Databricks
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services
$182K–$250K
Atlanta, Georgia +1 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jun 22, 2026
- Location
- Atlanta, Georgia
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 technical delivery for enterprise projects.
What you'll do
- Design, build, and deploy production-grade data architectures, applications, ingestion systems, and ML/AI integrations.
- Guide customers on architecture, implementation, adoption, and technical project delivery; collaborate with internal teams to resolve issues.
- Develop reusable accelerators and best practices, and share customer feedback to inform product direction.
What they ask for
- 6+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms and analytics, or software engineering.
- Code in at least one of Python, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern frameworks; cloud experience across at least two of AWS, Azure, GCP, with expertise in one.
- Deep experience with distributed computing using Apache Spark and knowledge of Spark runtime internals; familiarity with CI/CD for production deployments.
- Working knowledge of MLOps, ML/AI models, and AI APIs; experience delivering technical projects and working with enterprise clients.
Nice to have
- Databricks Certification
Pay
$182,000 — $250,208 USD (base salary; Zones 1–4)
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; apply MLOps practices.
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