Forward Deployed Engineering Lead

Job summary

Responsibilities

Most engineering leadership roles move you away from the code. This one keeps you close to the craft and the customer.

• Build, develop, and lead a team of Forward Deployed Engineers
• Work directly with customers to understand their workflows, needs, and hardest technical problems
• Design, prototype, and implement solutions alongside your team
• Own and guide projects end-to-end, from discovery and architecture through shipping and iteration
• Set the technical bar through architecture decisions, code reviews, and hands-on engineering

What they're looking for

• 12+ years across software engineering, technical architecture, and customer-facing engineering
• Experience leading and developing high-performing technical teams
• A track record of remaining deeply hands-on as your leadership scope has grown
• Strong full-stack engineering fundamentals, including React and TypeScript on the frontend and robust backend development
• Strong architectural thinking and familiarity with distributed systems

Tech stack

• React
• TypeScript
• Go
• Rust
• GCP
• AWS
• Terraform