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Lead / Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

Austin, US💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-18 → 2026-09-11

Core

Lead a pod of engineers to build a production analytics and predictive platform for a US healthcare workforce company, embedding with the client to own outcomes and ship scalable solutions.

Role type

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Solutions Architect & Hands-on IC)

Builds

Production-ready analytics and predictive platform for workforce management

Domain

Healthcare workforce management / Cloud infrastructure / Data architecture

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Python, backend services/APIs, system design, distributed systems, data architecture (PostgreSQL, Snowflake), client-facing consulting, technical leadership, observability, security, deployment

Preferred skills

Healthcare domain, HIPAA/PHI, workforce management systems (HRIS, ERP, EMR/EHR), optimization/ML systems, OR-Tools, Gurobi, OptaPlanner, XGBoost, SciPy, mentoring

Technologies

Python, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, OR-Tools, Gurobi, OptaPlanner, XGBoost, SciPy

Responsibilities

Act as primary technical and consultative engineering lead; design and guide data architecture; evolve prototype to production platform; make architectural decisions across backend, APIs, data, and infrastructure; implement production-quality Python services; establish engineering practices for production; take ownership of delivery outcomes.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic ownership

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