# Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

**Company:** [Databricks](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/databricks)
**Location:** Western Australia, Australia, Sydney, Australia
**Role:** Solutions Architecture
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Databricks, Spark, Apache Kafka, Python, Scala, Cloud Native, Data Lakes, Data Engineering, Data Science, Ai Applications, Technical Architecture, Project Delivery
**Posted:** 2026-08-11

> Delivers customer-facing Databricks projects, including data and AI architecture, migration, implementation, and technical support. Requires 8+ years of big data and consulting or technical architecture experience, plus Python or Scala expertise and strong project delivery skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Work with clients on short- to medium-term customer engagements focused on big data challenges using the Databricks platform.
- Deliver data engineering, data science, and cloud technology projects integrating with client systems, including training and other technical tasks.
- Build reference architectures, how-to guides, production-grade MVPs, and greenfield projects.
- Guide strategic customers through transformational big data projects and third-party migrations, including end-to-end design, build, and deployment of big data and AI applications.
- Consult on architecture and design; bootstrap or implement customer projects to support evaluation and adoption of Databricks.
- Provide escalated support for customer operational issues.
- Coordinate with Databricks technical teams, project managers, architects, and customer teams to deliver technical engagement components.
- Work with Engineering and Customer Support to provide product and implementation feedback and resolve engagement-specific issues.
- Manage project scope and timelines.
- Travel to customers 20–30% of the time.

## Requirements
- 8+ years of experience with big data technologies such as Apache Spark, Kafka, cloud-native technologies, and data lakes in a customer-facing post-sales, technical architecture, or consulting role.
- Ability to write code in Python or Scala.
- Experience with technical project delivery.
- Strong documentation and whiteboarding skills.
- Experience working with clients and managing conflicts.
- Ability to build technical skills supporting the deployment and integration of Databricks-based solutions.

## Nice to Have
- Databricks certification.

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

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