Senior Forward-Deployed Engineer (Federal, Hybrid)

Databricks Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 182,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks seeks a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer to work with federal government customers, delivering production-grade data and AI solutions on the Databricks platform.

You will own architecture, drive design decisions, and lead end-to-end deployments spanning data engineering, AI, and application development. This hybrid role requires 20-25% travel to client sites and a strong mix of technical delivery, customer empathy, and collaboration with engineers, product teams, and managers to ensure

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in data engineering, data platforms & analytics, or software engineering.
• Fluency in writing code in Python, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript; modern frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead production-grade data and AI solutions for federal government customers.
• Own architecture and design decisions for end-to-end data pipelines, ML/AI models and user interfaces.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and customer teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions.
• Deliver with customer empathy, training, and integration with client systems.
• Travel to customer locations 20-25% as required.

Skills

Python

Scala

JavaScript/TypeScript

AWS

Azure

GCP

Apache Spark

CI/CD

MLOps

Tools

Databricks Certification

Job description

Databricks seeks a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer to work with federal government customers, delivering production-grade data and AI solutions on the Databricks platform.

You will own architecture, drive design decisions, and lead end-to-end deployments spanning data engineering, AI, and application development. This hybrid role requires 20-25% travel to client sites and a strong mix of technical delivery, customer empathy, and collaboration with engineers, product teams, and managers to ensure