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Senior Developer Relations Jobs in Illinois (NOW HIRING)

Senior Engineer - Project

Libertyville, IL · On-site

$96K - $125K/yr

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  • Dental

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  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Operations Summary The Senior Engineer applies engineering expertise, technical judgment, and project management discipline to ensure manufacturing equipment, processes, and systems are ready to ...

Senior Engineer - Project

Libertyville, IL · On-site

$96K - $125K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Operations Summary The Senior Engineer applies engineering expertise, technical judgment, and project management discipline to ensure manufacturing equipment, processes, and systems are ready to ...

Community Relations Sales Assistant

Glenview, IL · On-site

$20/hr

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... Senior Living you'll find a unique balance of innovative, research-based programming with best-in ... As a Community Relations Sales Assistant with Belmont Village Senior Living, you will provide the ...

AI Engineering Enablement Lead

Chicago, IL

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... managing senior stakeholders with confidence * Comfortable with ambiguity: you thrive in high ... Background as a tech evangelist, developer relations lead, or platform advocate, ideally for AI or ...

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Senior Developer Relations information

What is the difference between Senior Developer Relations vs Developer Advocate?

AspectSenior Developer RelationsDeveloper Advocate
Primary FocusBuilding relationships with developer communities, strategic outreach, and brand awarenessCreating technical content, demos, and engaging directly with developers to promote products
Required SkillsCommunity management, communication, strategic planningTechnical expertise, presentation skills, coding ability
Work EnvironmentCross-functional teams, community events, online platformsTechnical demonstrations, content creation, direct developer engagement
Common UsageIndustry-wide, especially in tech companies with developer ecosystemsTech companies, startups, open-source projects

While both roles involve engaging with developer communities, Senior Developer Relations focuses on strategic relationship building and community management, whereas Developer Advocates primarily create technical content and demos to promote products. Both roles require technical knowledge and communication skills but differ in their core activities and focus areas.

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Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Retail

Databricks

Chicago, IL • On-site

$182K - $250K/yr

Full-time

Posted 26 days ago


Job description

CSQ427R168
As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) you will work with customers to build and productionize solutions to their data & AI challenges using the Databricks platform. You will own the architecture, lead design decisions, and implement end-to-end systems spanning data engineering, AI, and application development. We work cross-functionally to shape long-term strategic priorities and initiatives alongside engineering, product, and developer relations. FDEs deliver with customer empathy, integrating with client systems, training, and other technical needs to help customers get most value out of their data.
This is a hands-on, customer-facing role for builders who thrive at the intersection of technology and business impact. The ideal candidate combines engineering expertise with adaptability, curiosity, and a passion for working with customers and teammates to solve complex problems that drive measurable outcomes. FDEs are billable and know how to complete projects according to specification with exceptional customer empathy.
The impact you will have:
  • Production Solution Delivery: Lead impactful customer technical projects by delivering production-grade systems, designing and building reference architectures, custom applications and data ingestion and ML/AI model integration
  • Transformational Impact: Guide strategic customers as they implement transformational big data projects including end-to-end design, build and deployment of industry-leading big data and AI applications. Work with engagement managers to scope technical delivery work with input from the customer
  • Empower Customers: Guide customers on architecture and design; bootstrap or implement customer projects which leads to a customers' successful understanding, evaluation and adoption of Databricks.
  • Own the Architecture: Lead architecture and design decisions, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with both customer needs and Databricks best practices.
  • Work with the Databricks technical team, Project Manager, Architect and Customer team to ensure the technical components of the engagement are delivered to meet customer's needs.
  • Work with Engineering and Databricks Customer Support to provide product and implementation feedback and to guide rapid resolution for engagement specific product and support issues.
  • Customer Immersion: Embed with customer teams, engaging with stakeholders from technical ICs to executives to deeply understand challenges and deliver impact.
  • Reusable Assets & Scale: Contribute accelerators, frameworks, and best practices that scale impact across accounts and influence the Databricks product roadmap.

What we look for:
  • 6+ years experience in data engineering, data platforms & analytics, or software engineering
  • Comfortable writing code in either Python, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern frameworks
  • Working knowledge of two or more common Cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP) with expertise in at least one
  • Deep experience with distributed computing with Apache Spark™ and knowledge of Spark runtime internals
  • Familiarity with CI/CD for production deployments
  • Working knowledge of MLOps, ML/AI models and AI APIs
  • Design and deployment of performant production end-to-end data architectures and applications that combine data pipelines, ML/AI models, and user-facing interfaces.
  • Experience with technical project delivery - managing scope, timelines and measurable outcomes, translating complex concepts into actionable solutions.
  • Documentation and white-boarding skills.
  • Experience working with enterprise clients and managing conflicts across a broad stakeholder range
  • Build skills in technical areas, and demonstrate curiosity, adaptability, and eagerness to explore new technologies which support the deployment and integration of Databricks-based solutions to complete customer projects.
  • Travel to customers 20% of the time
  • Databricks Certification

Pay Range Transparency
Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected base salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipated utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.
Zone 1 Pay Range
$182,000-$250,208 USD
Zone 2 Pay Range
$182,000-$250,208 USD
Zone 3 Pay Range
$182,000-$250,208 USD
Zone 4 Pay Range
$182,000-$250,208 USD
About Databricks
Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide - including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 - rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and Instagram.
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