Senior Forward-Deployed Data & AI Architect

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Annual bonus

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to partner with customers to design, build, and productionize data & AI solutions on the Databricks platform.

You will own the architecture, drive design decisions, and deliver end-to-end systems spanning data engineering, AI, and application development while maintaining strong customer empathy. This hands-on role requires expertise, adaptability, and a passion for solving complex customer problems with measurable impact.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead production-grade data/AI solutions delivery on Databricks.
• Architect end-to-end data pipelines and ML/AI model integration.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and customer teams to ensure secure, scalable deployments.
• Travel to customers up to 20%.

Skills

Data engineering

Data platforms

Analytics

Software engineering

Cloud platforms

Architecture design

Project delivery

Documentation

Travel readiness

Tools

Apache Spark

CI/CD pipelines

Databricks platform

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to partner with customers to design, build, and productionize data & AI solutions on the Databricks platform.

You will own the architecture, drive design decisions, and deliver end-to-end systems spanning data engineering, AI, and application development while maintaining strong customer empathy. This hands-on role requires expertise, adaptability, and a passion for solving complex customer problems with measurable impact.