# Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector

**Company**: Databricks
**Location**: Maryland; Virginia; Washington, D.C.
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $211,800-$291,300 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18350420

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## Description

Databricks is seeking a Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector to lead a high-performing team of Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) in the Washington, D.C., Maryland, or Virginia metropolitan area.

The successful candidate will partner with Databricks' most strategic enterprise customers across the Public Sector to shape how leading organisations migrate to the lakehouse, build next-generation AI and GenAI systems, and unlock sustained business value from their data investments.

Key responsibilities include:

- Overseeing regional performance targets, including billable utilisation, team growth, and hiring

- Partnering with Account Executives, Engagement Managers, and Field Engineering leaders to deliver transformational Professional Services programs

- Establishing best practices for project oversight, risk management, and quality standards

- Synthesizing field insights to provide direct feedback to Engineering and Product management

- Serving as the critical escalation point for high-stakes customer situations

- Mentoring Forward Deployed Engineers through structured career pathways and technical coaching

Requirements include:

- 4+ years of people leadership experience managing high-performing technical delivery teams

- 5+ years of hands-on individual contributor experience as a technical solutions architect or data/AI engineer

- Demonstrated success leading large-scale data platform migrations and AI/ML programs

- Strong understanding of technical project delivery and stakeholder management skills

- Familiarity with Databricks, Apache Spark, MLflow, Delta Lake, or the modern data and AI ecosystem

The pay range for this role is $211,800-$291,300 USD.

## Skills

### Required
- Databricks
- Apache Spark
- MLflow
- Delta Lake
- data engineering
- AI
- ML

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