Manager, Forward Deployed EngineeringActive
The opportunity
Forward Deployed Engineering sits at the frontier of Databricks delivery — engineers who embed with enterprise customers to architect and build full-stack data and AI solutions on the platform. The Amsterdam team serves customers across the region undergoing data and AI…
What you'll do
Oversee regional performance targets, including billable utilisation, team: growth, and hiring, while championing delivery excellence and customer success across the FDE portfolio.
Partner with Account Executives, Engagement Managers, and Field Engineering: leaders to position, scope, and deliver transformational Professional Services (PS) programs spanning data migrations, AI/ML platforms, and advanced analytics.
Establish best practices for project oversight, risk management, and quality: standards that scale with a growing FDE practice, ensuring projects are delivered on time and to specification.
Synthesise field insights from your team’s engagements to provide direct: feedback to Engineering and Product management, helping to guide the Databricks roadmap while driving the creation of reusable customer accelerators and frameworks.
Serve as the critical escalation point for high-stakes customer situations,: leveraging deep technical credibility and leadership judgment to protect strategic relationships and drive rapid resolution.
Mentor Forward Deployed Engineers through structured career pathways,: technical coaching, and a culture of innovation, mastery, and continuous growth.
What they're looking for
- Key requirements 4+ years leading high-performing technical delivery teams,: with a proven track record building excellence-driven cultures
- + years as a technical solutions architect or data/AI engineer, providing coaching credibility
- Proven technical depth to personally build with AI, coach teams with best: practices, drive organisation-wide adoption
- Demonstrated success leading large-scale data platform migrations and AI/ML: programs in enterprise environments
