> Markdown version of [/jobs/ext/3521388-forward-deployed-engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/3521388-forward-deployed-engineer). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Forward Deployed Engineer - **Company:** Cinder - **Location:** London, UK - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Software Debugging, Python (Programming Language), SQL Databases, TypeScript, ReactJS, Backend, Cinder (Software), Production Code, Graphql, Webhooks, Data Pipelines - **Published:** September 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/forward-deployed-engineer-cinder-10220017 ## About the Role * 4-8 years as a software engineer, solutions engineer, or in a similar role in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. * Solid Python fundamentals. You can read, debug, and extend backend code without hand-holding. Comfortability with SQL, Typescript, React, and GraphQL. * Real experience owning implementation, not just scoping it. You've configured or customized a product for a specific customer and shipped something that changed what that customer could actually do. * You are exceptionally comfortable with ambiguity and repeatedly take initiative - you thrive when dropped into unfamiliar situations, learning quickly, and finding ways to deliver value. * No degree requirement. We care about what you can build, not where you learned to build it. Bootcamp grads are welcome., * Understanding of trust & safety or safety operations, either firsthand (you've worked in it) or through a specialized background - a T&S-focused master's, for example - that gives you real fluency, not just familiarity. * Consulting experience where you turned a client's ambiguous ask into a working solution. * Familiarity with React Query or Strawberry specifically. * Experience being embedded with a customer or client team, rather than working at arm's length through tickets. ## Description Once a deal closes, you're the technical owner on the ground. You're the escalation point for the customer, working closely with their CSM and Agent Product Manager (agent PM), and the first line of engineering defense when something isn't working the way they expect., * Shape and prove the solution. Work directly with customers to understand their problems, identify the right use cases, and build proofs of concept that demonstrate value and de-risk the path to production. * Own deployments end to end. Take the technical work from scoping and system design through implementation, rollout, and adoption - partnering with the CSM while owning the engineering plan. * Build the last mile. Connect Cinder to each customer's stack through APIs, webhooks, data pipelines, custom workflows, and production-quality code where configuration isn't enough. * Enable customer teams. Run technical workshops, document what you build, and give customers the knowledge and tools to operate successfully without us in the room. * Turn fieldwork into product leverage. Solve issues in the systems you ship, identify patterns across customers, and turn those lessons into reusable tools and improvements to the core product. 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