Role Description
Hiring: Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
Minneapolis, MN (Preferred) | Open to Candidates Across USA
We're looking for Forward Deployed Engineers who thrive at the intersection of technology, business, and customer success.
Experience Levels:
✅ 3–5 Years
✅ 8–10 Years
✅ 20+ Years
Required Skills:
✔ Strong software engineering fundamentals
✔ APIs, databases, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
✔ System integration & application deployment
✔ Customer-facing consulting or solution engineering experience
✔ Ability to translate business challenges into working technology solutions.
Preferred:
- GenAI, LLMs, RAG, AI Agents
- Data Engineering, Analytics & BI
- Consulting, Pre-Sales, Solution Architecture
- Healthcare, BFSI, Retail, Manufacturing, Telecom, or Technology domain experience.
About Forward Deployed Engineering
Forward Deployed Engineers are embedded directly with customers to build custom solutions, integrate products into existing infrastructure, and bridge the gap between product engineering and customer success. The role combines deep technical skills with the ability to operate in client environments and translate business requirements into working software.
Originally pioneered by Palantir, the FDE model has spread across AI, enterprise SaaS, and cloud infrastructure companies. FDEs write production code, architect integrations, train customer teams, and feed product insights back to the core engineering organization. At companies like OpenAI, Salesforce, and Databricks, FDE teams are treated as elite engineering units that can ship custom solutions in days rather than quarters.
Typical FDE stack: Python, TypeScript, SQL, REST/GraphQL APIs, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), and increasingly LLM APIs and AI orchestration frameworks. Strong communication and the ability to context-switch between technical and business conversations are as important as coding ability.
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