Senior Data & AI FDE — Customer-Focused Architect

Databricks Inc.; Central (LA); On-site; USD 182,000 - 250,208; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer for Retail Central in the United States. You will own architecture, lead design decisions, and implement end-to-end systems spanning data engineering, AI, and application development using the Databricks platform.

You will deliver production‑grade solutions, guide transformational projects, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure secure, scalable deployments with measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in data engineering, data platforms & analytics, or software engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead production‑grade solution delivery including reference architectures, custom apps, data ingestion, and ML/AI model integration.
• Guide transformational big data projects end‑to‑end for customers with engagement managers input.
• Own architecture decisions ensuring security, scalability and alignment with Databricks best practices.
• Collaborate with engineering, product and customer teams to deliver engagement components.

Skills

Python

Scala

JavaScript/TypeScript

Cloud AWS/Azure/GCP

Apache Spark

CI/CD

MLOps

End-to-end data architectures

Technical project delivery

Documentation/white-boarding

Enterprise client experience

Travel 20%

Databricks Certification

Tools

Spark runtime internals

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer for Retail Central in the United States. You will own architecture, lead design decisions, and implement end-to-end systems spanning data engineering, AI, and application development using the Databricks platform.

You will deliver production‑grade solutions, guide transformational projects, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure secure, scalable deployments with measurable outcomes.