AI Forward Deployed Engineer

Databricks; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking an AI Engineer for the FDE team in London. You will build and productionize GenAI applications, applying the latest GenAI techniques and Databricks research to real customer problems.

You will own deployments and act as a trusted technical advisor across multiple domains, presenting at industry events and collaborating with product and engineering to shape the roadmap. The role requires strong experience in DS/ML/AI, hands-on GenAI, and comfort communicating complex

Qualifications

• Min 4 years of DS/ML/AI experience.
• Experience building GenAI apps incl. RAG, multi-agent, Text2SQL, fine-tuning.
• Production-grade GenAI deployments on AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Hands-on data science with pandas, scikit-learn, PyTorch.
• Strong communication for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Willing to travel every 4–8 weeks.

Responsibilities

• Develop cutting-edge GenAI solutions using Databricks research.
• Own production rollouts of GenAI applications.
• Serve as trusted technical advisor to customers.
• Present at conferences such as Data + AI Summit.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to influence roadmap.

Skills

Data science / ML / AI

Production-grade deployment

Technical communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Willingness to travel

Tools

HuggingFace

LangChain

DSPy

PyTorch

Pandas

scikit-learn

AWS

Azure

GCP

Apache Spark

Databricks Platform

Job description

AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer) - All Levels

Location: London, United Kingdom

Mission

The AI Forward Deployed Engineering (AI FDE) team is a highly specialized customer-facing AI team at Databricks. We deliver professional services engagements to help our customers build and productionize first-of-its-kind AI applications. We work cross-functionally to shape long-term strategic priorities and initiatives alongside engineering, product, and developer relations, as well as support internal subject matter expert (SME) teams. We view our team as an ensemble: we look for individuals with strong, unique specializations to improve the overall strength of the team. This team is the right fit for you if you love working with customers, teammates, and fueling your curiosity for the latest trends in GenAI, LLMOps, and ML more broadly.

Reporting to: Senior Manager - AI FDE, EMEA

The impact you will have:

• Develop cutting-edge GenAI solutions, incorporating the latest techniques from Databricks AI research to solve customer problems
• Own production rollouts of consumer and internally facing GenAI applications
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers across a variety of domains
• Present at conferences such as Data + AI Summit, recognized as a thought leader internally and externally
• Collaborate cross-functionally with the product and engineering teams to influence priorities and shape the product roadmap

What we look for:

• Min 4 years experience in DS, ML, AI
• Experience building GenAI applications, including RAG, multi-agent systems, Text2SQL, fine-tuning, etc., with tools such as HuggingFace, LangChain, and DSPy
• Expertise in deploying production-grade GenAI applications, including evaluation and optimizations
• Extensive years of hands-on industry data science experience, leveraging common machine learning and data science tools, i.e. pandas, scikit-learn, PyTorch, etc.
• Experience building production-grade machine learning deployments on AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Experience communicating and/or teaching technical concepts to non-technical and technical audiences alike
• Passion for collaboration, life-long learning, and driving business value through AI
• [Preferred] Experience using the Databricks Intelligence Platform and Apache Spark™ to process large-scale distributed datasets
• Willing to travel once every 4-8 weeks to see customers (as needed)

About Databricks

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn , X , YouTube , and Instagram .

Benefits

At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here .

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

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