Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Financial Services
$180,656–$248,360 year
On-siteCalifornia, United States
California, United StatesOn-siteFull Time$180,656–$248,360 yearSenior LevelData ServicesLarge
Full TimeSenior LevelLargeData Services
Job Summary
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) at Databricks. You will lead production-grade data engineering, AI integration, and reference-architecture delivery for customer projects in the financial services sector. Own architecture and design decisions, implement end-to-end data pipelines and ML/AI model integrations, and collaborate with engagement managers, engineers, product teams, and customer stakeholders. You’ll embed with customer teams to deliver measurable outcomes, create reusable accelerators and frameworks, ensure secure and scalable solutions, and travel to customers up to 20% of the time.
Required Qualifications
- 6+ years 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 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 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
- Build skills in technical areas, and demonstrate curiosity, adaptability, and eagerness to explore new technologies which support the deployment and integration of Databricks-based solutions to complete customer projects
- Travel to customers 20% of the time
- Databricks Certification
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