Databricks
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
$182K–$250K
New York City, New York +1 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Mar 12, 2026
- Location
- New York City, New York
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
- Lead customer projects to design and deliver production-grade data architectures, applications, ingestion pipelines, and ML/AI integrations.
- Advise and embed with customer teams to guide architecture, adoption, and technical delivery.
- Coordinate with internal teams and customers to resolve 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 proficiency 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 distributed computing experience with Apache Spark and knowledge of Spark runtime internals.
- Experience delivering technical projects and production end-to-end 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)
Tools
Python, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript, AWS, Azure, GCP, Apache Spark, CI/CD
AI focus
Build and integrate ML/AI models and AI applications into production data solutions; working knowledge of MLOps and AI APIs is requested.
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