Senior Forward-Deployed Data & AI Solutions Architect

Neon; Zürich; Remote; CHF 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Sr Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with customers to architect and productionize data, AI, and application solutions on the Databricks platform. You will lead design decisions, deliver production-grade architectures, and ensure scalable, secure deployments with strong customer empathy.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, and client teams, travel ~20% of the time, and bring deep expertise in data engineering, Spark, ML/AI, and cloud ecosystems to

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in data engineering, data platforms & analytics, or software engineering.
• Proficiency in Python, Scala, or JavaScript/TypeScript and modern frameworks.
• Cloud experience in two or more ecosystems (AWS/Azure/GCP) with expertise in at least one.
• Deep experience with distributed computing with Apache Spark and Spark internals.
• Familiarity with CI/CD for production deployments.
• Working knowledge of MLOps, ML/AI models and AI APIs.
• Design and deployment of end-to-end data architectures combining pipelines, ML/AI models, and user interfaces.
• Experience delivering technical projects with scope, timelines and measurable outcomes.
• Documentation and whiteboarding skills.
• Travel to customers ~20% of the time.
• Databricks Certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead production-grade customer projects and deliver reference architectures.
• Architect, design and build end-to-end data and AI solutions on Databricks platform.
• Guide strategic customers through design, build and deployment of big data and AI apps.
• Collaborate with engagement managers to scope technical delivery work.
• Ensure security, scalability and alignment with customer needs and Databricks best practices.
• Provide feedback to product and engineering teams based on customer engagements.

Skills

Data engineering

Python/Scala/JS

Spark

Cloud ecosystems (AWS/Azure/GCP)

MLOps

CI/CD

Enterprise experience

Customer-facing

Tools

Apache Spark

CI/CD tools

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Sr Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with customers to architect and productionize data, AI, and application solutions on the Databricks platform. You will lead design decisions, deliver production-grade architectures, and ensure scalable, secure deployments with strong customer empathy.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, and client teams, travel ~20% of the time, and bring deep expertise in data engineering, Spark, ML/AI, and cloud ecosystems to