Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - National Security
Databricks · United States; USCA
Posted about a month ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 33 days Databricks's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Databricks's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Databricks
- low 0 stale, 25 reposted of 879 open
- Hiring momentum
- 1112 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
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About this role
As a Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer at Databricks, you will work directly with federal government clients to develop and implement solutions for their data and AI challenges using the Databricks platform. Your role will involve leading architecture and design decisions, delivering production-grade systems, and collaborating with various teams to ensure customer needs are met effectively. This position requires a hands-on approach and includes travel to customer locations 20-25% of the time.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 3/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
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What you need
- 6+ years experience in data engineering, data platforms & analytics, or software engineering
- Fluency in writing code in 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
- Working knowledge of MLOps, ML/AI models and AI APIs
Nice to have
- Expertise in MLOps, ML/AI models, and AI APIs
- Databricks Certification
Worth weighing
- U.S. citizenship and eligibility for a U.S. government secret clearance are required
- Role is hybrid with travel requirements
- No specific benefits listed in the posting
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Listed by Databricks on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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