Senior Field Data Engineer – Big Data & AI (Travel 20-30%)

FDE Times; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer to work with clients on short to medium term engagements, using the Databricks platform to solve big data challenges. You will handle data engineering, data science, and cloud tasks, integrating with client systems, training, and delivery to ensure value from data.

You will join a Professional Services team and report to the Sr. Manager, Professional Services, traveling 20–30% as needed.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on experience with big data technologies in a customer-facing/consulting role.
• Proficient in Python or Scala.
• Experience delivering technical projects and architecture designs for cloud data platforms.
• Strong documentation and collaboration skills.
• Willingness to travel 20-30%.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer engagements to design, build, and deploy data platform solutions on Databricks.
• Provide data engineering, data science, and cloud technology workstreams.
• Deliver high-quality projects with a focus on customer value and success.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet engagement goals.

Skills

Big Data

Apache Spark

Kafka

Python

Scala

Cloud Native

Data Lakes

Post-sales Consulting

Databricks

Tools

Databricks

Git

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer to work with clients on short to medium term engagements, using the Databricks platform to solve big data challenges. You will handle data engineering, data science, and cloud tasks, integrating with client systems, training, and delivery to ensure value from data.

You will join a Professional Services team and report to the Sr. Manager, Professional Services, traveling 20–30% as needed.