Databricks
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
$182K–$250K
Los Angeles, California +1 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Mar 12, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, California
Remote - Texas - Experience
- 6+ years in data engineering, data platforms and analytics, or software engineering.
About the job
Build and productionize customer-facing data and AI solutions on the Databricks platform, owning architecture and delivery from design through deployment.
What you'll do
- Deliver production-grade customer systems, including data pipelines, applications, and ML/AI integrations.
- Guide customers on architecture and implementation, coordinating technical delivery with customer and Databricks teams.
- Create reusable accelerators and provide product and implementation feedback to Databricks teams.
What they ask for
- 6+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms and analytics, or software engineering.
- Code in Python, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern frameworks.
- Working knowledge of at least two cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP), with expertise in at least one; deep Apache Spark distributed-computing experience and knowledge of Spark runtime internals.
- Experience with CI/CD, MLOps and ML/AI models or APIs, production data architecture, technical project delivery, and enterprise clients.
Nice to have
- Databricks Certification
Pay
$182,000 — $250,208 USD (base salary); $182,000 — $250,208 USD (base salary); $182,000 — $250,208 USD (base salary); $182,000 — $250,208 USD (base salary)
Tools
Databricks, Python, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript, AWS, Azure, GCP, Apache Spark™
AI focus
Build and integrate ML/AI models and AI APIs into production data architectures and customer applications; guide customer data and AI projects.
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