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Sr. AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer) - U.S. Federal Sector

Databricks

Location

remote, Virginia, VA

Type

Full-time

Posted

8/29/2026

Compensation

Not listed

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.7% approval+19% YoY
💎 Strong sponsor

Job description

The AI Forward Deployed Engineering (AI FDE) team at Databricks is a specialized customer-facing group focused on delivering professional services to help clients build and deploy innovative AI applications. This role involves collaboration with various teams to shape strategic priorities and initiatives while serving as a trusted technical advisor to customers. Candidates should have a passion for working with clients and a strong interest in the latest trends in Generative AI and machine learning. The position is based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and allows for remote work.

Requirements

  • Experience building Generative AI applications, including RAG, multi-agent systems, and fine-tuning with tools such as HuggingFace and LangChain.
  • Expertise in deploying production-grade Generative AI applications, including evaluation and optimizations.
  • Extensive hands-on industry data science experience, leveraging common machine learning and data science tools like pandas 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.

Responsibilities

  • Develop cutting-edge Generative AI solutions to solve customer problems.
  • Own production rollouts of consumer and internally facing Generative AI applications.
  • Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers across various domains.
  • Present at conferences and be recognized as a thought leader internally and externally.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with product and engineering teams to influence priorities and shape the product roadmap.

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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