Forward Deployed Engineer - Enterprise Software Deployment

HIRENOW STAFFING INC
New York, NY, United States
3 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
4 years minimum
Compensation
$200,000.0 - $275,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Bash Shell System Configuration Data Integrity Software Debugging Monitoring of Systems Identity and Access Management Python (Programming Language) Software Deployment
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System Testing Enterprise Software Applications Power Platform Integration Real Time Data

Job description

  • 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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