Solutions Architect – Digital Sovereignty

At Databricks, you will work as a Solutions Architect for Digital Sovereignty, leading the technical aspects of this initiative in Germany. You design sovereign data and AI architectures with customers, run proofs of concept end-to-end, and collaborate with sovereign cloud partners and account teams to implement production workloads. Key Responsibilities Act as a trusted technical advisor on digital sovereignty for strategic and regulated customers across Germany. Design and validate sovereign reference architectures. Conduct complex proofs of concept and pilots, testing performance, scalability, security, and network connectivity. Collaborate with sovereign cloud and storage partners on joint solution design, enablement, co-selling, and customer workshops. Provide feedback to Databricks' Product and Engineering teams and collaborate with Legal, Security, and Compliance on customer inquiries. Develop repeatable assets such as reference architectures, demos, and Terraform templates. Enhance Databricks' visibility on sovereignty in the German market through workshops, meetups, webinars, and conference talks. Rapidly turn customer conversations into working prototypes using AI-assisted development. Requirements Fluent German and business-level English. Experience in technical pre-sales, solution architecture, or consulting, particularly with complex enterprise customers. Hands-on experience with data platforms in major public clouds (Azure, AWS, GCP), preferably with Apache Spark and/or Databricks. Understanding of cloud infrastructure, including networking, identity and access management, encryption, and key management. Experience with object storage, open table formats, and secure data sharing patterns. Ability to drive technical and business conversations with C-level executives and influence outcomes. Hands-on coding skills in Python and SQL; experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform is beneficial. Daily use of AI tools in your work, including coding assistants. Experience working with European/sovereign cloud providers, public sector, or regulated industries is advantageous. Benefits Databricks offers comprehensive benefits and perks tailored to employee needs, varying by region. Job Data by YubHub .