Senior Data & AI Forward-Deployed Engineer

Databricks; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 182,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer to own architecture, lead design decisions, and implement end-to-end systems across data engineering, AI, and application development for customer engagements.

This hands-on, customer-facing role emphasizes delivering production-grade solutions with strong customer empathy and collaboration with cross-functional teams. Ideal candidates have 6+ years in data engineering or software engineering, proficiency in Python/Scala/JS, and cloud

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in data engineering, data platforms & analytics, or software engineering.
• Comfortable writing code in Python, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Knowledge of two or more major cloud ecosystems (AWS/Azure/GCP) with expertise in at least one.
• Deep experience with distributed computing with Apache Spark and Spark internals.
• Familiarity with CI/CD for production deployments.
• Experience with ML/AI models and MLOps.
• Strong design and deployment of end-to-end data architectures and apps.
• Experience delivering technical projects with measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead production-grade solutions by delivering reference architectures and data ingestion and ML/AI model integration.
• Guide transformational big data projects from design to deployment.
• Architect scalable, secure solutions aligned with customer needs and Databricks best practices.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and customer teams to ensure successful delivery.

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer to own architecture, lead design decisions, and implement end-to-end systems across data engineering, AI, and application development for customer engagements.

This hands-on, customer-facing role emphasizes delivering production-grade solutions with strong customer empathy and collaboration with cross-functional teams. Ideal candidates have 6+ years in data engineering or software engineering, proficiency in Python/Scala/JS, and cloud