Forward Deployed Engineering - Senior Architect
Core
Lead end-to-end design, build, and deployment of production-grade data and AI solutions for enterprise customers using the Databricks platform.
Role type
Senior Forward Deployed Architect (Customer-Facing IC)
Builds
Production data pipelines, ML/AI model integrations, custom applications, and reference architectures for enterprise clients.
Domain
Data & AI / Cloud Platforms
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | client delivery
Required skills
Data engineering, distributed computing (Apache Spark), cloud ecosystems (AWS/Azure/GCP), Python, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript, MLOps, technical project delivery, architecture design
Preferred skills
Databricks Certification, CI/CD, white-boarding, conflict resolution across stakeholders
Technologies
Databricks, Apache Spark, Delta Lake, MLflow, AWS, Azure, GCP
Responsibilities
Lead architecture and design decisions for customer projects; deliver production-grade systems and custom applications; guide customers on strategic big data and AI transformations; embed with customer teams to understand challenges; contribute reusable assets and frameworks to scale impact.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with customer-facing responsibilities