Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - National Security

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

Job summary

Databricks seeks a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - National Security to join the AI deployment team in the US. You will build and productionize GenAI on the Databricks platform for national-security customers, focusing on RAG over lakehouse data and agent frameworks.

The role offers a government-facing, clearance-track path with a high-impact deployment focus and competitive compensation in the $182K–$250K range.

Job description

Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - National Security

$182K–$250K Databricks data platform GenAI national security security clearance

United States; USCA · Posted August 14, 2026

Why it's interesting

Senior FDE on Databricks' national security deployment team in the US at $182K–$250K. A clearance-track national-security FDE seat — the highest-margin, least salary-transparent corner of deployment work, and Databricks is now openly staffing it.

The role

Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - National Security 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 national-security customers. Based in the US; posted band $182K–$250K. Verified live on Databricks' Greenhouse board.