Databricks
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
$182K–$250K
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania +1 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Apr 3, 2026
- Location
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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, leading architecture and delivery from design through deployment.
What you'll do
- Lead customer projects delivering production-grade data architectures, applications, ingestion pipelines, and ML/AI integrations.
- Advise customers on architecture and design, embed with stakeholder teams, and guide successful evaluation and adoption of Databricks.
- Coordinate technical delivery with customer and Databricks teams, resolve implementation issues, and contribute reusable assets and product feedback.
What they ask for
- 6+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms and analytics, or software engineering.
- Code in at least one of Python, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern frameworks; working knowledge of at least two cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP) and expertise in one.
- Deep distributed computing experience with Apache Spark and knowledge of Spark runtime internals; familiarity with CI/CD and working knowledge of MLOps, ML/AI models, and AI APIs.
- Experience delivering technical projects and production end-to-end data architectures and applications, working with enterprise clients, and managing stakeholder conflicts.
Nice to have
- Databricks Certification
Pay
$182,000 — $250,208 USD (base salary), Zones 1–4
Tools
Databricks, Python, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript, AWS, Azure, GCP, Apache Spark
AI focus
Build and deploy data and AI solutions, including ML/AI model integrations, MLOps, and AI APIs.
Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative