Databricks
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Retail
$182K–$250K
Northeast - United States +2 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 22, 2026
- Location
- Northeast - United States
Southeast - United States
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 Databricks, owning architecture and technical delivery from design through deployment.
What you'll do
- Lead customer projects to design, build, and deploy production-grade data, AI, and application systems.
- Advise and guide customers on architecture, implementation, and adoption while coordinating with internal and customer teams.
- Create reusable accelerators and provide product feedback to help scale delivery and improve the platform.
What they ask for
- Experience delivering technical projects, managing scope and timelines, and working with enterprise clients and stakeholders.
- 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 experience with Apache Spark and knowledge of its runtime internals.
- Familiarity with CI/CD, MLOps, ML/AI models and APIs, 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 data architectures and applications; deliver customer data and AI solutions.
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