Senior Forward Deployed Engineer: Data & AI Solutions Lead

FDE Times; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking an experienced Sr Forward Deployed Engineer to partner with customers, design and productionize data & AI solutions on the Databricks platform. You will own the architecture, drive design decisions, and deliver end-to-end systems spanning data engineering, AI, and application development.

You will work cross-functionally to shape strategic priorities, mentor teams, and ensure secure, scalable deployments with strong customer empathy.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in data engineering or software engineering.
• Proficient in Python/Scala/JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Cloud experience with at least one major platform (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Deep experience with distributed computing using Apache Spark and knowledge of Spark internals.
• Familiarity with CI/CD for production deployments.
• Experience with MLOps, ML/AI models and AI APIs.
• Design and deploy of scalable data architectures integrating pipelines and ML models.
• Experience with enterprise clients and managing diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead production-grade data/AI projects and deliver reference architectures.
• Guide transformational big data projects with end-to-end design, build and deployment.
• Embed with customer teams to ensure adoption and measurable outcomes.
• Own architecture decisions to ensure secure, scalable solutions.
• Collaborate with Databricks technical teams, PMs and customer teams.
• Provide product and implementation feedback for rapid issue resolution.
• Develop accelerators, frameworks, and best practices that scale across accounts.

Skills

Data engineering

Distributed computing

Cloud platforms

MLOps

Stakeholder management

Tools

Python

Scala

JavaScript/TypeScript

Apache Spark

Databricks

CI/CD

Job description

Databricks is seeking an experienced Sr Forward Deployed Engineer to partner with customers, design and productionize data & AI solutions on the Databricks platform. You will own the architecture, drive design decisions, and deliver end-to-end systems spanning data engineering, AI, and application development.

You will work cross-functionally to shape strategic priorities, mentor teams, and ensure secure, scalable deployments with strong customer empathy.