Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services

Socket.dev; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 182,000 - 250,208; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Databricks Certification

Travel 20% of the time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer to work with customers in Dallas on data, AI, and platform solutions using Databricks.

You will own architecture, lead design decisions, and deliver end-to-end deployments spanning data engineering, ML/AI models, and applications, while embedding with customer teams to ensure measurable business impact.

Travel up to 20% and collaborate with cross-functional teams to align solutions with Databricks best practices.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of data engineering, analytics, or software engineering experience.
• Proficient in Python, Scala, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience with distributed computing and Apache Spark.
• Cloud platform experience (AWS/Azure/GCP) and CI/CD familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Lead production-grade solution delivery including data ingestion and AI model integration.
• Guide strategic customers and scope technical delivery work.
• Own architecture decisions ensuring security and scalability.
• Embed with customer teams and provide feedback to product.
• Create accelerators and best practices for scale.

Skills

Data engineering

Python

Scala

JavaScript/TypeScript

Apache Spark

AWS

Azure

GCP

CI/CD

MLOps

Job description

Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services Dallas, Texas

As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) you will work with customers to build and productionize solutions to their data & AI challenges using the Databricks platform. You will own the architecture, lead design decisions, and implement end-to-end systems spanning data engineering, AI, and application development. We work cross-functionally to shape long-term strategic priorities and initiatives alongside engineering, product, and developer relations. FDEs deliver with customer empathy, integrating with client systems, training, and other technical needs to help customers get most value out of their data.

This is a hands‑on, customer‑facing role for builders who thrive at the intersection of technology and business impact. The ideal candidate combines engineering expertise with adaptability, curiosity, and a passion for working with customers and teammates to solve complex problems that drive measurable outcomes. FDEs are billable and know how to complete projects according to specification with exceptional customer empathy.

The impact you will have:

• Production Solution Delivery: Lead impactful customer technical projects by delivering production‑grade systems, designing and building reference architectures, custom applications and data ingestion and ML/AI model integration
• Transformational Impact: Guide strategic customers as they implement transformational big data projects including end-to-end design, build and deployment of industry-leading big data and AI applications. Work with engagement managers to scope technical delivery work with input from the customer
• Empower Customers: Guide customers on architecture and design; bootstrap or implement customer projects which leads to a customers' successful understanding, evaluation and adoption of Databricks.
• Own the Architecture: Lead architecture and design decisions, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with both customer needs and Databricks best practices.
• Work with the Databricks technical team, Project Manager, Architect and Customer team to ensure the technical components of the engagement are delivered to meet customer's needs.
• Work with Engineering and Databricks Customer Support to provide product and implementation feedback and to guide rapid resolution for engagement specific product and support issues.
• Customer Immersion: Embed with customer teams, engaging with stakeholders from technical ICs to executives to deeply understand challenges and deliver impact.
• Reusable Assets & Scale: Contribute accelerators, frameworks, and best practices that scale impact across accounts and influence the Databricks product roadmap.

What we look for:

• 6+ years experience in data engineering, data platforms & analytics, or software engineering
• Comfortable writing code in either Python, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern frameworks
• Working knowledge of two or more common 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 - managing scope, timelines and measurable outcomes, translating complex concepts into actionable solutions.
• Documentation and white-boarding skills.
• Experience working with enterprise clients and managing conflicts across a broad stakeholder range
• Build skills in technical areas, and demonstrate curiosity, adaptability, and eagerness to explore new technologies which support the deployment and integration of Databricks-based solutions to complete customer projects.
• Travel to customers 20% of the time
• Databricks Certification

Pay Range Transparency

• Zone 1 Pay Range $182,000 - $250,208 USD
• Zone 2 Pay Range $182,000 - $250,208 USD
• Zone 3 Pay Range $182,000 - $250,208 USD
• Zone 4 Pay Range $182,000 - $250,208 USD

About Databricks

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide - including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 - rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter ,LinkedIn and Facebook.

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