AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer)

Databricks
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Remote

Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates with hands-on data science experience and a passion for customer collaboration, comfortable with deploying GenAI solutions.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a strong background in deploying GenAI applications and a customer-centric mindset
    — “We deliver professional services engagements to help our customers build and productionize first-of-its-kind AI applications.
  • Individuals who enjoy shaping product roadmaps through technical expertise and collaboration
    — “Collaborate cross-functionally with the product and engineering teams to influence priorities and shape the product roadmap
  • Candidates with a graduate degree in a quantitative field and experience in ML tools
    — “Graduate degree in a quantitative discipline ... or equivalent practical experience

Things to consider

  • Travel commitment may be significant, with trips required every 4-8 weeks
    — “Willing to travel once every 4-8 weeks to see customers (as needed)
  • Candidates must be located near Databricks offices, with Amsterdam as a preferred location
    — “We welcome remote applicants located near our offices. Preferred locations: Amsterdam, NL

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with RAG, multi-agent systems, and Text2SQL in your resume and interviews
    — “Experience building GenAI applications, including RAG, multi-agent systems, Text2SQL, fine-tuning, etc.
  • Emphasize your ability to communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
    — “Experience communicating and/or teaching technical concepts to non-technical and technical audiences alike
  • Showcase your hands-on ML deployment experience on cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP
    — “Experience building production-grade machine learning deployments on AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Include projects or experience with large-scale distributed data processing using Apache Spark
    — “Preferred experience using the Databricks Intelligence Platform and Apache Spark™ to process large-scale distributed datasets
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · CompanyLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • successful GenAI solutions
  • production rollouts
  • customer satisfaction
Typical background
experience in AI and machine learning

Skills & requirements

Required

AI Application DevelopmentProduction RolloutsTechnical AdvisingConference PresentationsCross-functional Collaboration

Preferred

Databricks PlatformApache Spark

Stack & domain

GenaiRAGMulti-agent SystemsText2sqlFine-tuningHuggingfaceLangchainDspyPandasscikit-learnPyTorchAWSAzureGCPApache SparkCommunicationTeachingCollaborationLearningLlmopsML

About the role

Original posting from Databricks

AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer)

Req ID: CSQ427R332

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.

We welcome remote applicants located near our offices. Preferred locations: Amsterdam, NL

Reporting to: Senior Manager - AI FDE, EMEA

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)

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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Source: Databricks careers

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