Forward Deployed Engineer (Data & AI)

Location: London, United Kingdom; travel to client sites up to 50% as needed

Company

Databricks provides a Data and AI Platform used to build and scale data, analytics, AI applications, and agents.

What you will do

• Design and own secure, scalable architectures aligned with customer needs and Databricks best practices.
• Build fullstack applications spanning backend, frontend, integrations, data engineering, and AI.
• Deliver production-grade systems from data ingestion and transformation through ML/AI model integration and user-facing applications.
• Embed with strategic customer teams and collaborate with stakeholders from technical contributors to executives.
• Partner with Sales, Product, and Field Engineering throughout pre-sales and post-deployment delivery.
• Create reusable accelerators, frameworks, and best practices that scale across customer accounts.

Requirements

• Strong software engineering experience across backend, frontend, and systems integration.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, Java or Scala, JavaScript or TypeScript, and modern frameworks.
• Experience designing, building, and deploying production applications combining data pipelines, ML/AI models, and user-facing interfaces.
• Experience integrating AI APIs such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini into applications.
• Ability to deliver measurable technical outcomes in enterprise environments and communicate with stakeholders up to C-level executives.
• Ability and interest to travel up to 50% to client sites.

Nice to have

• Experience using AI code generation tools to accelerate development.
• Curiosity and adaptability when exploring new technologies, domains, and customer challenges.

Culture & Benefits

• Customer-facing collaboration with strategic enterprise organizations.
• Opportunities to work across data, applications, and AI innovation.
• Comprehensive employee benefits and region-specific perks.
• Commitment to an inclusive workplace and equal employment opportunity.