Delivery Solutions Architect
A customer-facing Delivery Solutions Architect at Databricks in Tokyo who partners with Sales and Field Engineering to guide enterprise customers in designing, implementing, and scaling secure, governed data and AI solutions on the Databricks platform. Core work involves architecture leadership, prototyping, and driving adoption, requiring strong Python/SQL and full Japanese proficiency.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Tokyo, Japan
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Architecture
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 5+ years in solutions architecture, solutions engineering, technical consulting, professional services, data engineering, or a related technical role
- Experience influencing technical strategy and architecture across complex customer use cases or multiple workstreams
- Strong coding proficiency in Python, SQL, or similar languages, with ability to build, debug, and validate technical solutions
- Deep understanding of distributed data systems, data engineering, analytics, data warehousing, AI/ML, and modern cloud architectures
- Experience designing secure, governed, scalable, and production-ready data solutions
- Ability to solve ambiguous technical problems, evaluate trade-offs, and validate solutions through structured analysis or experimentation
- Experience leading architecture discussions with technical leads, architects, and senior customer stakeholders
- Strong understanding of platform operational excellence, including security, governance, performance, reliability, and cost optimization
- Demonstrated ability to drive customer adoption, consumption, and measurable business outcomes through technical leadership
- Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership skills, aligning teams without formal authority
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Full professional proficiency in Japanese is mandatory
- Willingness to travel up to 30% as needed
Nice to have
- Databricks experience or certification
- Developing expertise in a technical specialization such as AI/ML, data engineering, streaming, data warehousing, governance, or migrations
- Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP and production cloud deployments
- Experience creating reusable technical frameworks, demos, or enablement that scale across teams
- Business-level English proficiency
Full description
Req ID: CSQ427R266
Location: Tokyo, Japan
At Databricks, we are on a mission to empower our customers to solve the world's toughest data and AI problems by utilizing the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. As a Delivery Solutions Architect (DSA), you will partner with Sales, Solutions Architecture, and Field Engineering to accelerate adoption and growth of the Databricks platform. You will serve as a trusted technical advisor, helping customers design, implement, scale, and optimize data and AI solutions that deliver measurable business value.
This is a technical and customer-facing role focused on architecture, technical strategy, and customer outcomes. You will influence technical execution across complex use cases, guide architectural decisions, and align Databricks, customer, and partner teams from technical win through production and adoption.
The Impact You Will Have
- Define and influence technical execution strategies across complex use cases and multiple workstreams within strategic accounts
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customer technical leads and architects, leading architecture discussions and guiding technical decisions
- Design secure, governed, and scalable Databricks architectures while balancing performance, cost, reliability, and long-term needs
- Build and demonstrate working solutions, prototypes, and reusable technical assets that accelerate customer outcomes
- Anticipate platform maturity and scaling needs and establish best practices for security, governance, and operational excellence
- Drive adoption and consumption by influencing architecture, unblocking delivery, and connecting technical execution to business outcomes
- Partner across Databricks, customer, and implementation teams to align resources, manage risks, and accelerate delivery
- Mentor peers and contribute reusable technical guidance, frameworks, and enablement across the organization
What We Look For
- 5+ years in solutions architecture, solutions engineering, technical consulting, professional services, data engineering, or a related technical role
- Experience in influencing technical strategy and architecture across complex customer use cases or multiple workstreams
- Strong coding proficiency in Python, SQL, or similar languages, with the ability to build, debug, and validate technical solutions
- Deep understanding of distributed data systems, data engineering, analytics, data warehousing, AI/ML, and modern cloud architectures
- Experience designing secure, governed, scalable, and production-ready data solutions