Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer

fde; United States; Hybrid; USD 182,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks seeks a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer on the AI Forward Deployed Engineering team in the United States. This customer-facing role builds and productionizes GenAI on the Databricks lakehouse platform, leveraging RAG, agent frameworks, and MLflow evaluations for enterprise customers.

The posted band is $182K–$250K per year, reflecting seniority and impact across geos and verticals. This position is part of Databricks’ growing FDE organization.

Responsibilities

• Role involves building and productionizing GenAI solutions on the Databricks platform for enterprise customers.

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 the US; posted band $182K–$250K. Verified live on Databricks' Greenhouse board.

Senior FDE on Databricks' deployment team in the US at $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: United States. Compensation: $182K–$250K. Posted August 21, 2026.