Forward Deployed Engineer

Peoplentech Llc
Alexandria, VA, United States
10 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Compensation
$145,600.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Continuous Delivery Continuous Integration Design of User Interfaces Human-Computer Interaction ReactJS Large Language Models Agentic-AI AngularJS Graphql
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Front End Software Development Web Api

Job description

As the FDE Supporting Engineer, you are the second chair on engagements - deep hands-on execution behind the FDE Lead. You’re not customer-facing yet; your value is in the build: turning the Lead’s architecture and commitments into working software across the stack, with real depth and real verification. This is a strong seat for engineers who want to grow toward an FDE Lead role over time.

What you’ll do

  • Own the actual build: deep, genuine hands-on execution across the stack - frontend (React / Angular), BFF / GraphQL, backend APIs, cloud, and CI/CD.

  • Deliver specific stack and microflow work assigned by the FDE Lead, with strong attention to verification and quality.

  • Run AI-assisted and agentic engineering workflows hands-on - ship agents and automations, and work comfortably directly against LLM APIs.

  • Contribute to architecture and design discussions without owning the target-state decision - support and execute against the Lead’s direction.

  • Own your slice of delivery under the Lead’s direction, and stay realistic about constraints and dependencies.

  • Work professionally and clearly in internal working sessions.

Requirements

Customer Relations, Technical Support, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Application Programming Interface (API), React.js, Cloud Computing, GraphQL, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Artificial Intelligence (AI), * Full-stack, hands-on depth (core requirement): genuine experience building across multiple layers of the stack - not a single framework or narrow specialty - with real end-to-end delivery you can speak to in detail.

  • AI / agentic engineering fluency (core requirement): hands-on experience running agent harnesses, building automations, and working directly against LLM APIs - not just passing exposure to AI tools.

  • Working understanding of architecture and target-state design: enough to execute well against a given direction and contribute meaningfully to design conversations.

  • Delivery ownership: comfortable owning your piece of a complex engagement and operating with some autonomy under a lead’s direction.

  • Client-facing experience is not required for this seat - you won’t be in the room with the customer’s CTO yet - but professionalism in working sessions is expected.

Nice to have

  • Experience with legacy-to-modern migrations or modernization work at scale.

  • Named AI-assisted engineering or agent-building artifacts you can walk through.

  • Interest in growing into a customer-facing FDE Lead role over time.

About the company

This seat is a proving ground for the FDE Lead track. Engineers who build deep full-stack and AI fluency, and start developing architecture ownership and stakeholder command, grow into Lead roles over time.

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