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Mission
We are seeking a highly skilled Forward Deployed Engineer to join our Public Sector team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge big data solutions for government clients. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will be responsible for the full lifecycle of projects, from problem definition to deployment and optimization. You will design and implement end-to-end solutions, rapidly develop prototypes, and provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle.
The impact you will have:
- You will guide our public sector customers through successful implementations of big data projects on the Databricks platform
- Gather customer requirements, design approaches, and collaborate with customers & SIs to deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Conduct data integration, cleaning, and analysis
- Develop custom applications and features on top of Databricks
- Optimize and scale customer workflows and data pipelines
- Collaborate with product development teams to represent customer needs
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to strategic customers
- Architect production-level workloads, including performance testing and optimization
- Contribute to the Databricks community through tutorials, training, and conference presentations
What we look for:
- 6+ years of customer-facing technical experience
- Professional experience equivalent to an L4 Software Engineer
- Hands-on production experience with Apache Spark™
- Expertise in big data technologies, cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP), and production programming (Python, R, Scala, or Java)
- Strong understanding of data management, cloud platforms, data science, machine learning, and architecture
- Ability to write production-grade code independently
- Experience in architecting and implementing big data solutions
- Excellent communication and customer relationship-building skills
- This role may require up to 50% travel.
Preferred Qualifications
- TS SCI FSP clearance preferrable
- Experience in public sector projects
- Databricks certifications
- Contributions to open-source projects
Pay Range Transparency
Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents base salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks utilizes the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.
About Databricks
Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Benefits
At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region, please visit https://www.mybenefitsnow.com/databricks.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.
Compliance
If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.
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