Associate Forward Deployed Engineer
Databricks — New York City, New York
Posted 2026-10-22
CSQ427R342 Associate Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) Hub Cities: NYC | Mountain View | up to 20% travel to customer sites + Hybrid office expectation As an Associate Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) at Databricks, you'll be in a hands-on, customer-facing role for builders who thrive at the intersection of technology and business impact. You'll work directly with enterprise customers to build and productionize data & AI solutions on the Databricks platform. This early-career role is ideal for a strong software engineer looking to grow into a technical leader. You will embed with customer teams, ship production-grade systems, and learn the Databricks platform deeply alongside senior FDEs and our engineering organization. The impact you will have: Production Solution Delivery: Deliver production-grade systems and reference architectures, contributing reusable frameworks, tools, and best practices along the way. Transformational Impact: Support strategic customers through transformational data & AI projects, from prototype through production deployment. Own the Architecture: Contribute to architecture and design decisions for secure, scalable, full-stack solutions on the Databricks plat