Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Secret Clearance (Public)

Databricks Inc.; Virginia (IL); Hybrid; USD 182,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks Inc. is seeking a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer to work with federal government customers, delivering end-to-end data & AI solutions on the Databricks platform.

You will own architecture, lead design decisions, and collaborate across engineering, product, and customer teams in a hybrid role with 20–25% travel. The ideal candidate combines strong data engineering and Spark expertise with adaptability, customer empathy, and a track record of delivering production systems that solve real

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in data engineering, data platforms & analytics, or software engineering.
• Working knowledge of two or more Cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP) with expertise in at least one.
• Deep experience with distributed computing with Apache Spark and knowledge of Spark runtime internals.
• Familiarity with CI/CD for production deployments.
• Working knowledge of MLOps, ML/AI models and AI APIs.
• Design and deployment of performant production end-to-end data architectures and applications that combine data pipelines, ML/AI models, and user-facing interfaces.
• Experience with technical project delivery, documentation and white-boarding skills.
• Experience working with enterprise clients and managing conflicts across a broad stakeholder range.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and design decisions for engagements, ensuring security, scalability, and alignment with customer needs.
• Deliver production-grade data and AI solutions with Databricks across data engineering, ML, and app layers.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and customer teams to shape technical delivery and roadmaps.
• Embed with customer teams to understand challenges and drive measurable outcomes.

Skills

Data engineering

Cloud ecosystems

Apache Spark

CI/CD

MLOps

ML/AI models

AI APIs

Project delivery

Stakeholder management

Tools

Databricks platform

Spark runtime internals

Job description

Databricks Inc. is seeking a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer to work with federal government customers, delivering end-to-end data & AI solutions on the Databricks platform.

You will own architecture, lead design decisions, and collaborate across engineering, product, and customer teams in a hybrid role with 20–25% travel. The ideal candidate combines strong data engineering and Spark expertise with adaptability, customer empathy, and a track record of delivering production systems that solve real