Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Retail

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics, and agents.

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.

• Lead impactful customer technical projects by delivering production-grade systems, designing and building reference architectures, custom applications, data ingestion, and ML/AI model integration
• Guide strategic customers as they implement transformational big data projects including end-to-end design, build, and deployment
• Guide customers on architecture and design; bootstrap or implement customer projects
• Lead architecture and design decisions, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with customer needs and Databricks best practices
• Embed with customer teams, engaging with stakeholders from technical ICs to executives
• Contribute accelerators, frameworks, and best practices that scale impact across accounts

• 6+ years experience in data engineering, data platforms & analytics, or software engineering
• Comfortable writing code in 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
• Experience with technical project delivery - managing scope, timelines, and measurable outcomes
• Documentation and white-boarding skills
• Experience working with enterprise clients and managing conflicts across a broad stakeholder range
• Travel to customers 20% of the time

Base salary range: $182,000—$250,208 USD (all zones). Total compensation may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus and equity.

Annual performance bonus and equity eligibility.

Apply via the Databricks careers job posting.