Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Sr FDE (L5)

Highlights

• Build and productionize customer data and AI solutions on Databricks.
• Lead architecture for end-to-end systems spanning data, AI, and apps.
• Embed with strategic customers to deliver transformational big data projects.

Ideal candidate

Builder with 9+ years in data or software engineering who thrives at the intersection of technology and business impact. Customer-empathetic, adaptable and curious, you love embedding with clients to solve complex problems and deliver measurable outcomes.

Requirements

• 9+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms & analytics, or software engineering
• Comfortable writing code in either Python, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern frameworks
• Working knowledge of two or more common Cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP) with expertise in at least one
• Deep experience with distributed computing with 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 production end-to-end data architectures and applications combining data pipelines, ML/AI models, and user-facing interfaces
• Experience with technical project delivery managing scope, timelines and measurable outcomes
• Documentation and white-boarding skills
• Experience working with enterprise clients and managing conflicts across a broad stakeholder range
• Curiosity, adaptability, and eagerness to explore new technologies supporting Databricks-based solutions
• Travel to customers 20% of the time
• Databricks Certification