Senior FDE for Federal Data & AI (Secret Clearance)

Databricks; Ohio; Hybrid; USD 153,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer to work with federal government customers, owning architecture and delivering end-to-end data, AI, and application solutions on the Databricks platform.

The role is hands-on, customer-facing, and requires travel to client sites 20-25% of the time. The ideal candidate combines engineering expertise with customer empathy and can lead cross-functional design decisions while ensuring scalable, secure architectures that maximize value from data

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in data engineering, data platforms & analytics, or software engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and end-to-end delivery of data/AI solutions for federal customers.
• Design reference architectures and data pipelines integrated with ML/AI models.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and customer teams to meet requirements.

Skills

Python/Scala/JS

Cloud skills

Apache Spark

CI/CD

MLOps

Architecture

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer to work with federal government customers, owning architecture and delivering end-to-end data, AI, and application solutions on the Databricks platform.

The role is hands-on, customer-facing, and requires travel to client sites 20-25% of the time. The ideal candidate combines engineering expertise with customer empathy and can lead cross-functional design decisions while ensuring scalable, secure architectures that maximize value from data