Forward Deployed Engineer - Enterprise Software Deployment
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- Own the full lifecycle of onboarding: environment setup, access control, configuration, system validation, and production launch.
- Confirm performance benchmarks, platform behavior, and data integrity through hands-on monitoring and testing.
- Debug complex issues across integrations, APIs, logs, infrastructure, and edge-case customer environments.
Engineer Solutions That Drive Adoption
- Build lightweight tools, scripts, and operational shortcuts to streamline deployments and reduce future friction.
- Review technical metrics and system reports to identify anomalies, optimization opportunities, and scaling concerns.
- Participate in customer technical reviews, architecture discussions, and security assessments.
Be the Technical Face of the Company
- Join sales calls, demos, and technical evaluations to validate feasibility and accelerate deal momentum.
- Serve as the trusted advisor for enterprise engineers and executives communicating clearly, confidently, and with authority.
- Build relationships across customer teams to ensure long-term success and seamless handoffs post-launch.
Strengthen Internal Product & Engineering Alignment
- Partner with Engineering on self-hosted deployments, custom connectors, and complex integration paths.
- Provide fast, structured feedback to Product on recurring issues, deployment patterns, and unmet enterprise needs.
- Create documentation, best practices, and scalable implementation playbooks that elevate the entire team’s effectiveness., * Massive ownership: You’ll shape customer success from the first meeting through production deployment.
- High visibility: Work directly with executive stakeholders internally and externally.
- Challenging problems: Enterprise integrations, high-performance systems, real-time data, and complex workflows.
- Impact: Your work directly determines customer adoption, long-term revenue, and platform success.
If you are a deeply technical engineer who loves partnering with customers, building solutions that matter, and working alongside a high-performing team, this Forward Deployed Engineer role is a career-defining opportunity.
Requirements
Do you have experience in Technical writing?, * 4+ years in a deeply technical role within a high-growth or top-tier tech environment (software, data, infra, or AI preferred).
- Proficiency in reading, reviewing, and interpreting complex logs, metrics, system outputs, and technical diagnostics.
- Comfort writing lightweight tools, scripts, or automations (Python, JS, Bash, or similar).
- Strong familiarity with modern cloud infrastructure:
- AWS (IAM, EC2, networking, scaling, observability)
- CI/CD pipelines
- Monitoring tools and observability stacks
- API debugging and integration troubleshooting
Customer-Facing Excellence
- Prior experience in Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Technical Consulting, or similar hybrid roles.
- Ability to balance technical rigor with customer communication translating complexity into clarity.
- Confidence and presence when working directly with enterprise buyers, engineering leaders, and executive stakeholders.
Signals of High Performance
- Experience in environments known for steep learning curves or high execution standards.
- Evidence of fast career progression expanded scope, or outsized individual impact.
- Ability to step into ambiguous situations and bring clarity, order, and solutions quickly.
Who You Are
- A technical builder who thrives in zero-to-one situations and loves creating structure from ambiguity.
- Energized by solving high-stakes problems for real customers not just coding in isolation.
- A collaborator who communicates with empathy, confidence, and precision.
- Someone who takes responsibility instinctively when something breaks, you’re the first one leaning in.
- Excited to work onsite in New York, collaborating directly with world-class engineers and customers.
Benefits & conditions
$200,000 - $275,000 a year - Full-time
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