Job Description
Job Listing ID:
4498778 Job Title:
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer - Databricks Application Deadline:
Open Until Filled Job Location:
Portland
Date Posted:
05/26/2026 Hours Worked Per Week:
Not Provided Shift:
Not Provided Duration of Job:
Either Full or Part Time, more than 6 months You may contact this employer directly.
(Obtain the contact information to print or add to your jobs.) Job Summary:
At Deloitte, Lead Forward Deployed Engineers (LFDE) don't just build AI solutions, they help clients turn AI ambition into enterprise-scale impact, pairing leading class engineering with pod-based delivery and vertical expertise. If you thrive at the intersection of product, engineering, problem-solving, and client impact, this role puts you at the forefront of AI transformations. Recruiting for this role ends on September 30, 2026 Work you'll do As a Lead Databricks FDE, you will serve as the senior practitioner-leader embedded directly with our most strategic clients, leading forward-deployed engineering pods that develop and deploy GenAI solutions into production for Deloitte's most strategic clients. You'll set technical direction, remove delivery blockers, and stay hands-on; designing, reviewing, and debugging systems with the team. You'll translate engineering trade-offs into clear decisions for client leaders when needed. Your ability to influence decisions at the C-suite level, while maintaining hands-on technical credibility, is what sets you apart. Pods under your leadership may be deployed onshore with clients or in hybrid onshore/offshore configurations, leveraging Deloitte's global delivery capability to maximize speed and scale. Client Engagement Serve as the senior client-facing presence, building trusted advisor relationships as the senior engineering partner for client product, data, and platform leaders Lead executive-level discovery, define success metrics (quality, latency, cost, adoption, risk) and a phased plan from prototype to production and scaling Navigate organizational complexity and influence to align executive sponsors, IT leadership, and business owners around a shared vision Represent Deloitte's FDE capability in client pursuits, executive briefings, and platform partner engagements-contributing to pipeline development and deal shaping. Cross-Functional Pod Leadership & Program Governance Lead FDE pods of 2-5 onshore anchored and offshore supported engineers, owning execution, resource management, escalations and overall delivery health Enforce delivery standards across the pod: sprint cadences, stakeholder communication plans, risk management, and quality gates Coordinate multi-pod or multi-workstream engagements, ensuring reliable architecture and consistent client experience. Mentor and develop junior FDEs GenAI Solution Development Architect and oversee delivery of LLM-enabled applications including copilots, agentic workflows, assistants, and knowledge search experiences using one or more enterprise AI platforms (see Platform Requirements below) Set direction for prompt engineering, tool-use patterns, and human-in-the-loop controls Govern end-to-end RAG pipeline design-including ingestion, chunking, embedding, vector retrieval, and hybrid search-ensuring production-grade quality and scalability. Define evaluation frameworks covering quality, hallucination risk, safety, latency, cost, and governance; ensure the pod meets agreed engineering quality bars to these standards. Engineering & Data Foundations Review and contribute to production-quality code Guide architecture of data pipelines powering GenAI use cases Enforce strong data management, testing, CI/CD, logging, versioning, and documentation practices Deep familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud) The team AI & Engineering leverages cutting-edge engineering capabilities to build, deploy, and operate integrated/verticalized sector solutions in software, data, AI, network, and hybrid cloud infrastructure. These solutions are powered by engineering for business advanta... Job Classification:
Software Developers Access our statewide or regional occupation report for more information about wages,
employment outlooks, skills, training programs, related occupations, and more. Compensation
Salary:
Not Provided Job Requirements
Experience Required:
See Job Summary
Education Required:
None Minimum Age:
N/A Gender:
N/A
