Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Data & AI — Hybrid (Govt)

Databricks Inc.; Montgomery (AL); Hybrid; USD 182,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks Inc. seeks a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer to partner with federal, state, and local government customers, delivering production-grade data, AI, and application systems using the Databricks platform.

You will own architecture, guide design decisions, and work across engineering, product, and client teams to deploy scalable, secure solutions that drive measurable business outcomes while traveling 20-25% to customer sites.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms & analytics, or software engineering.
• Proficiency in Python, Scala, and JavaScript/TypeScript with modern frameworks.
• Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP, at least one.
• Deep experience with Apache Spark and runtime internals.
• CI/CD for production deployments.
• Familiarity with MLOps and AI APIs.
• Design and deployment of scalable production data architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead production-ready data and AI solution delivery for government customers.
• Guide end-to-end design, build, and deployment of data pipelines, models, and apps.
• Own architecture decisions ensuring security, scalability, and alignment with Databricks best practices.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and customer teams to deliver value.
• Deliver reusable accelerators and best practices that scale across accounts.

Skills

Python

Scala

JavaScript/TypeScript

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Apache Spark

CI/CD

MLOps

Data architecture

Stakeholder management

Tools

Databricks Certification

Job description

Databricks Inc. seeks a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer to partner with federal, state, and local government customers, delivering production-grade data, AI, and application systems using the Databricks platform.

You will own architecture, guide design decisions, and work across engineering, product, and client teams to deploy scalable, secure solutions that drive measurable business outcomes while traveling 20-25% to customer sites.