Senior
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
Be the technical owner of the account on the ground: translate a confusing business problem into an AI solution deployed to production, iterating shoulder to shoulder with the client. A hybrid of engineer and consultant — you build, decide architecture on the spot and sustain the technical relationship under pressure.
What you'll do
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Scope and design the solution in the client's environment, making architecture decisions on the spot with incomplete information.
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Negotiate scope with the client and know when to say "not this" and when a two-day prototype beats a two-week design.
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Lead a small pod, coordinating junior FDEs and/or spec-driven developers who back the delivery.
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Anticipate technical and business risks and defuse them before they become project problems.
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Be the trusted technical face for the client's technical counterparts and business decision-makers.
What we look for
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End-to-end technical solvency: you build, integrate and deploy AI solutions in real environments without supervision.
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Business ↔ technical translation: you understand the problem in the client's language and give it back as a solution.
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Business judgment: you prioritize by impact and tell what moves the needle from what's merely interesting.
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Credibility and relationship management: you build trust and navigate hard conversations calmly.
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Genuine ownership: you feel like the owner of the outcome, not your slice — and you show it when things go sideways.
Nice to have
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Experience leading client projects or technical consulting with responsibility for the outcome.
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Knowledge of a vertical sector (banking, retail, industry, health, energy) that speeds up domain understanding.
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Command of the spec-driven methodology to leverage delivery capacity behind you.
How we measure success
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The client gets a solution in production that solves their problem — not a demo.
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The account grows because they trust your technical and business judgment.
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The pod you lead delivers autonomously and learns from you.
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