Senior Forward Deployed Engineer: Data & AI Solutions

Databricks

California (MO)

On-site

USD 182,000 - 250,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to work with customers to design and productionize data and AI solutions on the Databricks Platform. You will own the architecture, lead design decisions, and implement end-to-end systems across data engineering, AI, and application development.

This hands-on, customer-facing role requires engineering excellence, curiosity, and empathy to deliver measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

Lead production‑grade customer technical projects by delivering production‑grade systems, designing and building reference architectures, custom applications and data ingestion and ML/AI model integration.
Guide strategic customers as they implement big data projects including end-to-end design, build and deployment of data and AI applications.
Bootstrap or implement customer projects which leads to successful understanding, evaluation and adoption of Databricks.
Lead architecture and design decisions, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with customer needs and Databricks best practices.
Collaborate with Engineering and Customer Support to provide product and implementation feedback and guide rapid issue resolution.
Embed with customer teams, engaging with stakeholders from technical ICs to executives to understand challenges and deliver impact.