Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games

About the role

The Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) will work with customers to build and productionize solutions to their data & AI challenges using the Databricks platform. Responsibilities include owning the architecture, leading design decisions, and implementing end-to-end systems spanning data engineering, AI, and application development.

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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
• Work with engagement managers to scope technical delivery work with input from the customer
• Guide customers on architecture and design; bootstrap or implement customer projects which leads to a customers' successful understanding, evaluation and adoption of Databricks
• Own the Architecture: Lead architecture and design decisions, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with both customer needs and Databricks best practices
• Embed with customer teams, engaging with stakeholders from technical ICs to executives to deeply understand challenges and deliver impact
• Contribute accelerators, frameworks, and best practices that scale impact across accounts and influence the Databricks product roadmap

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 Spark™ and knowledge of Spark runtime internals
• Familiarity with CI/CD for production deployments
• 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

Qualifications

• Databricks Certification

Skills

• Technical project delivery
• Customer immersion
• Technical project management
• Technical documentation
• Technical project planning

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and perks

Pay

• Pay Range Transparency

Schedule

• Flexible schedule