Sr. Solutions Engineer - Hunter (New Logo)

<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>Location:</strong> Tokyo, Japan<br><strong>Req ID:&nbsp;</strong>FEQ228R111<strong><br>Reporting to:</strong> Manager, Field Engineering<br><strong>Language requirements:</strong> Business-professional Japanese required; business-level English preferred<br><br></span><strong>The Role</strong></p> <p>As a Sr. Solutions Engineer, you will independently lead technical engagements for customers, owning discovery, solution design, and platform demonstrations. You are a builder who can code, architect, and present—combining technical depth with customer-facing skills to drive Databricks adoption. You will own frontline customer relationships and work with your Account Executive to develop technical strategies that expand platform usage.</p> <p><strong>The Impact You Will Have</strong></p> <ul> <li>Independently lead technical discovery and solution design for customer workloads spanning data engineering, analytics, and machine learning</li> <li>Build and deliver compelling proofs-of-concept and live demos on the Databricks Platform that drive technical wins</li> <li>Own frontline technical relationships with customer engineers, data teams, and technical leads</li> <li>Develop account-level technical strategies in partnership with your Account Executive to grow platform consumption</li> <li>Navigate competitive landscapes by articulating Databricks differentiation through hands-on demonstrations</li> <li>Contribute reusable technical assets (notebooks, solution accelerators, reference architectures) to the broader SA community</li> </ul> <p><strong>What We Look For</strong></p> <ul> <li>4+ years in data engineering, solutions architecture, technical pre-sales, or a hands-on consulting role</li> <li>Proficient in Python and SQL with demonstrated ability to debug, optimize, and write production-quality code — live coding is a required interview stage</li> <li>Hands-on experience designing and implementin