Forward Deployed Engineer

New York City💼 Full-time💰 $120,000–$120,000🗓 2026-06-09 → 2026-09-26

Core

Build software tools for paid advertising strategists and media buyers to optimize creative workflows and ad performance.

Role type

Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

Builds

Custom client tooling, ad account integrations, and core platform features for the creative intelligence layer.

Domain

Paid advertising, creative optimization, data pipelines

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis

Required skills

TypeScript, Next.js, modern React, backend development, LLM API integration (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini), client-facing communication, ambiguity tolerance, entrepreneurial mindset

Preferred skills

prior founding experience, side projects, leadership experience

Technologies

TypeScript, Next.js, React, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Meta API, TikTok API, Google Ads API

Responsibilities

Embed with services pods to understand workflows end-to-end, decide between bespoke automation vs. core feature development, own end-to-end client deployment lifecycle, translate field signals into product requirements, run own roadmap based on observed needs

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC

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About Newform

NewForm is building the creative intelligence layer for paid advertising. We pair an in-house creative pod with Framework, our proprietary statistical testing engine that instruments every ad it ships, to build a creative ontology for each brand: a living map of what works, why it works, and how to make more of it. The service we sell is the creative your paid spend needs. The asset we build is yours to keep.