Forward Deployed Engineer

London Source: WhatJobs

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Overview

As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you work directly with strategic customers to design and deliver custom full-stack applications on the Databricks platform. You own architecture, guide design decisions, and implement end-to-end systems spanning data engineering, AI, and application development. You collaborate with cross-functional teams to impact customer outcomes and help scale reusable assets. This role blends deep engineering with customer-facing delivery to solve complex business challenges and drive measurable results. Join a team that values curiosity, adaptability, and practical impact at scale.

Responsibilities

Lead architecture and design decisions to ensure secure, scalable solutions aligned with customer needs and best practices
Design and develop applications spanning backend, frontend, and integrations to bring data and AI to life on the Databricks platform
Deliver production-grade systems from data ingestion and transformation through ML/AI model integration to user-facing applications
Embed with customer teams to understand challenges and deliver measurable impact across stakeholders
Collaborate with Sales, Product, and Field Engineering to ensure a seamless customer journey
Contribute accelerators, frameworks, and best practices to scale impact across accounts and influence the product roadmap

Key requirements

Strong software engineering background with experience across backend, frontend, and systems integration; proficient in Python, SQL, Java/Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern frameworks
Ability to design, build, and deploy production applications combining data pipelines, ML/AI models, and user interfaces
Experience with AI APIs such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini, and using AI code generation tools
Proven track record delivering technical solutions in enterprise environments with measurable outcomes
Strong collaboration and communication skills across a broad stakeholder range, including executives
Learning mindset with curiosity and adaptability to new technologies and customer challenges
Willingness to travel up to 50% to client sites