Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Retail

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Responsibilities

• ▹Lead technical delivery of customer projects: reference architectures, custom applications, data ingestion, and ML/AI model integration
• ▹Guide strategic customers through large-scale big data and AI projects, from design through deployment
• ▹Own architecture and design decisions, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with Databricks best practices
• ▹Work with Databricks engineering and support teams to provide product and implementation feedback and drive rapid issue resolution
• ▹Embed with customer teams, engaging stakeholders from technical ICs to executives
• ▹Contribute reusable accelerators, frameworks, and best practices that scale impact across accounts and influence the product roadmap

Requirements

• ▹6+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms & analytics, or software engineering
• ▹Comfortable writing code in Python, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern frameworks
• ▹Working knowledge of two or more cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP) with expertise in at least one
• ▹Deep experience with distributed computing using Apache Spark and knowledge of Spark runtime internals
• ▹Familiarity with CI/CD for production deployments
• ▹Working knowledge of MLOps, ML/AI models, and AI APIs
• ▹Design and deployment of performant, end-to-end production data architectures and applications
• ▹Experience with technical project delivery: managing scope, timelines, and measurable outcomes
• ▹Documentation and whiteboarding skills
• ▹Experience working with enterprise clients and managing conflicts across a broad stakeholder range
• ▹Databricks Certification

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹$182,000 – $250,208 USD base pay depending on zone
• ▹Annual performance bonus and equity eligibility
• ▹Travel to customers approximately 20% of the time

About the company

Databricks is the data and AI company; more than 10,000 organizations worldwide, including over half of the Fortune 500, rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. The company was founded by the original creators of Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and MLflow.