Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer

fde; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 182,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks in San Francisco, CA seeks a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to join the AI Forward Deployed Engineering team. You will build and productionize GenAI on the Databricks platform for enterprise customers, including RAG over lakehouse data and agent frameworks.

The role is based in San Francisco with a posted salary band of $182K–$250K, reflecting a high-impact, customer-facing engineering environment.

Qualifications

• Senior FDE with customer-facing experience.
• Experience deploying GenAI solutions.
• Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and productionize GenAI on the Databricks platform.
• Engage with enterprise customers to implement solutions.
• Collaborate with AI and platform teams to ensure reliability.

Skills

Forward Deployed Engineer

GenAI

RAG

MLflow

Tools

MLflow

Agent frameworks

Job description

San Francisco, California · Posted August 21, 2026

Why it's interesting

Senior FDE on Databricks' deployment team in San Francisco, California 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.

The role

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 San Francisco, California; posted band $182K–$250K. Verified live on Databricks' Greenhouse board.