Principal Forward Deployed Engineer
Core
Own high-stakes engagements for strategic partners and enterprise engineering organizations, delivering end-to-end technical solutions that enable adoption of Windows and AI developer platforms.
Role type
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer (hands-on IC)
Builds
Integrations, prototypes, reference implementations, tooling, and platform changes for production use.
Domain
Enterprise software, Windows platform, AI/LLM developer experience
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, WSL, containers, LLM application and agent architectures, system performance and reliability analysis, enterprise security and identity controls, application modernization
Preferred skills
Deep Windows platform expertise (WinUI, WPF, .NET desktop), experience standing up new teams or engagement models, mentoring senior engineers
Technologies
Python, TypeScript, C#, Rust, Go, C, C++, WSL, containers
Responsibilities
Establish problem statements, baselines, success measures, and plans with customers; work directly in customer and internal codebases to design and ship integrations; validate outcomes with agreed-upon measurements; operate with authority in front of executive technical audiences; convert bespoke work into reusable assets like reference architectures and tooling.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic ownership