Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Financial Services

Databricks
Washington, DC
Category Engineering
Job Description
Role Overview

As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will work with customers to build and productionize solutions to their data & AI challenges using the Databricks platform. You will own the architecture, lead design decisions, and implement end-to-end systems spanning data engineering, AI, and application development.

What You Will Do

You will lead impactful customer technical projects by delivering production-grade systems, designing and building reference architectures, custom applications and data ingestion and ML/AI model integration. You will guide strategic customers as they implement transformational big data projects including end-to-end design, build and deployment of industry-leading big data and AI applications.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate combines engineering expertise with adaptability, curiosity, and a passion for working with customers and teammates to solve complex problems that drive measurable outcomes. You will have the opportunity to work with a diverse range of customers and stakeholders, and to contribute to the development of reusable assets and best practices that scale impact across accounts.

Requirements

  • 6+ years 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 SparkTM 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 that combine data pipelines, ML/AI models, and user-facing interfaces.
  • Experience with technical project delivery - managing scope, timelines and measurable outcomes, translating complex concepts into actionable solutions.
  • Documentation and white-boarding skills.
  • Experience working with enterprise clients and managing conflicts across a broad stakeholder range

Benefits

  • Annual performance bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits listed above
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