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# Founding Forward Deployed Software Engineer

- **Company:** Motion Recruitment Partners LLC.
- **Location:** Herndon, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Programming Tools, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Backend, Kubernetes, Machine Learning Operations
- **Published:** August 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/dffa5860-334c-4b75-bd91-b190735a6d91

## About the Role

* 7+ years of software engineering experience
 * Strong backend development experience with Go and/or Python
 * Production experience with Kubernetes and AWS
 * Experience building and deploying distributed systems
 * Experience owning software from development through production
 * Strong communication and customer-facing skills
 * Ability to gather technical requirements and turn them into scalable software
 * Comfortable troubleshooting complex production environments

Desired Skills & Experience

 * Previous forward deployed or customer-facing engineering experience
 * Experience working in startup or fast-paced engineering environments
 * Experience with PostgreSQL
 * Background in infrastructure, platform engineering, or developer tooling
 * Experience with observability and production reliability
 * Exposure to AI/ML infrastructure or MLOps

## Description

Tech Breakdown

 * 35% Backend Software Engineering
 * 25% Kubernetes / Cloud Infrastructure
 * 20% Customer Integrations & Deployments
 * 10% Production Reliability
 * 10% Data / PostgreSQL

Daily Responsibilities

 * 60% Hands On
 * 30% Customer & Team Collaboration
 * 10% Technical Leadership


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