Databricks
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences
$182K–$250K
Chicago, Illinois +1 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Apr 3, 2026
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois
Remote - California - Experience
- 6+ years; experience may be in data engineering, data platforms and analytics, or software engineering.
About the job
Build and productionize customer-facing data and AI solutions on Databricks, owning architecture and technical delivery from design through deployment.
What you'll do
- Lead customer projects delivering production-grade data architectures, applications, ingestion, and ML/AI integrations.
- Advise customers on architecture and design, embed with stakeholders, and support successful adoption of Databricks.
- Coordinate with customer and Databricks teams on delivery, product feedback, issue resolution, and reusable assets.
What they ask for
- 6+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms and analytics, or software engineering.
- 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 distributed computing experience and knowledge of Spark runtime internals.
- Experience with CI/CD, MLOps, ML/AI models and APIs, production data architectures, technical project delivery, and enterprise clients.
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; support customers’ data and AI projects.
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