Forward Deployed Engineer
Core
Embedded engineer working side-by-side with customer architects and operators to solve complex infrastructure issues, optimize throughput, and translate real-world requirements into product improvements for VAST's data platform.
Role type
Senior IC forward deployed systems engineer
Builds
Enterprise data infrastructure for AI training and inference across data center, edge, and cloud
Domain
AI infrastructure / Distributed storage systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Distributed systems, High-performance file systems, Storage protocols, Advanced networking (InfiniBand, RoCE, 100GbE+), Linux internals, Python, C/C++, System operations
Preferred skills
Large-scale AI training environments, HPC clusters, Containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes), AI/ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow)
Responsibilities
Collaborate with customer technical teams to debug complex issues and optimize infrastructure throughput, Develop custom API endpoints and automation tools to unblock critical workflows, Translate customer operational challenges into executable technical requirements for core development teams, Act as internal advocate to prioritize customer needs in the product roadmap, Sync with engineering team on hotfixes, roadmap updates, and new builds (via careerplan.io/jobs/43-001-1E-173-81-605-forward-deployed-engineer-at-vast-data)
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
