GenAI-Driven Databricks Forward Deployed Engineer

Relha LLC; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 91,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Deloitte’s AI & Data team is seeking a Databricks Forward Deployed Engineer to prototype and deliver GenAI-enabled solutions for clients. You will work with senior client teams to turn business needs into measurable outcomes, delivering working software quickly and confidently.

Responsibilities include embedding with clients, shaping solutions, mentoring teammates, and building scalable AI patterns across enterprise platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Active US government security clearance (minimum Secret level)
• 2+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, data science, or analytics engineering.
• 1+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying GenAI/LLM-powered solutions in client or production environments.
• 1+ years of experience with Databricks including hands-on experience with Lakeflow Connect, Agent Bricks, and Databricks Apps.
• 1+ years of experience leading project workstreams/engagements and translating business problems into AI solutions.
• 1+ 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

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Project leadership

Time management

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/DS/Engineering

Tools

Databricks

Lakeflow Connect

Agent Bricks

Databricks Apps

CI/CD

Job description

Deloitte’s AI & Data team is seeking a Databricks Forward Deployed Engineer to prototype and deliver GenAI-enabled solutions for clients. You will work with senior client teams to turn business needs into measurable outcomes, delivering working software quickly and confidently.

Responsibilities include embedding with clients, shaping solutions, mentoring teammates, and building scalable AI patterns across enterprise platforms.