Forward Deployed Engineer
Core
Forward Deployed Engineer who designs, builds, and delivers scoped CI/CD platform features for strategic enterprise customers, translating business needs into production code and handing off to core Product and Engineering teams.
Role type
Senior IC Forward Deployed Engineer (Customer-Facing Platform Engineer)
Builds
Production CI/CD platform features and custom engagements for large enterprise customers
Domain
Developer Tools / CI/CD / B2B SaaS
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
End-to-end software development, technical scoping, customer requirement translation, enterprise stakeholder management, product judgment, solution architecture
Preferred skills
CI/CD migration experience, early-stage developer tools experience, forward deployed role experience, existing Buildkite usage
Technologies
CI/CD platforms, frontier engineering tools
Responsibilities
Scope and define customer engagements with clear deliverables and exit criteria; Build core platform features as production code; Collaborate with Solutions Architects and TAMs to identify gaps; Hand off completed work to Product and Engineering teams; Educate sales teams on FDE opportunities and value proposition
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with customer-facing responsibilities
