Senior FDE Architect - Data & AI Solutions

Databricks Inc.; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks Inc. is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to partner with customers, design and productionize data & AI solutions on the Databricks platform. You will own architecture, lead design decisions, and deliver end-to-end systems across data engineering, AI, and app development. Travel to client sites is expected to support engagements.

You will work cross-functionally with engineering, product and customer teams to ensure scalable, secure deployments and measurable business impact.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering production-grade data/AI solutions.
• Strong knowledge of Spark runtime internals.
• Proficiency in Python/Scala/JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience with cloud ecosystems (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture design and end-to-end delivery.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and customer teams.
• Translate complex concepts into actionable solutions.
• Deliver production-grade reference architectures and apps.
• Embed with customer teams to ensure successful adoption.

Skills

Data engineering

Software engineering

Python

Scala

JavaScript/TypeScript

AWS

Azure

GCP

Spark

CI/CD

MLOps

Architectural design

Documentation

Customer delivery

Job description

Databricks Inc. is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to partner with customers, design and productionize data & AI solutions on the Databricks platform. You will own architecture, lead design decisions, and deliver end-to-end systems across data engineering, AI, and app development. Travel to client sites is expected to support engagements.

You will work cross-functionally with engineering, product and customer teams to ensure scalable, secure deployments and measurable business impact.