Senior Consultant - Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) – Databricks

Job title: Senior Consultant - Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) – Databricks

About the Role Senior Consultant - Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) – Databricks on Deloitte's Forensic, Discovery, & Financial Crime team. You will design, build, and implement AI-enabled applications and data solutions in enterprise environments, combining software engineering, data engineering, and client-facing delivery to move solutions from concept to production. This role offers the opportunity to translate technical complexity into business value and accelerate adoption of generative AI capabilities for clients.

What You'll Do

• Collaborate with client stakeholders to define business needs, operational constraints, priority use cases, and measurable success criteria.
• Design, build, and integrate AI-enabled applications, APIs, machine learning models, data pipelines, and microservices tailored to client environments.
• Use AI-assisted development workflows to accelerate delivery while maintaining code quality, security, and maintainability.
• Lead implementation activities required to move solutions into production, including architecture, security, privacy, and access reviews.
• Troubleshoot technical and integration issues and optimize performance across Databricks and cloud-based enterprise environments.
• Create reusable assets, document workflows and support processes, and help client teams build the capabilities needed to sustain and extend delivered solutions.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience, in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, data science, analytics engineering, or technical delivery roles, with experience in AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or comparable cloud platform services.
• 1+ years of experience with Databricks, including hands-on experience with DBRX, MLflow, Vector Search, or Databricks AI Gateway.
• 1+ years of experience leading project workstreams or client engagements, including translating business requirements into technical solutions and aligning delivery priorities with stakeholders.
• 1+ years hands-on experience building and deploying AI, GenAI, or LLM-powered solutions in client or production environments.
• Demonstrated proficiency building and shipping production code with AI-assisted development tools, including the judgment to direct, review, and correct AI-generated output and to maintain engineering guardrails such as code review, testing, type checking, and linting.
• Experience presenting, defending, and iterating on technical designs and architectures with client and internal stakeholders, and incorporating feedback through to delivery.
• Ability to travel 50%.

Preferred: Experience supporting anti-money laundering (AML), fraud, financial crime, investigations, or compliance technology use.

Nice to Have

• Experience supporting AML, fraud, financial crime investigations, or compliance technology use.

Compensation & Benefits

• Not disclosed in the posting.