Databricks
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
$182K–$250K
Seattle, Washington +1 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 14, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, Washington
Remote - California - 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 build production-grade data, AI, and application systems.
- Advise customers on architecture and implementation, and coordinate delivery with customer and Databricks teams.
- Develop reusable assets and share product and implementation feedback with Databricks teams.
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 Apache Spark experience and knowledge of Spark runtime internals.
- Familiarity with CI/CD, MLOps, ML/AI models and AI APIs, and production end-to-end data architecture and application deployment.
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
Integrate ML/AI models and AI APIs into production data architectures and applications; deliver customer AI solutions.
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