About the job
AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer (All Levels)
Req ID: CSQ426R186
Our Mission
The AI Forward Deployed Engineering (AI FDE) team at Databricks is a specialized, customer-centric group focused on delivering exceptional AI solutions. We engage with our clients to develop and implement innovative AI applications that are cutting-edge and tailored to their unique needs. Our collaborative environment allows us to work closely with engineering, product management, and developer relations, as well as support our internal subject matter experts. We seek passionate individuals who thrive on customer interaction, teamwork, and a desire to stay ahead of the latest trends in Generative AI, LLMOps, and machine learning.
Your Impact
- Design and develop groundbreaking Generative AI solutions utilizing the latest advancements from our Mosaic AI research to address client challenges.
- Lead the deployment of consumer-facing and internal Generative AI applications into production.
- Act as a trusted technical consultant to clients across various industries.
- Represent Databricks as a thought leader at industry events such as the Data + AI Summit.
- Work collaboratively with product and engineering teams to shape strategic priorities and influence the product roadmap.
What We Value in You
- Proven experience in developing Generative AI applications, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), multi-agent systems, Text2SQL, and fine-tuning, with tools such as HuggingFace, LangChain, and DSPy.
- Strong background in deploying production-grade Generative AI applications, including evaluation and optimization techniques.
- Several years of hands-on experience in data science, utilizing common tools such as pandas, scikit-learn, and PyTorch.
- Experience in building scalable machine learning deployments on cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- A graduate degree in a quantitative field (Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Operations Research, etc.) or equivalent practical experience.
- Ability to communicate and teach technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- A genuine passion for collaboration, continuous learning, and leveraging AI to drive business success.
- [Preferred] Familiarity with the Databricks Intelligence Platform and Apache Spark™ for processing large-scale distributed datasets.

