Senior Forward-Deployed Engineer: Data & AI for Government

Borderless; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 136,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer to work with federal government customers, owning architecture and delivering end-to-end data and AI solutions using the Databricks platform.

You will lead design decisions, implement systems across data engineering, AI, and apps, and collaborate across engineering, product, and client teams. The role is hybrid with travel to customer locations 20-25% of the time.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in data engineering, data platforms & analytics, or software engineering.
• Fluency in writing code in Python, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern frameworks.
• Working knowledge of two or more Cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP) with expertise in at least one.
• Deep experience with distributed computing with Apache Spark and knowledge of Spark runtime internals.
• Familiarity with CI/CD for production deployments
• Working knowledge of MLOps, ML/AI models and AI APIs.
• Design and deployment of performant production end-to-end data architectures and applications that combine data pipelines, ML/AI models, and user-facing interfaces.
• Experience with technical project delivery, documentation and white-boarding skills.
• Experience working with enterprise clients and managing conflicts across a broad stakeholder range.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and design decisions for production-grade data and AI solutions.
• Deliver end-to-end systems spanning data engineering, AI, and application development.
• Train and embed with client teams to ensure value realization and adoption of Databricks.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and customer teams to align with best practices and security.
• Produce accelerators, frameworks, and reusable components that scale across accounts.

Skills

Python

Scala

JavaScript/TypeScript

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Apache Spark

CI/CD

MLOps

Data architectures

Tools

Spark runtime internals

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer to work with federal government customers, owning architecture and delivering end-to-end data and AI solutions using the Databricks platform.

You will lead design decisions, implement systems across data engineering, AI, and apps, and collaborate across engineering, product, and client teams. The role is hybrid with travel to customer locations 20-25% of the time.