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DatabricksThis job posting was originally in Japanese. The English version is automatically translated. Please visit the company site for the most accurate information.
We are FDEs! The Forward Deployed Engineering team is a highly specialized, customer-facing unit within Databricks. We work with strategic customers to design, build, and productionize high-impact data and AI solutions on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. As Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering, you will lead and grow a team of customer-facing engineers focused on solving complex data engineering and AI challenges for some of our most strategic customers. You will help shape delivery strategy, develop senior technical talent, build trusted executive relationships, and ensure our teams deliver measurable customer outcomes at high quality and scale. This is a hands-on leadership role: you will manage and grow the team while remaining the senior technical authority they escalate to. This role is ideal for a leader who combines strong people management with deep technical credibility in data engineering, platform architecture, and large-scale production delivery.
- Experience leading, hiring, and developing high-performing technical teams in customer-facing environments - Current, hands-on technical credibility. Able to personally review designs, debug production issues, and act as the final technical escalation point rather than manage from above. - Strong background in data engineering, big data systems, and production data platform delivery - Experience across modern data workloads such as ingestion, transformation, orchestration, warehousing, analytics/BI, or streaming in enterprise environments - Strong hands-on fluency in Python and SQL; familiarity with distributed processing frameworks (Apache Spark) and JVM languages (Scala/Java) is a plus - Passion for reinventing delivery through AI. Continuously experiments with and operationalizes the latest AI coding tools (e.g., Genie, Claude Code, Codex) to improve productivity, quality, and repeatability across the team - Ability to scope and guide complex technical engagements, manage escalations, and ensure successful delivery across multiple stakeholders - Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to translate technical decisions into business impact, or vice versa - Comfort operating in ambiguous environments and leading teams through fast-moving, high-visibility customer work - Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google CloudGCP
- Experience delivering lakehouse, analytics, or AI-adjacent solutions in complex enterprise environments - Deep hands-on understanding of Apache Spark, distributed data processing, and modern data architecture patterns - Familiarity with data governance, security, and platform operating models - Experience building reusable delivery frameworks, technical accelerators, or practice-level standards - Track record of influencing cross-functional strategy across sales, product, and delivery organizations
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