Senior Solutions Architect - Digital Natives

Sweden · Stockholm · 8+ years experience · Hybrid · Posted Oct 20, 2026

At a glance

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.

As a Senior Solutions Architect, you are an expert-level technical leader responsible for the organisation's most complex customer engagements.
You drive consumption strategy, own executive-level relationships, and serve as the definitive technical authority for your accounts.
You operate at the intersection of deep technical expertise, strategic account planning, and executive influence.

Drive the technical and consumption strategy in partnership with Account Executives for Startup & Digital Native customers in the Nordics region, directly influencing platform adoption and revenue growth.
Influence stakeholders at all levels through complex engagements with the broader cloud ecosystem and 3rd-party applications, ensuring they are excited by the Databricks vision and solution strategy.
Be a 'champion' for both customers and colleagues, operating as an expert architect and trusted advisor for significant data analytics architecture, design, and adoption of the Databricks Data Intelligence platform.
Lead the most complex architecture engagements: multi-workload platforms, enterprise-wide migrations, real-time systems, and AI/ML at scale.
Contribute to Field Engineering thought leadership through customer-facing content, workshops, and community engagement.
Coach junior Solutions Architects and teams on use-case prioritisation and on building technical champions.

8+ years in solutions architecture, principal engineering, technical pre-sales leadership, or a senior customer-facing technical role
Expert-level coding proficiency — Python, SQL, and ideally Spark/PySpark
Proven track record of driving consumption growth and platform adoption with customers
Strong technical architecture skills with deep expertise in enterprise data technologies: distributed systems at scale, streaming/real-time, lakehouse design patterns, data governance frameworks, and cloud-native platforms
Expert-level cloud platform knowledge (Databricks, AWS, Azure, GCP or equivalent depth in competing modern data platforms with demonstrated rapid learning ability)
Declared technical specialisation with recognised depth — e.g., real-time architectures, ML/AI platforms, data governance, large-scale migrations, or industry-specific solutions
Executive presence and strong strategic thinking - ability to influence Directors, VPs, and C-level stakeholders on long-term data and AI strategy - connecting technical architecture decisions to business outcomes and revenue impact
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a quantitative discipline (or equivalent experience); advanced degrees are valued

Experience working with and/or within Startups and Digital Native organisations will be advantageous for this role