Databricks
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Retail
$182K–$250K
Remote - California · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 23, 2026
- 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 deliver production-grade data, AI, and application systems.
- Guide customer architecture, adoption, and technical delivery while coordinating with internal and customer teams.
- Develop reusable accelerators and provide product and implementation feedback.
What they ask for
- 6+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms and analytics, or software engineering.
- Code in Python, Scala, JavaScript, or TypeScript and have working knowledge of at least two cloud ecosystems, with expertise in one.
- Deep experience with Apache Spark distributed computing and knowledge of Spark runtime internals.
- Experience delivering technical projects and production end-to-end data architectures and applications.
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
Python, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript, AWS, Azure, GCP, Apache Spark, CI/CD
AI focus
Integrate ML/AI models and AI APIs into production customer solutions; apply MLOps practices.
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