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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Forward Deployed Engineer - **Company:** Buildertrend Solutions, Inc. - **Location:** Omaha, NE, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $200,000.0 - $250,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Python (Programming Language), Salesforce.Com, Software Engineering, Buildertrend Software, Large Language Models, Multi-Agent Systems, Build Management, Integration Frameworks, Data Pipelines, Api Management, Databricks - **Published:** July 2, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=52118556e5f61444 ## About the Role * 5+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 2 years working hands-on with LLM API's, agentic frameworks, or AI automation in a production environment required. * Prior experience at a B2B SaaS company is highly preferred. * Experience leading technical direction for complex systems in a staff, principal or technical lead capacity. * Strong Python and/or JavaScript skills, with experience with API integrations, webhook design, and data pipeline architecture. * Experience designing and delivering multi-step AI systems. * Comfortable working across the GTM tech stack, including Salesforce, Gong, or similar, and able to ramp quickly on new tools without support. * Understanding of how sales and marketing funnels work, what revenue teams care about, and how to size and measure the impact of what you build. * Strong communicator who can present technical tradeoffs, architectural decisions, and build-vs-buy recommendations to VPs and senior leadership. * Comfortable with ambiguity and able to drive clarity from it. ## Description As a Forward Deployed Engineer at Buildertrend, you'll help change the way the world builds by creating AI solutions that make work smarter for the teams who support our customers. As the first technical hire on our Central AI Enablement team, you'll define how AI is built across the business, turning complex challenges into practical systems that improve how Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Finance and People teams operate. Your work will shape technical standards, influence company-wide AI strategy, and deliver measurable business impact. What you will do: * Own the technical architecture for AI across GTM and G&A; design and build agentic systems, automated workflows, and LLM-powered integrations that operate reliably at scale. * Set the engineering standards for how AI gets built into Buildertrend, including reusable patterns, integration frameworks, evaluation practices, and deployment approaches that others can build on. * Architect integrations and data pipelines that connect Buildertrend's business tools, including Salesforce, Gong, Databricks, and others, into cohesive, AI-powered workflows. * Lead build-vs-buy decisions on AI tooling investments, providing clear technical recommendations in partnership with the Director of AI Enablement to senior leadership. * Stand up evaluation and benchmarking frameworks to measure AI output quality, reliability, and business impact against real baselines. * Translate ambiguous business problems from non-technical partners into well-scoped technical solutions and drive them to completion independently. * Serve as the technical voice of the Central AI Enablement function in cross-functional conversations, including with engineering leadership and business VPs. * Embrace using AI as a tool to enhance your work, while remaining open to learning, applying critical thinking, and owning the quality of your final work ## Related Videos - [The Intent Engineer: Closing the Gap Between Business & Engineering - Manuel Klein](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1855-the-intent-engineer-closing-the-gap-between-business-engineering-manuel-klein) - [Why and when should we consider Stream Processing frameworks in our solutions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1085-why-and-when-should-we-consider-stream-processing-frameworks-in-our-solutions) - [Cutting LLM Costs Without Cutting Quality: How to Beat Proprietary LLMs with Fine-Tuned Open Source](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100151-cutting-llm-costs-without-cutting-quality-how-to-beat-proprietary-llms-with-fine-tuned-open-source) - [ Your Code Is the Sales Team Now](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100327-your-code-is-the-sales-team-now) - [Python-Based Data Streaming Pipelines Within Minutes](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1233-python-based-data-streaming-pipelines-within-minutes) - [OLTP in the Lakehouse: Redefining Data for AI Workloads](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2038-oltp-in-the-lakehouse-redefining-data-for-ai-workloads) ## Related Articles - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [What Are Large Language Models?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/304-what-are-large-language-models) - [Best US AI Conferences for CTOs in 2026: Build vs. Buy, Vendor Evaluation, and Peer Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/736-best-us-ai-conferences-for-ctos-in-2026-build-vs-buy-vendor-evaluation-and-peer-intelligence) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer)