Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
LaddersAbout the role
For our client, we are seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to join the team of a leader in the Information Technology space.
This role will partner directly with customers in the field to assess security and compliance workflows, translate business and technical needs into practical solutions, and drive rapid deployment of production-ready software.
The ideal candidate will bridge Product, Engineering, and customer stakeholders while building AI-enabled tools, integrations, and data-driven workflows that improve efficiency and strengthen risk visibility.
This is a highly customer-facing engineering position with strong exposure to architecture, prototyping, and the conversion of technical security metrics into measurable business impact.
Location: Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available
Compensation: $180,000 – $240,000 annually
Responsibilities
Deploy onsite with customers to assess and optimize security and compliance workflows
Gather detailed requirements from users and executives to inform customized solutions
Integrate the company into existing customer processes and data architectures
Develop AI-native solutions utilizing LLMs and modern tools to enhance efficiency and reduce manual labor
Conduct data analysis to translate security metrics into financial terms such as ALE and ROI
Architect and implement integrations, pipelines, and tools connecting to customer systems like SIEM and GRC
Rapidly prototype in the field, transitioning effective solutions into stable, production-ready software
Facilitate communication between Product, Engineering, and customers, incorporating field insights into product development
Qualifications
8+ years of software engineering experience in customer-facing, forward deployed, or solutions engineering roles
Hands-on experience building AI products using LLMs, ML models, or agentic frameworks
Proven success in creating AI-powered features and solutions with a clear understanding of AI's impact on deployment roles
Strong data analysis and data science skills to convert raw data into actionable risk metrics
Ability to ship production code independently in dynamic, customer-facing environments
Fluency in full stack development including backend services, APIs, scripting, and integration patterns
Experience designing solutions within AWS, Azure, and GCP while aligning with existing customer cloud environments
Strong communication skills to bridge technical solutions and business impacts
Benefits
Competitive salary and stock options based on location
Comprehensive health benefits
Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
Parental leave and tuition reimbursement programs
Additional unspecified benefits based on country-specific offerings
Our client is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification—your background could be exactly what this team needs.
Responsibilities
- Deploy onsite with customers to assess and optimize security and compliance workflows
- Gather detailed requirements from users and executives to inform customized solutions
- Integrate the company into existing customer processes and data architectures
- Develop AI-native solutions utilizing LLMs and modern tools to enhance efficiency and reduce manual labor
- Conduct data analysis to translate security metrics into financial terms such as ALE and ROI
- Architect and implement integrations, pipelines, and tools connecting to customer systems like SIEM and GRC
- Rapidly prototype in the field, transitioning effective solutions into stable, production-ready software
- Facilitate communication between Product, Engineering, and customers, incorporating field insights into product development
Qualifications
- 8+ years of software engineering experience in customer-facing, forward deployed, or solutions engineering roles
- Hands-on experience building AI products using LLMs, ML models, or agentic frameworks
- Proven success in creating AI-powered features and solutions with a clear understanding of AI's impact on deployment roles
- Strong data analysis and data science skills to convert raw data into actionable risk metrics
- Ability to ship production code independently in dynamic, customer-facing environments
- Fluency in full stack development including backend services, APIs, scripting, and integration patterns
- Experience designing solutions within AWS, Azure, and GCP while aligning with existing customer cloud environments
- Strong communication skills to bridge technical solutions and business impacts
Benefits
- Competitive salary and stock options based on location
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
- Parental leave and tuition reimbursement programs
- Additional unspecified benefits based on country-specific offerings
Skills mentioned
About Ladders
We lead the leaders. Ladder’s community of 10 mm leading professionals come to us to be inspired, grow in their careers, and get ahead in their professional lives. We focus on the $100K+ job market, representing 25% of all jobs and about 50% of income in the US & Canada. We build data-driven tools, marketplaces, news and entertainment products for our growing audience, and the companies, recruiters, and advertisers that want to reach them. We work best with people who enjoy using their talents, commitment and hard work to achieve great successes for millions of real life users through products that impact their careers. We are deeply technology-driven -- about half the company are engineers, technical product people or product designers -- but we never build technology for technology’s sake. We’re always trying to connect our efforts to the good it can do in people’s lives.
H-1B sponsorship history
Historical employer filing data was found for Ladders. The employer record includes 8 historical certified applications. This is employer-level history, not a guarantee that this role currently offers sponsorship.