Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

Buzz Solutions

. Serve as the technical partner alongside Sales on discovery calls .

Posted 9/28/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in solutions engineering and implementation, with a strong focus on customer deployment, integration, and AI workflows. Proven ability to bridge technical and sales functions while identifying expansion opportunities and delivering reusable deployment capabilities.

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Solutions EngineeringPython ProgrammingAPI IntegrationAI WorkflowsPre-Sales Experience

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Hard Skills

PythonTypeScriptAPI IntegrationData Pipeline DevelopmentLLM DevelopmentAgentic SystemsImplementation ScopingSecurity Review NavigationDeployment ConfigurationIntegration Validation

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationComfort with Ambiguity

Tools & Technologies

PowerAIGISInspection Data PipelinesReporting Tools

Industry Keywords

Forward Deployed EngineeringProfessional ServicesTechnical Product CompanyCustomer Expansion Opportunities

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the technical partner alongside Sales on discovery calls
Understand customer inspection workflows and data realities and translate them into deployment plans
Scope implementation effort, integration requirements, data requirements, timelines, and feasibility before contract signature
Run pilots and proofs of value using customer imagery and assets
Address architecture questions, security reviews, and data-handling scrutiny
Own customer deployments end to end, including configuration, integration, validation, and handoff
Build integrations connecting PowerAI to asset management, GIS, inspection data pipelines, and reporting tools
Use AI workflows and agent-assisted implementation to accelerate delivery
Identify and scope expansion opportunities within customer accounts
Bridge field and core engineering by converting recurring customer needs into reusable product capabilities and clear requirements
Build and ship reusable deployment tooling and AI agents across customer delivery and go-to-market workflows
Turn field patterns into reusable assets and product/engineering input
Report directly to the CTO and collaborate with Sales, Product, Solutions, and core Engineering
Help define the Forward Deployed Engineering function and establish its foundation for future growth
In the first 90 days: learn the platform, shadow deployments and sales calls, scope a live opportunity, lead a deployment, identify an account expansion, and ship a reusable deployment capability or internal AI agent

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years in solutions engineering, forward deployed engineering, implementation, or professional services at a technical product company
Pre-sales experience partnering with account executives through a sales cycle, including technical discovery and implementation scoping
Strong Python or TypeScript
Fluency integrating third-party systems via APIs, webhooks, and data pipelines
Hands-on experience building with LLMs and agentic systems, including prompting, tool use, retrieval, orchestration, and evaluation
Experience putting agentic systems in front of real users
Experience navigating security review and architecture scrutiny
Ability to identify and scope customer expansion opportunities
Comfort with ambiguity and ability to ship solutions for undefined problems
Excellent communication skills
Willingness to travel roughly 40% of the time for customer sites and team onsites
United States work authorization; sponsorship is not provided