Senior Data & AI FDE: Enterprise Solutions Architect

Databricks Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 182,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer to partner with customers in the Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games sector in New York City.

You will own architecture, lead design decisions, and implement end-to-end data, AI, and application systems on the Databricks platform. In this hands-on, customer-facing role you will deliver production-grade solutions, guide transformational big data initiatives, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enable rapid value realization

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in data engineering, data platforms & analytics, or software engineering.
• Proficient in Python, Scala, or JavaScript/TypeScript and modern frameworks.
• Experience with two or more cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP) with expertise in at least one.
• Deep experience with distributed computing with Apache Spark and Spark internals.
• CI/CD for production deployments.
• Familiarity with MLOps and ML/AI models.
• Design and deployment of production end-to-end data architectures combining data pipelines, ML/AI models, and user-facing interfaces.
• Experience with technical project delivery - managing scope, timelines and measurable outcomes.
• Documentation and white-boarding skills.
• Experience with enterprise clients and stakeholder management.
• Willingness to travel 20%.
• Databricks Certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead impactful customer technical projects by delivering production-grade systems, designing and building reference architectures, custom applications and data ingestion and ML/AI model integration.
• Guide strategic customers as they implement transformational big data projects including end-to-end design, build and deployment of industry-leading big data and AI applications.
• Guide customers on architecture and design; bootstrap or implement customer projects which leads to a customers' successful understanding, evaluation and adoption of Databricks.
• Lead architecture and design decisions, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with customer needs and Databricks best practices.
• Work with the Databricks technical team, Project Manager, Architect and Customer team to ensure the technical components of the engagement are delivered to meet customer's needs.
• Provide product and implementation feedback to Databricks Engineering and Customer Support for rapid issue resolution.
• Embed with customer teams, engaging with stakeholders from technical ICs to executives to deeply understand challenges and deliver impact.
• Contribute accelerators, frameworks, and best practices that scale impact across accounts and influence the Databricks product roadmap.

Skills

Data engineering

Python/Scala/JS

Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Apache Spark

CI/CD

MLOps

Data architectures

Project delivery

Documentation

Enterprise clients

Travel 20%

Databricks Certification

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer to partner with customers in the Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games sector in New York City.

You will own architecture, lead design decisions, and implement end-to-end data, AI, and application systems on the Databricks platform. In this hands-on, customer-facing role you will deliver production-grade solutions, guide transformational big data initiatives, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enable rapid value realization