Databricks
Sr. Deployment Strategist, FDE - Digital Native Business
$220K–$302K
San Francisco, California +1 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, California
Remote - California - Experience
- Typically 7+ years delivering complex customer-facing data, analytics, AI, or software engagements, or equivalent experience as a founder or technical builder.
About the job
Own customer-facing product strategy and delivery for high-value data and AI engagements, from executive discovery and MVP definition through production launch and adoption.
What you'll do
- Scope customer problems and business value; define pilots, MVPs, success criteria, and timelines.
- Write PRDs, prioritize engineering work, lead technical discovery and delivery, and ensure production readiness.
- Manage launch and adoption, prove business value, plan handoffs, and identify follow-on engagements.
What they ask for
- Strong executive communication, product judgment, and ability to lead complex agile software projects.
- Technical fluency in data and AI architectures, including cloud platforms, pipelines, APIs, security, machine learning, and generative AI.
- Proficiency in at least one of Python, Java, or SQL; ability to explore data, review code, prototype, and troubleshoot.
- Experience delivering data, machine learning, or generative AI systems into production.
Nice to have
- Experience in a high-growth technology company, forward-deployed organization, or leading consultancy.
- Willingness to work onsite with customers, often 25–50%, sometimes higher.
Pay
$219,765 — $302,220 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, Java, SQL
AI focus
Lead customer engagements delivering data, machine learning, and generative AI systems into production.
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