Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Retail

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

$182K–$250K Databricks data platform GenAI retail

Why it's interesting

Senior FDE on Databricks' retail deployment team in Chicago, Illinois at a transparent $182K–$250K. Retail FDE seats target demand-forecasting and personalization workloads — Databricks is building a named retail deployment bench.

The role

Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Retail 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 retail customers. Based in Chicago, Illinois; posted band $182K–$250K. Verified live on Databricks' Greenhouse board.

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