Databricks
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Manufacturing
$182K–$250K
Seattle, Washington +1 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Apr 3, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, Washington
Remote - Texas - Experience
- 6+ years in data engineering, data platforms and analytics, or software engineering.
About the job
Build and productionize customer-facing data, AI, and application solutions on the Databricks platform, leading architecture and delivery from design through deployment.
What you'll do
- Lead customer technical projects, delivering production systems, reference architectures, applications, data ingestion, and ML/AI integrations.
- Guide customers on architecture, design, implementation, and adoption; coordinate delivery with customer and Databricks teams.
- Provide product and implementation feedback and contribute reusable accelerators, frameworks, and best practices.
What they ask for
- Comfortable coding in Python, Scala, JavaScript, or 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.
- Familiarity with CI/CD, MLOps, ML/AI models, and AI APIs.
- Experience delivering technical projects and working with enterprise clients and broad stakeholder groups.
Nice to have
- Databricks Certification
Pay
$182,000 — $250,208 USD (base salary; Zone 1); $182,000 — $250,208 USD (base salary; Zone 2); $182,000 — $250,208 USD (base salary; Zone 3); $182,000 — $250,208 USD (base salary; Zone 4)
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 customer data and AI projects.
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