Senior FDE - Data, AI & Customer Solutions Architect

Databricks Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 182,000 - 250,208; Full time

Job summary

Databricks Inc. in Washington, D.C. is seeking a Sr.

Forward Deployed Engineer to own architecture and deliver end-to-end data, AI, and application solutions on the Databricks platform. You will work closely with customers, engineers, and product teams to design scalable, secure architectures and drive measurable business outcomes. This is a hands-on, customer-facing role requiring deep engineering expertise, adaptability, and strong communication to translate complex concepts into tangible

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in data engineering, data platforms or software engineering.
• 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 knowledge of Spark runtime internals.
• Familiarity with CI/CD for production deployments.
• Working knowledge of MLOps, ML/AI models and AI APIs.
• Experience with designing production end-to-end data architectures and applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead production-grade delivery by designing reference architectures and integrating data pipelines and ML models.
• Guide strategic customers on end-to-end design, build, and deployment of big data and AI applications.
• Own architecture decisions to ensure secure, scalable solutions aligned with customer needs and Databricks practices.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and customer teams to deliver engagements.

Skills

Data engineering

Cloud platforms

Distributed computing

CI/CD

MLOps

Customer-facing

Tools

Apache Spark

Databricks Platform

MLflow

Job description

Databricks Inc. in Washington, D.C. is seeking a Sr.

Forward Deployed Engineer to own architecture and deliver end-to-end data, AI, and application solutions on the Databricks platform. You will work closely with customers, engineers, and product teams to design scalable, secure architectures and drive measurable business outcomes. This is a hands-on, customer-facing role requiring deep engineering expertise, adaptability, and strong communication to translate complex concepts into tangible