Senior Data & AI Deployment Engineer

United States Digital Space LLC; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 182,000 - 250,208; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer to work with customers on data & AI challenges using our platform. You will own the architecture, lead design decisions, and implement end-to-end systems spanning data engineering, AI, and application development.

This hands-on, customer-facing role requires building production-grade solutions, guiding strategic customers through end-to-end design, and delivering with exceptional customer empathy. Travel to customers ~20% is expected.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in data engineering, data platforms & analytics, or software engineering.
• Comfortable writing code in Python, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript and modern frameworks.
• Working knowledge of two or more Cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP) with expertise in at least one.
• Deep experience with distributed computing with Apache Spark and knowledge of Spark runtime internals.
• Familiarity with CI/CD for production deployments.
• Working knowledge of MLOps, ML/AI models and AI APIs.
• Design and deployment of performant production end-to-end data architectures and applications that combine data pipelines, ML/AI models, and user-facing interfaces.
• Experience with technical project delivery - managing scope, timelines and measurable outcomes, translating complex concepts into actionable solutions.
• Documentation and white-boarding skills.
• Experience working with enterprise clients and managing conflicts across a broad stakeholder range.
• Build skills in technical areas, and demonstrate curiosity, adaptability, and eagerness to explore new technologies which support the deployment and integration of the company-based solutions to complete customer projects.
• Travel to customers 20% of the time
• the company Certification

Responsibilities

• Lead production‑grade solution delivery by building reference architectures, custom applications and data ingestion with ML/AI model integration.
• Own architecture and design decisions to ensure secure, scalable solutions.
• Collaborate with engagement managers to scope technical delivery work with input from the customer.
• Embed with customer teams to deeply understand challenges and deliver impactful outcomes.
• Provide product and implementation feedback to guide rapid issue resolution.
• Work with engineering and customer support to ensure successful engagement delivery.
• Contribute accelerators, frameworks and best practices that scale across accounts and influence product roadmap.

Skills

Data engineering

Data platforms

Analytics

Python

Scala

JavaScript/TypeScript

CI/CD

MLOps

ML/AI models

AI APIs

Tools

Apache Spark

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer to work with customers on data & AI challenges using our platform. You will own the architecture, lead design decisions, and implement end-to-end systems spanning data engineering, AI, and application development.

This hands-on, customer-facing role requires building production-grade solutions, guiding strategic customers through end-to-end design, and delivering with exceptional customer empathy. Travel to customers ~20% is expected.