Sr. Delivery Solutions Architect

Req: CSQ327R249
Location: Tokyo Japan

At Databricks we are on a mission to empower our customers to solve the worlds toughest data and AI problems by utilizing the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. As a Sr. Delivery Solutions Architect you will partner with Sales Solutions Architecture and Field Engineering to accelerate the adoption growth and strategic impact of Databricks with our most complex customers. You will serve as a senior technical advisor helping customers design implement scale and optimize complex data and AI solutions across business units geographies and product areas.

This is a highly technical and strategic customer-facing role. You will define technical execution strategies for high-value accounts drive architectural alignment across complex use cases and orchestrate Databricks customer and partner teams to deliver measurable outcomes. You will build trusted relationships with senior technical and executive stakeholders while contributing expertise frameworks and best practices that scale beyond individual customer engagements.

The Impact You Will Have

• Define technical execution strategy across high-value complex customer accounts spanning multiple use cases business units geographies or product areas
• Serve as a senior technical advisor to customer architects technical leaders and Director/VP-level stakeholders
• Design and influence secure governed scalable architectures while balancing performance cost reliability and long-term platform strategy
• Orchestrate Databricks customer and implementation partner teams to align technical execution and accelerate strategic outcomes
• Anticipate platform maturity and scaling needs and establish technical standards for security governance developer experience and operational excellence
• Drive adoption consumption and measurable business outcomes through technical strategy and execution
• Lead complex technical escalations spanning multiple systems teams or workloads
• Build reusable technical frameworks solutions and assets that scale across customers teams or regions
• Mentor DSAs and contribute to technical enablement specialization and thought leadership

What We Look For

• 8 years in solutions architecture technical consulting professional services data engineering or a related senior technical role
• Demonstrated experience leading technical strategy and architecture for high-value or highly complex customer environments
• Experience navigating complex programs across multiple business units product areas geographies or technical workstreams
• Deep expertise in one or more Data and AI domains with strong knowledge of distributed data systems and cloud architectures
• Strong coding proficiency in Python SQL Scala or similar languages
• Experience designing secure governed scalable and production-ready architectures across cloud and enterprise environments
• Ability to solve complex technical problems using first-principles thinking structured analysis and technical experimentation
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior technical stakeholders and executive audiences and de-escalate complex customer situations
• Strong cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management skills with the ability to orchestrate teams without formal authority
• Track record of driving customer adoption consumption and measurable business outcomes through technical leadership
• Experience creating reusable technical frameworks assets or programs that extend impact beyond individual customer engagements
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent experience
• Full professional proficiency in Japanese is mandatory; business-level English proficiency is preferred.

Nice to Have

• Databricks experience or certification
• Recognized expertise in a Data and AI specialization or competitive technology
• Experience influencing product direction through structured customer feedback
• External technical thought leadership through blogs conferences summits seminars or industry events
• Experience mentoring technical talent or leading enablement across teams or regions

Interview Process: Recruiter Screen Hiring Manager Screen Design & Architecture Live Coding Build Demo & Pitch Reference Check

Travel: Up to 30% as needed