Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer

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

Job summary

Databricks in Chicago, IL seeks a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer to join the AI Forward Deployed Engineering team, building and productionizing GenAI on the Databricks platform, including RAG over lakehouse data and agent frameworks.

Location: Chicago; Compensation: $182K–$250K; posted Aug 21, 2026. This is a customer-facing role within a large forward-deployed engineering org.

Job description

Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer on Databricks' AI Forward Deployed Engineering team — a customer-facing group that builds and productionizes GenAI on the Databricks platform (RAG over lakehouse data, agent frameworks, MLflow evals) for enterprise customers. Based in Chicago, Illinois; posted band $182K–$250K. Verified live on Databricks' Greenhouse board.

Senior FDE on Databricks' deployment team in Chicago, Illinois at a transparent $182K–$250K. Part of the largest forward-deployed engineering org outside Palantir — Databricks now runs FDE across dozens of geos and verticals simultaneously.

Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer at Databricks. Location: Chicago, Illinois. Compensation: $182K–$250K. Posted August 21, 2026.