Drimva

Databricks

Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games

$182K–$250K

Boston, Massachusetts +1 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Mar 12, 2026

Location
Boston, Massachusetts
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

  • Lead customer projects to design and deliver production-grade data architectures, applications, ingestion systems, and ML/AI integrations.
  • Advise and embed with customer teams to guide architecture, adoption, and delivery of strategic data and AI projects.
  • Coordinate with Databricks teams and customers to 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.
  • Ability to 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 distributed-computing experience with Apache Spark and knowledge of Spark runtime internals.
  • Experience delivering technical projects, designing and deploying production end-to-end data architectures and applications, and working with enterprise clients and stakeholders.

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with CI/CD, MLOps, ML/AI models, and AI APIs.
  • 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 data architectures and applications; deliver customer data and AI solutions.

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First seen Oct 10, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)