Senior GenAI FDE — Retail AI Platform

fde; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 182,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks in Chicago is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) for retail deployments, focusing on GenAI solutions built on the Databricks platform. You will work directly with customers to design and productionize AI features, including RAG over lakehouse data and agent frameworks.

Based in Chicago, you will join a transparent, banded salary range and contribute to a growing retail deployment bench that targets demand forecasting and personalization workloads.

Qualifications

• Senior Forward Deployed Engineer with GenAI experience for retail deployments.
• Experience with RAG over lakehouse data and MLflow evaluation.
• Customer-facing role based in Chicago.

Responsibilities

• Build and productionize GenAI solutions for retail customers.
• Collaborate with customers to tailor AI features on Databricks platform.
• Provide hands-on guidance from design to deployment and evaluation.

Skills

GenAI

RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)

Agent frameworks

MLflow

Databricks platform

Retail deployment

Job description

Databricks in Chicago is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) for retail deployments, focusing on GenAI solutions built on the Databricks platform. You will work directly with customers to design and productionize AI features, including RAG over lakehouse data and agent frameworks.

Based in Chicago, you will join a transparent, banded salary range and contribute to a growing retail deployment bench that targets demand forecasting and personalization workloads.