Forward‑Deployed Data & AI Engineering Manager

United States Digital Space LLC; Virginia, Washington (MN, District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 211,800 - 291,300; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering to lead a high-performing team of Forward Deployed Engineers across Public Sector and major enterprise customers. You will shape migration to lakehouse architectures, build AI/GenAI systems, and drive measurable business value from data investments.

You will mentor engineers, set delivery quality standards, and collaborate with executives to accelerate mission-critical initiatives while maintaining a strong

Qualifications

• 4+ years of people leadership experience managing high-performing technical delivery teams or professional services.
• 5+ years hands-on IC experience as a technical solutions architect or data/AI engineer.
• Experience leading large-scale data migrations and AI/ML programs in enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of technical project delivery including SOWs, scope and timelines.
• Strong stakeholder management with C-suite influence.
• Familiarity with Spark, MLflow, Delta Lake or related AI ecosystem; direct experience valued.

Responsibilities

• Oversee regional performance targets including billable utilization and hiring while driving delivery excellence and customer success.
• Partner with Account Executives and Field Engineering leaders to scope and deliver PS programs across data migrations, AI/ML platforms, analytics.
• Establish best practices for project oversight, risk management, and quality standards at scale.
• Synthesize field insights to guide Engineering and Product management and create reusable accelerators.
• Serve as escalation lead for high-stakes customer situations to protect relationships.
• Mentor Forward Deployed Engineers through career pathways and technical coaching.

Skills

People leadership

Hands-on data/AI engineer

Data platform migrations

Project delivery management

Stakeholder management

Spark/MLflow/Delta Lake familiarity

Travel availability ~20%

Tools

Apache Spark

MLflow

Delta Lake

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering to lead a high-performing team of Forward Deployed Engineers across Public Sector and major enterprise customers. You will shape migration to lakehouse architectures, build AI/GenAI systems, and drive measurable business value from data investments.

You will mentor engineers, set delivery quality standards, and collaborate with executives to accelerate mission-critical initiatives while maintaining a strong