Databricks
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Retail
$182K–$250K
Denver, Colorado +1 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 23, 2026
- Location
- Denver, Colorado
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 data and AI solutions on the Databricks platform, leading architecture and technical delivery from design through deployment.
What you'll do
- Deliver production-grade customer systems, architectures, applications, data ingestion, and ML/AI integrations.
- Guide customers through technical design and implementation; coordinate delivery with customer and Databricks teams.
- Gather customer feedback and contribute reusable tools, frameworks, and practices that scale across accounts.
What they ask for
- 6+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms and analytics, or software engineering.
- Coding ability in Python, Scala, JavaScript, or TypeScript, with modern frameworks.
- Working knowledge of at least two cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP), with expertise in at least one; deep Apache Spark experience and knowledge of Spark runtime internals.
- Experience delivering technical projects and production end-to-end data architectures and applications; working knowledge of CI/CD, MLOps, ML/AI models, and AI APIs.
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 customer applications and data architectures; advise on MLOps and AI solutions.
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