Senior Field Data & AI Solutions Architect

FDE Times; Paris; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to work with customers, building and productionizing data & AI solutions on the Databricks platform. You will own the architecture, lead design decisions, and implement end-to-end systems spanning data engineering, AI, and application development.

This is a hands-on, customer-facing role for builders who thrive at the intersection of technology and business impact.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in data engineering, data platforms & analytics, or software engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead impactful customer technical projects by delivering production-grade systems and reference architectures.
• Guide strategic customers in end-to-end design, build and deployment of big data and AI applications.
• Own architecture decisions to ensure secure, scalable solutions aligned with customer needs and Databricks best practices.
• Embed with customer teams and work with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver value.

Skills

Python

Scala

JavaScript/TypeScript

CI/CD

MLOps

Cloud platforms

Apache Spark

Distributed systems

Architectural design

Tools

Databricks

Spark runtime

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to work with customers, building and productionizing data & AI solutions on the Databricks platform. You will own the architecture, lead design decisions, and implement end-to-end systems spanning data engineering, AI, and application development.

This is a hands-on, customer-facing role for builders who thrive at the intersection of technology and business impact.