Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Data & AI (Hybrid)

Fdetimes; Boston, New York (MA, NY); Hybrid; USD 182,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer to partner with federal government customers, delivering production-grade data and AI solutions on the Databricks platform. You will own architecture, lead design decisions, and implement end-to-end systems spanning data engineering, AI, and application development.

This role is hands-on and customer-facing, requiring collaboration with engineering, product, and customer teams. Hybrid work with 20–25% travel to customer sites is expected.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in data engineering, data platforms & analytics, or software engineering.
• Fluency in Python, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript; strong modern framework knowledge.
• Experience with two or more cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP) and Spark runtime internals.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and deliver end-to-end data & AI solutions for federal clients.
• Own design decisions and ensure secure, scalable implementations.
• Collaborate across engineering, product, and customer teams to drive outcomes.

Skills

Data engineering

Python

Scala

TypeScript

Cloud platforms

Spark

MLOps

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer to partner with federal government customers, delivering production-grade data and AI solutions on the Databricks platform. You will own architecture, lead design decisions, and implement end-to-end systems spanning data engineering, AI, and application development.

This role is hands-on and customer-facing, requiring collaboration with engineering, product, and customer teams. Hybrid work with 20–25% travel to customer sites is expected.