Senior Data & AI Solutions Architect - Forward Deployed

Databricks; New York (NY); On-site; USD 182,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is a Data + AI company delivering scalable data and AI platforms to thousands of customers worldwide. The Forward Deployed Engineer role centers on building and productionizing customer solutions using the Databricks platform, owning architecture, guiding design decisions, and delivering end-to-end systems across data engineering, AI, and application development.

In this hands-on, customer-facing role you will lead architecture decisions, work with cross-functional teams, and ensure

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in data engineering or software engineering.
• Proficient in Python, Scala, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• 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.
• Familiarity with CI/CD for production deployments.
• Working knowledge of MLOps, ML/AI models and AI APIs.
• End-to-end data architectures and applications combining data pipelines, ML/AI models, and user-facing interfaces.
• Experience with technical project delivery and stakeholder management.
• Willingness to travel to customers ~20%.
• Databricks Certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead production-grade customer technical projects, designing reference architectures and data pipelines.
• Drive end-to-end design, build and deployment of big data and AI applications for transformational impact.
• Guide customers on architecture and design; bootstrap or implement customer projects.
• Ensure secure, scalable solutions aligned with customer needs and Databricks best practices.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and customer teams to deliver engagements.
• Provide product and implementation feedback to guide rapid issue resolution.
• Embed with customer teams to understand challenges and deliver tangible impact.
• Contribute accelerators, frameworks and best practices that scale across accounts.

Skills

Problem solving

Customer-facing

Communication

Team collaboration

Tools

Python

Scala

JavaScript/TypeScript

Apache Spark

CI/CD

MLOps

Job description

Databricks is a Data + AI company delivering scalable data and AI platforms to thousands of customers worldwide. The Forward Deployed Engineer role centers on building and productionizing customer solutions using the Databricks platform, owning architecture, guiding design decisions, and delivering end-to-end systems across data engineering, AI, and application development.

In this hands-on, customer-facing role you will lead architecture decisions, work with cross-functional teams, and ensure