Sr. Solutions Architect - Retail, Travel & Hospitality
- Salary
- $219,100 - $301,300
- Level
- Lead
- Work type
- Remote · US only
Not stated in the posting: visa.
Open. First seen 3 October 2026.
About the role
P-256
We are looking for experienced pre-sales professionals with a proven track record of helping large enterprises become more data-driven. Working with the Account Executive (AE), the Retail and CPG Sr. SA defines and directs the technical strategy for our largest and most important accounts, leading to more widespread use of our products and wider and deeper adoption of ML & AI.
You will lean upon your solid background in value selling, technical account management, and technical leadership to maximize success in these accounts. While you work with a team that includes hands-on resources who will build proofs of concept and demonstrate Databricks' products, you need to be technical and must understand the relevance and application of ML & AI within a range of use cases important to the target accounts in the Retail and CPG space.
The impact you will have:
- You will work with 1-5 clients as the main technical voice for Databricks
- You will lead your customers on a transformational journey, helping them to evaluate and adopt Databricks as part of their strategy
- You will implement the technical strategy in the account, with a close understanding of the strategy
- Build a movement of technical champions within the account
- Align technical strategies around Databricks solutions
- You will provide structured mentorship for other team members
What we look for:
- 8+ years of experience working in very large (> $1m ARR), from the Retail and CPG-related space
- 4+ years working in a pre-sales capacity or supporting sales activity
- Technical in big data, data science, and cloud
- An ability in data-driven business transformation and driving change with data
- 4+ years of experience with design and implementation experience in big data technologies such as Hadoop, NoSQL, MPP, OLTP, and OLAP, or full lifecycle data science solutions
- Maintain and extend production data systems to evolve with complex customer needs
- Production programming experience in Python, R, Scala, or Java
- Nice to have: Databricks Certification
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Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location.
Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.
Local Pay Range
$219,100—$301,300 USD
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About Databricks
Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and Instagram.
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Python
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The team: Field Engineering HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 13 open in Field Engineering. 1 was posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in April: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Databricks (13 of 13), Unity (13 of 13), Python (11 of 13), Scala (10 of 13), Java (8 of 13), Spark (8 of 13), Delta Lake (7 of 13)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Solutions Architect - MFG - West posted Oct 7
- Solutions Architect - Healthcare/Life Sciences Team (HLS) posted Oct 28
- Solutions Architect - Healthcare/Life Sciences Team (HLS) posted Jul 22
- Solutions Architect posted Mar 7
- Solutions Architect - Manufacturing posted Dec 21
- Solutions Architect posted Sep 9
- Solutions Architect - Emerging Enterprise posted Aug 19
- Solutions Architect - Emerging Enterprise (Startups) posted Aug 19
- Solutions Architect - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Gaming posted Jul 18
- Solutions Architect - Retail, Travel & Hospitality posted Jul 14
- Solutions Architect - Digital Native Business posted May 17
- Solutions Architect posted Apr 5
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