Senior AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer)
Join Databricks as an AI Engineer to develop cutting-edge GenAI solutions and serve as a trusted advisor to customers.
Posted by employer 2 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 2 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
AI in the day-to-day
We deliver professional services engagements to help our customers build and productionize first-of-its-kind AI applications.
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Education
- Master's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
In the role of AI Engineer on the Forward Deployed Engineering team at Databricks, the individual will focus on developing and deploying innovative GenAI applications tailored to customer needs. Proficiency in tools like HuggingFace and experience with machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch are essential, alongside a strong background in data science. This position is ideal for seasoned professionals who thrive in customer-facing roles and possess a passion for collaboration and continuous learning. The team emphasizes a unique blend of expertise, aiming to drive impactful AI solutions across various industries.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 2 months ago — first seen on Joblaze August 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Databricks's careers page October 8, 2026.
Quick facts
- Is the Senior AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer) role remote?
- No — this is an on-site role in Tokyo, Japan.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Senior AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer) role.
- Where is the role based?
- Databricks is hiring for this position in Tokyo, Japan.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Apache Spark, Azure, DSPy, GCP, GenAI.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Databricks targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer) role at Databricks.
From the original posting
Req: FEQ227R196
Location: Tokyo, Japan
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.
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)
- Language Proficiency: Native-level fluency in Japanese and professional working proficiency in English (both written and verbal).
About Databricks
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