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Principal Forward Deployed Engineer

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. Own technical strategy for demand-side delivery across the partner portfolio .

Posted 10/9/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • United StatesLead💰 $200,000 - $240,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading technical strategy and engineering practices, with a strong focus on building reusable architectures and integrating AI-native workflows. Proven ability to mentor teams and facilitate complex technical sessions with partner engineering teams.

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Technical Strategy OwnershipProduction-Quality Coding in ScalaDeep REST/JSON API ExpertiseAI-Native Workflow ExperiencePeople Leadership Experience

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Hard Skills
Production-Quality CodingScalaPythonNode.jsTypeScriptREST APIJSON APICode-Generation PipelinesTest-Scaffolding AgentsSchema Evolution
Soft Skills
MentoringFacilitationLeadership
Tools & Technologies
Claude CodeCursorCopilot
Industry Keywords
Forward-Deployed EngineeringIntegrationPlatform EngineeringDelivery PracticesTechnical Working Sessions

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
JavaScriptNode.jsPythonScalaTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own technical strategy for demand-side delivery across the partner portfolio
  • Set standards adopted across Forward Deployed Engineering and Solutions Engineering
  • Develop and implement standard operating procedures and delivery practices
  • Lead complex, ambiguous, or new-vertical integrations end to end
  • Turn bespoke builds into repeatable solutions, including shared modules, templates, and runbooks
  • Architect and govern AI-native engineering practices, including code-generation pipelines, mapping automation, test-scaffolding agents, and human-review gates
  • Mentor FDEs through design and code reviews
  • Drive Product and Engineering feedback loops to reduce future bespoke work
  • Lead technical working sessions with partner engineering teams for critical integrations and hosted experiences

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 8+ years of experience, including time in a senior or staff-level integration, platform, or forward-deployed engineering role
  • People leadership or strong informal team leadership experience preferred
  • Production-quality coding in Scala and/or Python
  • Working comfort in Node.js/TypeScript for SDKs and tooling
  • Deep REST/JSON API expertise, including authentication, idempotency, schema evolution, versioning, monitoring, and incident response
  • Track record of building reusable architecture, tooling, or playbooks that scaled team output without proportional headcount growth
  • Experience using AI-native workflows and tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot
  • Ability to facilitate technical working sessions directly with partner engineering teams

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Flexible working options
  • Time off
  • Competitive pay
  • Benefits and well-being programs