Role at a glance
- Salary
- $152.9K – $210.2K/yr
- Location
- United States Remote - US - California
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Employment
- Internship
- Experience
- experienced engineers with demonstrated industry experience designing, building, and deploying production GenAI and LLM applications at...
- Education
- Graduate degree in a quantitative discipline (Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Operations Research, etc.) or equivalent...
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Role Summary
The AI Forward Deployed Engineering team at Databricks is a customer-facing AI team that delivers professional services engagements to build and productionize first-of-its-kind AI applications. The role develops GenAI solutions, owns production rollouts, advises customers, and collaborates with product and engineering teams to shape the product roadmap.
What You'll Do
- Develop GenAI solutions using 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
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product and engineering teams to influence priorities and shape the product roadmap
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Experience building GenAI applications, including RAG, multi-agent systems, Text2SQL, and fine-tuning, using tools such as HuggingFace, LangChain, and DSPy; expertise deploying production-grade GenAI applications, including evaluation and optimizations; extensive hands-on industry data science experience using pandas, scikit-learn, PyTorch, and similar tools; experience building production-grade machine learning deployments on AWS, Azure, or GCP; experience communicating and/or teaching technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences; graduate degree in a quantitative discipline or equivalent practical experience.
Required
- Experience building GenAI applications, including RAG, multi-agent systems, Text2SQL, and fine-tuning
- Experience deploying production-grade GenAI applications, including evaluation and optimizations
- Hands-on industry data science experience using pandas, scikit-learn, PyTorch, and similar tools
- Experience building production-grade machine learning deployments on AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience communicating and/or teaching technical concepts to non-technical and technical audiences
- Graduate degree in a quantitative discipline or equivalent practical experience
Preferred
- Experience using the Databricks Intelligence Platform and Apache Spark™ to process large-scale distributed datasets
Original job description
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Original job description
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AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer) (ALL LEVELS)
CSQ327R177
Mission
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. Open to remote locations.
This role is intended for experienced engineers with demonstrated industry experience designing, building, and deploying production GenAI and LLM applications at scale. It is not intended for internship, new graduate, or entry-level applicants.
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, including evaluation and optimizations
- Extensive years of hands-on industry data science experience, leveraging common machine learning and data science tools, i.e. pandas, scikit-learn, PyTorch, etc.
- Experience building production-grade machine learning deployments on AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Graduate degree in a quantitative discipline (Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Operations Research, etc.) or equivalent practical experience
- Experience communicating and/or teaching technical concepts to non-technical and technical audiences alike
- Passion for collaboration, life-long learning, and driving business value through AI
- [Preferred] Experience using the Databricks Intelligence Platform and Apache Spark™ to process large-scale distributed datasets
- Willing to travel once every 4-8 weeks to see customers (as needed)
Pay Range Transparency
Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected 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 anticipates utilizing 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 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and Instagram.
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 click here.
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.
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About the company
Databricks
Large Enterprise
Databricks is a cloud-based data platform that specializes in providing solutions for data engineering, machine learning, and analytics. Founded in 2013 by the original creators of Apache Spark, the company enables organizations to unify data processing and analysis workflows, facilitating collaboration for data professionals. Databricks offers an integrated environment for data scientists, engineers, and business analysts, streamlining the process of building and deploying AI and data-driven applications. With a strong emphasis on simplifying big data management, Databricks helps businesses harness the power of their data to drive innovation and insights.
Databricks is a cloud-based data platform that specializes in providing solutions for data engineering, machine learning, and analytics. Founded in 2013 by the original creators of Apache Spark, the company enables organizations to unify data processing and analysis workflows, facilitating collaboration for data professionals. Databricks offers an integrated environment for data scientists, engineers, and business analysts, streamlining the process of building and deploying AI and data-driven applications. With a strong emphasis on simplifying big data management, Databricks helps businesses harness the power of their data to drive innovation and insights.