AI Forward-Deployed Engineering Lead (UK)

Databricks; United States; Remote; USD 188,000 - 282,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote UK role

Executive leadership exposure

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a senior leader to run the UK arm of the Forward Deployed AI Engineering team, delivering professional services for first-of-kind generative AI applications. You will build teams, advise executives, and influence product and GTM strategy across EMEA.

You will lead ML/DS teams, manage executive stakeholders, and shape scalable services across global delivery. This remote UK role reports to the AI FDE Director.

Qualifications

• Led and scaled data science/ML teams across complex engagements.
• Proven ability to guide enterprise AI transformations with senior stakeholders.
• Strong technical depth in ML, GenAI, data science, and production ML.
• Experience delivering production ML solutions on AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Track record shaping strategy with Sales, Product, and GTM teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead, hire, and develop a team of data scientists, ML engineers, and leads.
• Build executive relationships with EMEA customers and partners.
• Coordinate delivery across functions with field engineering and sales.
• Define scalable engagement models and reusable solutions for global teams.
• Influence product roadmap and go-to-market with customer insights.

Skills

Team leadership

Executive stakeholder management

Strategic product/GT M alignment

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentorship and coaching

Education

Graduate degree in quantitative discipline (CS/Eng/Stats/OR)

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Databricks is seeking a senior leader to run the UK arm of the Forward Deployed AI Engineering team, delivering professional services for first-of-kind generative AI applications. You will build teams, advise executives, and influence product and GTM strategy across EMEA.

You will lead ML/DS teams, manage executive stakeholders, and shape scalable services across global delivery. This remote UK role reports to the AI FDE Director.