Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Data & AI Solutions

Databricks Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 182,000 - 250,208; Full time

Job summary

Databricks Inc. seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer in Mountain View to own architecture and deliver production-grade data and AI solutions for customers using the Databricks Platform.

You will lead design decisions, implement end-to-end systems, and work across data engineering, AI, and application development with strong customer empathy. The role is hands-on and customer-facing, requiring collaboration with engineering, product, and client teams, documentation, and the ability to travel up to

Qualifications

• 6+ years in data engineering, data platforms, or software engineering.
• Experience with two or more cloud ecosystems (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Deep experience with distributed computing using Apache Spark.
• Familiarity with CI/CD for production deployments.
• Working knowledge of ML/AI models and ML APIs.
• Strong documentation and white-boarding skills.
• Experience with enterprise clients and managing diverse stakeholders.
• Databricks Certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead production-grade customer projects: design reference architectures, data ingestion, and model integration.
• Guide transformational big data initiatives end-to-end from design to deployment.
• Own architecture decisions for secure, scalable Databricks-based solutions.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and customer teams to deliver value.
• Embed with customer teams, from ICs to executives, to understand challenges and deliver impact.
• Provide product feedback to engineering and support to accelerate issue resolution.
• Create reusable accelerators, frameworks, and best practices for cross-account impact.
• Travel to customer sites ~20% of the time.

Skills

Data engineering

Cloud ecosystems

Apache Spark

MLOps

CI/CD

Job description

Databricks Inc. seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer in Mountain View to own architecture and deliver production-grade data and AI solutions for customers using the Databricks Platform.

You will lead design decisions, implement end-to-end systems, and work across data engineering, AI, and application development with strong customer empathy. The role is hands-on and customer-facing, requiring collaboration with engineering, product, and client teams, documentation, and the ability to travel up to