Forward Deployed Engineer

About the role

This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of engineering, AI, and customer delivery. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will collaborate closely with customers, product, engineering, and go-to-market teams to deploy and scale AI-powered solutions. You will act as a bridge between customer stakeholders and technical teams, translating real-world operational workflows into impactful product capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Customer Solution Development: Build and deploy tailored solutions by translating customer institutional knowledge and requirements into scalable, technology-enabled workflows and integrations.
• Technical Implementation: Design, develop, and deploy custom configurations, integrations, and features that address specific customer needs while maintaining platform integrity.
• Product Collaboration: Partner closely with product and engineering teams to test features, identify high-impact use cases, and contribute ideas for new product capabilities. Act as a translator between customer needs and technical execution.
• Customer Engagement & Enablement: Support customer-facing teams on calls and demos, educate users on product capabilities, validate use cases, troubleshoot technical issues, and drive successful adoption.
• Cross-Functional Impact: Collaborate across product, engineering, and GTM teams to continuously improve the product and deliver exceptional customer outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent technical experience.
• Experience deploying solutions in customer-facing or consulting environments.
• Strong user of AI tools, with a mindset of leveraging technology to scale impact.
• Entrepreneurial, highly adaptable, and comfortable operating in ambiguity.
• A relentless owner mindset. You proactively identify what needs to happen, align the right people, drive outcomes, and close the loop—even if the problem starts outside your lane.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to bridge technical and non-technical audiences.
• Excitement about AI and the opportunity to transform how complex work is done.

Preferred Qualifications

• Subject matter expertise in Defense acquisitions and program management. Deep understanding of DoD procurement processes, FAR/DFARS regulations, and defense program lifecycle management is highly valued.
• Active Secret Security Clearance (or ability to obtain one).
• Experience working with government or defense sector clients.
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks relevant to defense contracting (e.g., CMMC, ITAR, NIST 800-171).

Pay

Compensation Range: $160K - $200K