 2026 · Still live on 13 Nov 2026

Lead Solutions Architect (Digital Natives Business)

Databricks London executive full-time

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Description

At Databricks, our core values drive everything we do, creating a culture of proactiveness and a customer-centric mindset.

As a Lead Solutions Architect in the UK&I Digital Natives Business, you will be an essential part of our mission to change how people work with data and make a better world.

The impact you will have:

  • Executive Evangelism & Thought Leadership: Build peer-to-peer relationships with CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and technical founders at high-growth DNBs.
  • Drive New Logo Motion: Execute the high-velocity 'Hunter DNA' to win mindshare and acquire new logos.
  • Ecosystem Building: Drive awareness within the UK startup and VC ecosystem.
  • Strategic Technical Discovery: Focus on high-level architecture and strategic road-mapping.
  • Regional Mentorship: Coach Solutions Architects on engaging effectively with CxOs.
  • Technical Community Engagement: Develop high-impact, customer-facing collateral and lead technical seminars.

What we look for:

  • Startup Leadership & Scaling Experience: 10+ years of professional experience, including significant time spent as a tech co-founder, Head of Engineering, VP-level leader, or high-impact technical contributor within high-growth startups.
  • Executive Presence: Proven ability to influence and win trust with senior technical stakeholders and C-level executives.
  • Technical Depth with an Evangelist Spike: Strong technical background in Operational Databases, Data Engineering, Data Science, or AI.
  • Operational Database and Real-Time Data Architecture: Experience with modern operational database architectures and building scalable, data-driven applications.
  • Startup Ecosystem Knowledge: 5+ years of deep familiarity with the startup and VC landscape.
  • High Velocity Mindset: Experience working with early-stage, high-growth digital natives.
  • Problem-Solving Agility: Ability to innovate technical solutions for specialised customer needs.
  • Communication Excellence: Exceptional ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both highly technical audiences and business decision-makers.

Benefits

At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees.

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Skills

Required

  • Operational Databases
  • Data Engineering
  • Data Science
  • AI
  • Technical Evangelism
  • Startup Leadership
  • Executive Presence
  • Real-Time Data Architecture
  • Startup Ecosystem Knowledge
  • High Velocity Mindset
  • Problem-Solving Agility
  • Communication Excellence

Nice to have

  • PostgreSQL-compatible systems
  • Lakehouse integrated architectures
  • Generative AI
  • Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Agentic Workflows
  • model fine-tuning (Mosaic AI)
  • efficient inference at scale

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