Tenstorrent is leading the industry on cutting-edge AI technology, revolutionizing performance expectations, ease of use, and cost efficiency. With AI redefining the computing paradigm, solutions must evolve to unify innovations in software models, compilers, platforms, networking, and semiconductors. Our diverse team of technologists have developed a high performance RISC-V CPU from scratch, and share a passion for AI and a deep desire to build the best AI platform possible. We value collaboration, curiosity, and a commitment to solving hard problems. We are growing our team and looking for contributors of all seniorities. We’re looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer to own the technical outcome of the AI Hardware systems we build with our customers. You will work alongside customer engineering and operations teams to make complete systems work in production or near-production environments. This engineering role spans hardware and software integration, deployment, validation, automation, debugging, and ongoing operations. You will contribute to customer deployments, establish reliable operating procedures, and drive customer systems through resolution until they work as intended. This role is Hybrid, based out of Tokyo, Japan. We welcome candidates at various experience levels for this role. During the interview process, candidates will be assessed for the appropriate level, and offers will align with that level, which may differ from the one in this posting. Who You Are You take ownership of customer outcomes in deployed environments through integration, validation, production readiness, and operations. You understand how accelerator compute, memory, and networking topology constrain AI workloads, and don’t treat hardware as a black box. You work directly with customer engineering and operations teams to understand their environment, constraints, and desired outcomes. You’re comfortable debugging across the inference stack, from failing requests, kernel di
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Req ID: CSQ427R277 Location: Tokyo, Japan 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 tea
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Travel to customers 20% of the time Databricks Certification Fluent in Japanese with a professional working proficiency in English About Databricks Databricks is the Data and AI company; government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone
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Databricks offers a unified platform for data, analytics and AI. Build better AI with a data-centric approach. Simplify ETL, data warehousing, governance and AI on the Data + AI Platform.
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