AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer)
DatabricksAI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer)
DatabricksLocation
United States
Type
Full-time
Posted
8/24/2026
Compensation
Not listed
Job description
The AI Engineer - FDE role at Databricks is designed for experienced engineers who will work on building and deploying innovative GenAI applications. The AI Forward Deployed Engineering team focuses on delivering professional services to customers, enhancing their AI capabilities. This position requires collaboration with various teams to influence product development and strategic initiatives. Ideal candidates will have a passion for customer engagement and a strong background in AI technologies.
Requirements
- Experience building GenAI applications, including RAG, multi-agent systems, and Text2SQL.
- Expertise in deploying production-grade GenAI applications with evaluation and optimizations.
- Extensive hands-on industry data science experience using tools like pandas, scikit-learn, and PyTorch.
- Experience building production-grade machine learning deployments on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Graduate degree in a quantitative discipline or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience communicating technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Passion for collaboration and driving business value through AI.
- Preferred experience using the Databricks Intelligence Platform and Apache Spark™.
Responsibilities
- Develop cutting-edge GenAI solutions to solve customer problems.
- Own production rollouts of consumer and internally facing GenAI applications.
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers across various domains.
- Present at conferences and be recognized as a thought leader.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product and engineering teams to influence priorities.
H-1B filing history
Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026
Filing entity: Databricks Inc
As of Aug 23, 2026
Initial approvals
83
FY2026
Approval rate
99.7%
FY2026
LCA certified
174
FY2026
Entry-level share
4.0%
FY2026
Initial approvals YoY
+19%
Trend
LCA certified YoY
-54%
Trend
Initial approvals by fiscal year
Approval rate by fiscal year
Continuing vs initial approvals
LCA certified positions by quarter
LCA certified positions by fiscal year
Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.
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