Databricks GenAI Forward-Deployed Engineer

Deloitte France; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 135,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

Deloitte is seeking a Databricks Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to rapidly prototype and deliver GenAI-enabled solutions for government and public sector clients in the United States. You will embed with client teams, translate business needs into AI-driven outcomes, and mentor peers while delivering scalable, production-quality code.

Role emphasizes strong collaboration, architecture decisions balancing risk and performance, and hands-on work with Databricks tools to drive measurable business

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Active US government security clearance (minimum Secret level).
• 4+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, data science, or analytics engineering.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying GenAI/LLM-powered solutions in client or production environments.
• 2+ years of experience with Databricks including hands-on experience with Lakeflow Connect, Agent Bricks, and Databricks Apps.
• 2+ years of experience leading project workstreams/engagements and translating business problems into AI solutions.
• 2+ years of experience building reliable, maintainable, and well-documented code and CI/CD DevOps in Databricks.
• Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Responsibilities

• Embed with clients to identify business needs and translate high-value GenAI use cases into solutions.
• Partner with leaders, product owners, architects, and engineers to align priorities and delivery.
• Lead working sessions to shape solutions and drive client outcomes.
• Prototype and deliver working AI solutions using industry expertise and emerging capabilities.
• Contribute independently within an FDE pod while mentoring newer team members.
• Build AI-enabled solutions, agentic platforms, and workflows across enterprise AI platforms.
• Develop scalable AI engineering patterns, tool-use approaches, and human-in-the-loop controls.
• Apply architecture decisions that balance quality, safety, latency, cost, and model risk.
• Deliver production-quality code using strong practices in testing, CI/CD, logging, versioning, and documentation.
• Design extensible functionality, support sprint sizing, and align solutions with senior team members.
• Contribute reusable assets including code, prompt libraries, runbooks, and reference implementations.

Skills

Independent work

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Relationship building

Project leadership

Task prioritisation

Professional demeanor

Meet deadlines

Mentoring others

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Databricks

Lakeflow Connect

Agent Bricks

Databricks Apps

Spark

Airflow

dbt

Job description

Deloitte is seeking a Databricks Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to rapidly prototype and deliver GenAI-enabled solutions for government and public sector clients in the United States. You will embed with client teams, translate business needs into AI-driven outcomes, and mentor peers while delivering scalable, production-quality code.

Role emphasizes strong collaboration, architecture decisions balancing risk and performance, and hands-on work with Databricks tools to drive measurable business