AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Sweden

Databricks; Town of Stockholm (NY); On-site; USD 101,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking an AI Engineer - FDE to deliver GenAI solutions and production-grade deployments for customers. You will work with cross-functional teams to shape product direction and share insights at events like Data + AI Summit.

The role emphasizes hands-on GenAI development, RAG, multi-agent systems, and scalable ML deployments across cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience building GenAI applications including RAG, multi-agent systems, Text2SQL, fine-tuning.
• Experience deploying production-grade GenAI apps with evaluation and optimization.
• Hands-on industry data science experience with tools like pandas, scikit-learn, PyTorch.

Responsibilities

• Develop cutting-edge GenAI solutions using the latest Databricks AI research techniques.
• Own production rollouts of GenAI applications for customers and internal use.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers across domains.
• Present at conferences like Data + AI Summit and contribute to thought leadership.
• Collaborate with product and engineering to influence priorities and roadmap.

Skills

GenAI applications

RAG

multi-agent systems

Text2SQL

fine-tuning

production-grade deployments

data science tools

Education

Graduate degree in quantitative field

Tools

HuggingFace

LangChain

DSPy

PyTorch

pandas

scikit-learn

Job description

AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer)

Req ID: CSQ427R333

Preferred locations: Stockholm, Sweden.

Mission

The AI Forward Deployed Engineering (AI FDE) team is a highly specialised 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 specialisations 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:

• 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 optimisations
• 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
• Graduate degree in a quantitative discipline (Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Operations Research, etc.) or equivalent practical experience
• 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

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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.

Compliance

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