Staff Forward Deployed Engineer

About the role

Professional Services team at Databricks partners with customers to solve big data challenges using the Databricks Platform. The role advises on architecture, builds scalable automation utilities, and delivers AI‑focused solutions across cloud environments. Remote, India, remote work model, relocation assistance available.

What you’ll do

• Partner with customers to design and deploy big data solutions
• Create reference architectures and how‑to guides
• Build production‑ready automation tools
• Advise on AI applications and migrations
• Collaborate with Engineering and Support to improve product
• Manage multiple projects ensuring quality and risk mitigation

What you’ll bring

• 15+ years big data technologies (Spark, Kafka, Data Lakes)
• 6+ years designing big data architectures
• 2+ years AI implementations (RAG, MCP, context engineering)
• Proficient in Python or Scala
• Experience with GCP, AWS, Azure
• Strong stakeholder management

Skills