Senior Data & AI FDE: Production-Grade Solutions Architect

Fdetimes; Central (LA); On-site; USD 182,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to work with customers, owning architecture, leading design decisions, and delivering end-to-end data, AI, and application solutions on the Databricks platform. This hands-on, customer-facing role blends engineering with business impact and requires strong communication and delivery discipline.

You will travel up to 20% of the time, collaborate with engineers, product, and customer teams, and ship production-grade references, accelerators, and

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms or software engineering.
• Proficient in Python, Scala, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Working knowledge of two or more cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP) with expertise in at least one.
• Deep experience with distributed computing using Apache Spark and Spark internals.
• Familiarity with CI/CD for production deployments.
• Knowledge of MLOps, ML/AI models and AI APIs.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and design decisions for production-grade data/AI solutions.
• Deliver end-to-end systems including data ingestion, model integration, and applications.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and customer teams to scope and deliver.
• Embed with customer teams to drive adoption and measurable outcomes.
• Develop accelerators, frameworks, and best practices that scale across accounts.

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to work with customers, owning architecture, leading design decisions, and delivering end-to-end data, AI, and application solutions on the Databricks platform. This hands-on, customer-facing role blends engineering with business impact and requires strong communication and delivery discipline.

You will travel up to 20% of the time, collaborate with engineers, product, and customer teams, and ship production-grade references, accelerators, and