Forward Deployed Engineer

Jobot
San Francisco, California, United StatesFull-time$160,000–$300,000Posted Aug 27, 2026

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Salary: $160,000 - $300,000 per year

A bit about us:

Our client is a leading data analytics and technology consulting firm that partners with private equity firms and their portfolio companies to solve complex business challenges through AI, advanced analytics, and modern data engineering. Their teams design and deploy intelligent, agentic solutions that improve decision-making across functions including sales, operations, marketing, pricing, and customer strategy. This is a client-facing role with occasional travel to customer sites to support strategic engagements and solution delivery.

Why join us?

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off and company holidays

Paid parental leave

Life and disability insurance

Professional development and training opportunities

Hybrid work flexibility (depending on the role)

Performance-based bonus opportunities

Job Details

What We're Looking For:

A successful Forward Deployed Engineer combines strong technical expertise with exceptional customer-facing experience, serving as the bridge between external stakeholders and engineering teams. The ideal candidate has partnered directly with clients to gather requirements, design technical solutions, manage expectations, and deliver software that solves real business problems. They are equally comfortable leading conversations with executives, business leaders, and technical teams, building trusted relationships while translating complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes. Rather than simply writing code, they take the time to understand a customer's business challenges, ask thoughtful questions, communicate technical tradeoffs, and move seamlessly between the boardroom and the codebase as both a trusted advisor and hands-on engineer.

What We Do:

AI & Data Engineering

You have experience building data-intensive applications using modern engineering tools and frameworks.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Data Engineering, Machine Learning Engineering, Solutions Engineering, or Forward Deployed Engineering.

Demonstrated experience working directly with external customers, clients, or business stakeholders to define technical requirements and deliver software solutions.

Experience leading customer discovery sessions, technical workshops, architecture discussions, or implementation engagements.

Strong software engineering skills using Python and SQL.

Experience building cloud-native applications, APIs, data pipelines, or AI-enabled solutions.

Familiarity with modern AI technologies, including LLMs, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI agents, or agentic workflows is highly desirable.

Ability to communicate effectively with both executive leadership and technical engineering teams.

Willingness to travel to customer sites as needed.

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Responsibilities

  • Serve as a bridge between external stakeholders and engineering teams
  • Gather requirements and design technical solutions
  • Manage expectations and deliver software that solves business problems
  • Lead conversations with executives and technical teams
  • Build trusted relationships and communicate technical tradeoffs

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Data Engineering, Machine Learning Engineering, Solutions Engineering, or Forward Deployed Engineering
  • Experience working directly with external customers to define technical requirements
  • Strong software engineering skills using Python and SQL
  • Experience building cloud-native applications, APIs, and data pipelines
  • Familiarity with modern AI technologies is highly desirable

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Paid time off and company holidays
  • Paid parental leave
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Professional development and training opportunities
  • Hybrid work flexibility
  • Performance-based bonus opportunities

Skills mentioned

PythonSQLData EngineeringCloud ComputingREST APIsData PipelinesGenerative AIRetrieval-Augmented GenerationAI AgentsMachine Learning

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