Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector

fde; Berkeley (CA); Hybrid; USD 182,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks seeks a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer for the Public Sector to design and deploy GenAI solutions on the lakehouse platform, including RAG workflows and agent frameworks, for government and public agencies.

This customer-facing role based in Berkeley, CA collaborates across teams to productionize models, evaluate ML workloads with MLflow, and ensure robust deployment in public-sector environments.

Qualifications

• Senior Forward Deployed Engineer for public sector deployments.
• Experience with GenAI, lakehouse data, RAG, and MLflow evals.

Responsibilities

• Build and productionize GenAI on Databricks platform for public-sector customers.
• Collaborate with customer-facing teams to deploy end-to-end solutions.

Job description

Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector 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 public-sector customers. Based in Berkeley, California; California; Los Angeles, California; San Diego, California; posted band $182K–$250K. Verified live on Databricks' Greenhouse board.

Senior FDE on Databricks' public sector deployment team in Berkeley, California; California; Los Angeles, California; San Diego, California at a transparent $182K–$250K. Public-sector FDE work is the federal/gov land-grab — Databricks is carving out a dedicated, often clearance-gated track alongside AWS, Scale, and Cognition.

Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector at Databricks. Location: Berkeley, California; California; Los Angeles, California; San Diego, California. Compensation: $182K–$250K. Posted July 28, 2026.