Databricks
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
$182K–$250K
Seattle, Washington +1 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Mar 12, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, Washington
Remote - Texas - Experience
- 6+ years; in data engineering, data platforms and analytics, or software engineering.
About the job
Build and productionize customer data and AI solutions on the Databricks platform, owning architecture and technical delivery from design through deployment.
What you'll do
- Deliver production-grade customer systems, including data pipelines, applications, and ML/AI integrations.
- Advise and guide customers on architecture, design, implementation, and adoption of Databricks.
- Coordinate technical delivery with customer and Databricks teams, 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 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 experience and knowledge of Spark runtime internals.
- Experience delivering technical projects and designing production data architectures and applications; familiarity with CI/CD, MLOps, ML/AI models, and AI APIs.
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
Integrate ML/AI models and AI APIs into production systems and customer data applications.
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