# Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE

**Company:** [Databricks](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/databricks)
**Location:** Berlin, Germany, Munich, Germany
**Role:** Solutions Architecture
**Experience:** 6+ years
**Skills:** Python, Scala, JavaScript, TypeScript, AWS, Azure, GCP, Spark, CI/CD, MLOps, Machine Learning, Ai Apis, Data Engineering, Data Pipelines, Databricks
**Posted:** 2026-08-11

> This customer-facing engineer designs, builds, and productionizes end-to-end data and AI solutions on the Databricks platform. The role requires 6+ years of engineering experience, cloud expertise, Apache Spark proficiency, and the ability to lead technical delivery with enterprise customers.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead customer technical projects by delivering production-grade systems, reference architectures, custom applications, data ingestion, and ML/AI model integrations.
- Guide strategic customers through the end-to-end design, build, and deployment of big data and AI applications.
- Scope technical delivery work with engagement managers and customer input.
- Guide customers on architecture and design, and bootstrap or implement projects to support successful understanding, evaluation, and adoption of Databricks.
- Own architecture and design decisions, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with customer needs and Databricks best practices.
- Collaborate with Databricks technical teams, project managers, architects, and customer teams to deliver technical components that meet customer needs.
- Provide product and implementation feedback and help resolve engagement-specific product and support issues.
- Embed with customer teams and engage stakeholders from technical individual contributors through executives.
- Contribute accelerators, frameworks, and best practices that scale impact across accounts and influence the Databricks product roadmap.

## Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms and analytics, or software engineering.
- Ability to write code in Python, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern frameworks.
- Working knowledge of at least two cloud ecosystems, including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, with expertise in at least one.
- Deep experience with distributed computing using Apache Spark and knowledge of Spark runtime internals.
- Familiarity with CI/CD for production deployments.
- Working knowledge of MLOps, machine learning and artificial intelligence models, and AI APIs.
- Experience designing and deploying performant, production-grade end-to-end data architectures and applications combining data pipelines, ML/AI models, and user-facing interfaces.
- Experience delivering technical projects, managing scope and timelines, measuring outcomes, and translating complex concepts into actionable solutions.
- Documentation and whiteboarding skills.
- Experience working with enterprise clients and managing conflicts across diverse stakeholder groups.
- Curiosity, adaptability, and eagerness to explore technologies supporting Databricks-based solution deployment and integration.
- Willingness to travel to customers 20% of the time.
- Databricks certification.

## Benefits and Compensation
- Comprehensive benefits and perks are offered, with details varying by region.

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