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Staff Forward Deployed Engineer

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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