Forward Deployed Engineer
Core
Embed with portfolio companies to identify high-leverage workflows and ship agentic software solutions directly into their operations.
Role type
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
Builds
Agentic software loops, integrations, prompts, and UI surfaces for specific business outcomes.
Domain
Private Equity / Vertical SaaS Operations / Agentic AI
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Full-stack TypeScript or Python, React, SQL, LLM-native engineering, prompt engineering, evals, autonomy gating, P&L reading, technical writing
Preferred skills
Prior FDE experience, PE/consulting/M&A diligence exposure, Iceberg-based data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks), event-driven systems
Technologies
TypeScript, Python, React, SQL, Foundation Models, Iceberg, Snowflake, Databricks
Responsibilities
Embed with portfolio company operators to understand business models and trust-building; Identify 2–3 high-leverage workflows for agentic intervention; Build and deploy integrations, prompts, and workflows; Operate and tune deployed systems; Codify learnings into reusable playbooks for other portfolio companies; Act as the technical face to the portfolio company GM.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC