Role at a glance
- Salary
- $117.3K – $201.7K/yr
- Location
- United States Remote - US - Illinois
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Employment
- Full-time
- Experience
- 7+ years of software and AI engineering related experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience.
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Role Summary
The AI Engineer will build the intelligence and application layers of Databricks' GTM Analytics Engineering platform, which supports go-to-market users across sales, strategy, and operations. The role focuses on Genie-powered analytics agents, LLM-driven workflows, and Databricks Apps and Lakebase services that deliver grounded, prescriptive intelligence.
What You'll Do
- Build and ship features for Genie analytics agents, LLM-assisted feedback and enablement workflows, and in-app intelligence inside the...
- Develop and integrate agentic workflows involving prompts, tools/MCP integrations, retrieval, and evaluation.
- Write Python and SQL against the Databricks lakehouse and Lakebase services that back the applications.
- Use AI coding tools and help build reusable skills and harnesses for the team.
- Measure and improve AI output accuracy through evaluation sets, scorecards, and regression checks.
- Partner with data engineers, app engineers, and strategy/operations stakeholders to move work from idea through production.
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Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience; 7+ years of software and AI engineering related experience; solid fundamentals in Python and SQL; hands-on exposure to LLMs and generative AI, including APIs, prompts, RAG, knowledge graphs, and agents; fluency with AI developer tools; strong problem-solving, curiosity, communication, and collaboration skills.
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years of software and AI engineering related experience.
- Solid fundamentals in Python and SQL.
- Hands-on exposure to LLMs / generative AI — prior work building with APIs, prompts, RAG, Knowledge graphs & agents.
- Genuine fluency with AI developer tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor).
- Strong problem-solving, curiosity, and a bias to ship and iterate; comfortable with ambiguity in a fast-moving team.
- Clear written and verbal communication; works well with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred
- Experience with the Databricks platform or another cloud data platform.
- Building or evaluating agentic, RAG systems; familiarity with MCP, tool-calling, or eval frameworks.
- Full-stack exposure (React/TypeScript front end, FastAPI/Python back end) or data engineering (dbt, Spark, medallion architectures).
- Experience with Postgres/OLTP, CI/CD (Databricks Asset Bundles, GitHub Actions), or analytics/BI.
Original job description
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Original job description
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At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling GTM Analytics Engineering builds the internal data and AI platform that Databricks' own go-to-market organization runs on — used by 6,000+ field users across sales, strategy, and operations. We own the number one Databricks App, the Genie agents, which are powered through the lakehouse (Unity Catalog bronze/silver/gold) beneath them. We are "Customer Zero" for Databricks: we adopt the newest Databricks and AI tooling first, in production, and pave the path for the rest of the company.
We're in the middle of a step-change — moving the app from AI/BI and Genie experience to an AI-native, genie-centric platform that delivers prescriptive recommendations (not just descriptive reports), built to scale for the next 3–5 years. We build with AI in the loop end to end, and a large and growing share of our code is AI-generated and human-reviewed.
The role
As an AI Engineer you'll help build the intelligence and application layers of that platform: Genie-powered analytics agents, LLM-driven workflows (feedback analysis, "what's new" enablement, BRD-to-plan automation), and the Databricks Apps and Lakebase services that serve them. You'll work alongside senior engineers, and you'll be expected to lean on AI coding tools heavily and thoughtfully from day one. This is a high-ownership, fast-shipping team where early-career engineers get real surface area.
What you'll do
- Build and ship features for AI-powered surfaces: Genie analytics agents, LLM-assisted feedback and enablement workflows, and in-app intelligence inside the GTM Hub.
- Develop and integrate agentic workflows — prompts, tools/MCP integrations, retrieval, and evaluation — that turn business questions into reliable, grounded answers.
- Write Python and SQL against our Databricks lakehouse (Unity Catalog, Delta) and Lakebase (Postgres) services that back the apps.
- Use AI coding tools (Claude Code, agentic skills) as a core part of your workflow, and help build the reusable skills and harnesses that make the whole team faster.
- Contribute to evaluation and quality: help measure and improve the accuracy of our AI outputs (eval sets, scorecards, regression checks).
- Partner with data engineers, app engineers, and strategy/ops stakeholders to take work from idea → ticket → PR → production.
- Write clean, well-documented, tested code and participate in code review (human and AI-assisted).
What we look for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years of software and AI engineering related experience.
- Solid fundamentals in Python and SQL.
- Hands-on exposure to LLMs / generative AI — prior work building with APIs, prompts, RAG, Knowledge graphs & agents.
- Genuine fluency with AI developer tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor) and a desire to push how far AI-assisted engineering can go.
- Strong problem-solving, curiosity, and a bias to ship and iterate; comfortable with ambiguity in a fast-moving team.
- Clear written and verbal communication; works well with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Experience with the Databricks platform (AI Gateways, notebooks, jobs, Unity Catalog, Databricks Apps, Genie) or another cloud data platform.
- Building or evaluating agentic, RAG systems; familiarity with MCP, tool-calling, or eval frameworks.
- Full-stack exposure (React/TypeScript front end, FastAPI/Python back end) or data engineering (dbt, Spark, medallion architectures).
- Experience with Postgres/OLTP, CI/CD (Databricks Asset Bundles, GitHub Actions), or analytics/BI.
Our environment
Databricks (AI Gateway, Unity Catalog, Delta, Jobs, Databricks Apps, Lakebase, Genie) · Python · SQL · React/TypeScript · FastAPI · Claude Code & agentic skills · GitHub + DABs CI/CD. We work in sprints, review each other's PRs, and treat AI as a first-class teammate — with the human judgment to know when it's wrong.
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 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 anticipated 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.
Compliance
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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.