Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering

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Benefits Diversity Engineering Research Students & new grads Back to search results Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering Tokyo, Japan Apply now Req ID: CSQ427R97 Location: Tokyo, Japan Mission 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. The impact you will have Lead, hire, mentor, and grow a team of ~10 high-performing Forward Deployed Engineers, building a strong culture of technical excellence, customer obsession, and execution Partner with customers and internal stakeholders to shape complex engagements that deliver meaningful business outcomes on Databricks Guide teams through end-to-end solution delivery, from discovery and architecture through implementation, deployment, and enablement Build trusted relationships with technical and executive stakeholders, acting as a senior advisor during strategic customer engagements Serve as the senior technical escalation point for

the team. Stay hands-on enough to dive into architecture reviews, unblock complex delivery issues, and make high-stakes technical calls alongside your engineers on the most strategic accounts. Coach engineers on solution design, stakeholder management, delivery quality, and long-term career development Partner closely with Sales, Field Engineering, Product, and Professional Services leadership to align on account strategy, staffing, and execution Improve repeatability and scale by developing reusable patterns, delivery best practices, technical assets, and team processes Help the organization grow its presence in data engineering-led transformations, including modern data platforms, pipelines, governance, and production workloads What we look for 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 Fluent Japanese is required, and business-level English is required Preferred

qualifications 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 About Databricks Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter , LinkedIn and Facebook .

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