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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Forward Deployed Engineer - US - **Company:** REAL COMPANY, INC. - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Databases, Distributed Systems, Automation of Marketing, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Enterprise Software Applications, Large Language Models, Data Pipelines - **Published:** August 7, 2026 - **Apply:** https://apply.workable.com/real-dev-inc/j/AA2092BCE8/ ## About the Role * 5+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Engineering, or other highly technical customer-facing roles. * Strong software engineering fundamentals with experience building production-quality software and working across complex distributed systems. * Experience with APIs, integrations, cloud platforms, data pipelines, databases, and enterprise software architecture. * Experience working with AI agents, LLMs, automation platforms, or enterprise AI applications. * Experience leading technical customer engagements from discovery through deployment while balancing technical depth with business impact. * Strong product mindset with the ability to translate customer needs into scalable product capabilities. * Excellent communication skills and confidence working directly with enterprise customers, engineering teams, and executive stakeholders. * High level of ownership, technical curiosity, and the ability to independently solve ambiguous technical and business problems. * Comfortable traveling regularly across the U.S. to work on-site with customers. * Passion for building AI-powered systems that solve real business problems and create measurable customer value. ## Description * Partner directly with enterprise customers, both remotely and on-site across the U.S., to deeply understand their business processes, technical architecture, data flows, and operational challenges. * Lead technical discovery sessions, gather business and product requirements, and translate complex customer needs into scalable AI-powered solutions. * Design, build, configure, and deploy production-ready AI agents, integrations, and workflows that operate reliably within customer environments. * Work hands-on with APIs, enterprise systems, structured and unstructured data, and customer infrastructure to deliver end-to-end solutions. * Own customer engagements from technical discovery through implementation, deployment, adoption, and continuous optimization. * Drive measurable business impact by identifying new AI use cases, increasing platform adoption, and helping expand customer accounts over time. * Act as a strategic technical partner, helping customers unlock additional value from the platform and supporting account growth alongside Customer Success and Sales. * Partner closely with Product and Engineering to influence the product roadmap based on customer feedback and emerging use cases. * Create reusable implementation playbooks, tools, and best practices that help scale the Forward Deployed Engineering function as REAL grows. * Travel regularly to customer sites across the U.S. ## Related Videos - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [Kubernetes and Microservices with Multi-Model Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/382-kubernetes-and-microservices-with-multi-model-databases) - [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) - [Green Cloud Computing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/592-green-cloud-computing) - [This App Reached 10,000 Users in One Week. 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