Jobs · Engineering · Illinois

Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Retail

Databricks · Chicago, IL · 3 mo ago
Engineering$182k–$250k/yrFull-time

Job Summary

As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), 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.

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
  • 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
  • Technical project management
  • Technical documentation
  • Technical white-boarding
  • Technical leadership
  • Technical problem-solving
  • Technical communication
  • Technical collaboration
  • Technical innovation
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  • Technical execution
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