Lead Solutions Architect, Financial Services

Req ID: FEQ427R117
Location: Tokyo Japan

At Databricks our core values are at the heart of everything we do; a culture of proactiveness and customercentricity guides us to build a unified platform that makes data and AI accessible to Japan Financial Services we help leading banks insurers securities firms payment providers and asset managers turn data into a strategic asset improving customer experience strengthening risk management and driving profitable growth.

You will be the senior technical leader for a set of strategic FSI accounts in Japan using your executivelevel technical credibility and Financial Services expertise to shape and execute their data and AI strategy.

Reporting to: Manager Field Engineering Financial Services Japan

The impact you will have

• Own technical strategy for key FSI customers in Japan defining the target architecture and roadmap for their Databricks lakehouse and AI platform.
• Lead highimpact evaluations and designs for priority FSI use cases (e.g. fraud/AML risk regulatory reporting SIEM Hyper Personalization trading and investment analytics).
• Connect architecture to outcomes showing how Databricks reduces risk improves efficiency and unlocks new revenue then using those wins to drive broader expansion.
• Shape the ecosystem working closely with cloud providers global/local SIs and fintech partners to deliver endtoend solutions on Databricks.
• Raise the bar regionally mentoring other Solutions Architects and contributing reusable reference architectures patterns and customer stories for Japan FSI.

What we look for

• 10 years in data platforms analytics or cloud architecture including 6 years working with large Financial Services institutions in Japan.
• Proven ability to influence Clevel and directorlevel stakeholders (CIO CDO CRO heads of data/AI) and lead highstakes technical discussions in Japanese.
• Deep handson background in at least one area: Data Engineering Data Warehousing/Analytics AI/ML or Cloud Architecture with a strong architecture / platform focus.
• Experience designing data and analytics solutions for FSI use cases (e.g. risk fraud/AML regulatory reporting SIEM customer analytics or trading/investment).
• Strong understanding of Japan FSI landscape including typical organization structures how decisions are made and the role of SIs and cloud providers.
• Outstanding communication and storytelling skills able to explain complex architectures to both technical teams and senior business stakeholders.
• Language: Nativelevel Japanese and businesslevel English.

If youre excited about helping Japans Financial Services use data and AI to deliver better outcomes while setting the technical bar for our GTM in Japan wed love to hear from you.