Forward Deployed Engineer, Early Stage Supply Chain Project
About the Company
X is Alphabet’s moonshot factory. We are a diverse group of inventors and entrepreneurs who build and launch technologies that aim to improve the lives of millions, even billions, of people. Our goal: 10x impact on the world’s most intractable problems, not just 10% improvement. We approach projects that have the aspiration and riskiness of research with the speed and ambition of a startup.
About the Team
We’re X’s moonshot for the global supply chain, applying AI to reduce waste, fragility, and inefficiency. We’re an agile team of experienced AI researchers, software engineers, and entrepreneurs working with visionary partners and customers around the world to make sure everyone has sustainable and reliable access to the food, medicine, clothing, and other goods and services they need. We’re looking for people who are passionate about revolutionizing the global supply chain to join us at this critical growth stage. You’ll be part of a fast-paced team that has the agility and impact of an early stage company, while building on world-class Google AI technology.
About the Role
As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will drive the on-the-ground implementation of our Enterprise AI products to completely reimagine the global supply chain. This is a highly customer-facing, builder-first role that demands a rigorous balance of strategic client partnership, and tactical, hands-on execution—writing code to develop customer-specific product extensions, build tailored solutions for unique user needs, develop robust customer data ingestion pipelines, and architect seamless integrations. Sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with daily end-users and enterprise IT, you will drive 10X economic impact by turning messy operational realities into scalable software. Acting as the engineering vanguard on the front lines, you will directly drive core platform evolution based on ground-truth realities, while extensively leveraging AI to de-bott