Forward Deployed Data Engineer
Datafold
full-remotemidpermanentbackendproduct-management Full remote 13 days ago via WTTJ
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Data EngineeringAIProject LeadershipCustomer-FacingdbtSnowflakeDatabricksStreamingIncremental ProcessingETL
About the role
Role Overview
Join Datafold as a Forward Deployed Data Engineer. You’ll take ownership of AI-automated data platform migration projects in a customer-facing role that combines data engineering, AI, and project leadership.
Responsibilities
- Deliver AI-automated data platform migration projects end-to-end: manage project execution and remove blockers.
- Act as the primary customer point of contact, managing stakeholder expectations and escalating risks early.
- Configure Datafold’s Migration Agent and oversee migration execution.
- Collaborate closely with Datafold’s internal engineering team throughout delivery.
Requirements
- AI power user: uses AI daily and continuously improves how to use it effectively.
- Excellent communication skills for both executive check-ins and technical design sessions.
- 3–6 years in data consulting, professional services, or a customer-facing data engineering role.
- Strong understanding of the modern data stack, including:
- dbt
- Snowflake
- Databricks
- Orchestration tools
- Key patterns such as stored procedures, streaming, and incremental processing.
- Extreme ownership: identify, surface, and fix problems; rally the team to act without needing prompts.
Nice to Have
- Exposure to legacy data stacks (e.g., ETL, stored procedures) and experience with data platform migration projects.
About Datafold
Datafold is a company focused on AI-automating data platform migrations for customers. It blends data engineering and AI to help teams plan, execute, and operationalize data platform changes efficiently.
Scraped 6/13/2026