Databricks
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
$182K–$250K
Atlanta, Georgia +1 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Mar 12, 2026
- Location
- Atlanta, Georgia
Remote - Texas - Experience
- 6+ years in data engineering, data platforms, and analytics.
About the job
Delivers client-facing data engineering, data science, cloud, and AI projects using the Databricks platform, from architecture and implementation through deployment and support.
What you'll do
- Design and build reference architectures, productionize customer use cases, and guide data and AI transformations and migrations.
- Scope and deliver professional services engagements, coordinating with customers and Databricks teams to meet project requirements.
- Advise on architecture, support customer operations, and provide product and implementation feedback.
What they ask for
- 6+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms, and analytics.
- Coding ability in Python, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern frameworks.
- Working knowledge of at least two cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP), with expertise in one; deep Apache Spark distributed computing experience and knowledge of Spark runtime internals.
- Experience with CI/CD, MLOps, end-to-end data architecture, technical project delivery, and client work.
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
Guide deployment of AI applications and work on data science and MLOps projects.
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