Drimva

Databricks

Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Manufacturing

$182K–$250K

New York City, New York +1 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Dec 17, 2025

Location
New York City, New York
Remote - Texas
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 from design through deployment.

What you'll do

  • Lead customer projects to design, build, and deploy production-grade data architectures, applications, and ML/AI integrations.
  • Advise and empower customers on architecture, implementation, and Databricks adoption while coordinating with customer and internal teams.
  • Develop reusable accelerators and provide product and implementation feedback to Databricks teams.

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.
  • 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 and production end-to-end data architectures or applications; familiarity with CI/CD and working knowledge of MLOps, ML/AI models, and AI APIs.

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

Build and productionize AI solutions, integrate ML/AI models and AI APIs, and deliver data and AI applications.

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