Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector
Databricks2 days ago
Base Salary
$182k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead customer technical projects by designing and delivering production-grade data, AI, and application systems.
- Own architecture and design decisions for secure, scalable solutions aligned with customer needs and Databricks best practices.
- Design and build reference architectures, custom applications, data ingestion systems, and ML/AI model integrations.
- Guide customers through architecture, implementation, evaluation, and adoption of Databricks solutions.
- Embed with customer teams and collaborate with stakeholders ranging from technical individual contributors to executives.
- Coordinate with engagement managers, project managers, architects, engineering, customer support, and client teams to deliver technical engagements.
- Provide product and implementation feedback and help resolve engagement-specific technical issues.
- Create reusable accelerators, frameworks, and best practices that scale across customer accounts and influence the product roadmap.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms and analytics, or software engineering.
- Ability to write production code in Python, Scala, JavaScript, or TypeScript and use modern frameworks.
- Working knowledge of at least two cloud ecosystems—AWS, Azure, or 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, MLOps, ML/AI models, and AI APIs.
- Experience designing and deploying performant end-to-end data architectures and applications combining data pipelines, ML/AI models, and user-facing interfaces.
- Experience delivering technical projects, including managing scope and timelines and translating complex concepts into actionable solutions.
- Strong documentation and whiteboarding skills.
- Experience working with enterprise clients and managing conflicts across broad stakeholder groups.
- Adaptability, curiosity, customer empathy, and eagerness to explore technologies supporting Databricks-based solution deployment and integration.
- Databricks Certification.
- U.S. government Top Secret clearance is required; candidates with an active Secret or higher clearance are encouraged to apply.
Benefits
- Base salary range of $182,000–$250,208 USD, with potential eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and benefits.
- Comprehensive employee benefits and perks, with region-specific details available from Databricks.
- Position based in the Washington, D.C., Maryland, or Virginia metropolitan area with periodic onsite work and client collaboration.
- Travel to customers approximately 20% of the time.
Tech Stack
Categories
Forward Deployed
About Databricks
Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and over 60% of the Fortune 500 — rely on Databricks to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified Data Intelligence Platform that includes Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, Lakebase and Unity Catalog. --- Databricks applicants Please apply through our official Careers page at databricks.com/company/careers. All official communication from Databricks will come from email addresses ending with @databricks.com or @goodtime.io (our meeting tool).