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Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
MongoDBDatabase Software company
New York, United States$151,000 - $297,000 USDLead
In-Q-Tel
Intel Capital
Sequoia Capital
Flybridge Capital Partners
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Red Hat
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Senior technical leader driving customer success and product innovation through field insights.
- •Staff Forward Deployed Engineers (FDE) are senior technical leaders who bridge customer environments and product development.
- •They tackle ambiguous, high-impact problems, driving customer success and shaping product direction through field insights.
- •Key Responsibilities Own complex customer engagements and technical workstreams, defining technical approaches.
- •Lead architectural design and hands-on implementation for customer-facing solutions.
- •Translate field learnings into reusable product capabilities and technical strategy.
- •Drive systemic improvements in tooling, architecture, and delivery processes.
- •Influence product roadmap and technical vision based on customer needs.
- •Requirements 9+ years of relevant engineering experience in production systems and complex environments.
- •Proven success leading multi-team technical initiatives with ownership of outcomes.
- •Strong experience designing and implementing production-grade integrations and distributed systems.
- •Ability to shape technical direction, influence stakeholders, and mentor engineers.
- •Willingness to travel up to 30% for customer engagements.
Required skills
MongoDBLLMsLangChainPythonJavaScriptTypeScriptGoBashAWSGoogle CloudAzureTerraformDockerKubernetesCI/CD
Nice-to-have skills
ReactNode.jsREST APIgRPC
Domain expertise
developer-toolsai
Benefits & perks
equity, employee stock purchase program, flexible paid time off, parental leave, fertility and adoption assistance, 401(k) plan, mental health counseling, transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage, health benefits
Tech stack
MongoDBPythonJavaScriptTypeScriptGoBashReactNode.jsAWSGoogle CloudAzureTerraformDockerKubernetesCI/CDGitLinuxREST APIgRPCLLMsLangChain