Databricks

AIEngineer-FDE(ForwardDeployedEngineer)-U.S.FederalSector

$185–265k ~AI est. Washington, District of Columbia, United States; United States; Maryland, United States; Virginia, United States Remote Friendly
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer) - U. S. Federal Sector at Databricks. Skills: GenAI, LLMOps, Machine learning. Develop GenAI solutions. Incorporate latest techniques”

What You'll Achieve.

Build AI applications; Productionize AI applications

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Solve customer problems

Eligibility Requirements

U. S. citizenship, Secret clearance, Periodic on-site work, Travel as needed

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

U. S. citizenship required, Eligibility for U. S. government secret clearance, Graduate degree in quantitative discipline or equivalent practical experience, Experience communicating technical concepts

Nice to Have

Active Secret or higher clearance, Experience using Databricks Intelligence Platform, Experience using Apache Spark, Willing to travel once every 4-8 weeks

What You'll Do.

Develop GenAI solutions

Incorporate latest techniques

Solve customer problems

Own production rollouts

Serve as technical advisor

Present at conferences

Collaborate with teams

Shape product roadmap

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Customer collaboration; Client collaboration

Communication Scope

Technical concepts

Full Job Description

PLEASE NOTE: Due to federal contract requirements and client site access obligations, U. S. citizenship and eligibility for a U. S. government secret clearance are required to access classified information. The position is based in the Washington, D.C., Maryland, or Virginia metropolitan area and includes periodic on‑site work and client collaboration. Candidates with an active Secret or higher clearance are strongly encouraged to apply. The AI Forward Deployed Engineering (AI FDE) team is a highly specialized customer-facing AI team at Databricks. We deliver professional services engagements to help our customers build and productionize first-of-its-kind AI applications. We work cross-functionally to shape long-term strategic priorities and initiatives alongside engineering, product, and developer relations, as well as support internal subject matter expert (SME) teams. We view our team as an ensemble: we look for individuals with strong, unique specializations to improve the overall strength of the team. This team is the right fit for you if you love working with customers, teammates, and fueling your curiosity for the latest trends in GenAI, LLMOps, and ML more broadly. This role can be remote. The impact you will have: Develop cutting-edge GenAI solutions, incorporating the latest techniques from Databricks AI research to solve customer problems Own production rollouts of consumer and internally facing GenAI applications Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers across a variety of domains Present at conferences such as Data + AI Summit, recognized as a thought leader internally and externally Collaborate cross-functionally with the product and engineering teams to influence priorities and shape the product roadmap What we look for: Experience building GenAI applications, including RAG, multi-agent systems, Text2SQL, fine-tuning, etc., with tools such as HuggingFace, LangChain, and DSPy Expertise in deploying production-grade GenAI applications, includin

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