Title of Role: Forward Deployed Engineer (Pre-Sales & Implementation)
Location: San Mateo, CA or New York, NY (Hybrid – 3 days onsite)
Company Stage of Funding: Series A, High-Growth Venture-Backed
Office Type: Hybrid (Mon/Wed/Fri required in office)
Salary: $140,000 – $210,000 base + competitive equity
Our client is a rapidly scaling, venture-backed technology company focused on transforming how large enterprises operate by leveraging advanced analytics, data platforms, and AI-driven insights. The team builds cutting-edge solutions that enable global organizations to increase engineering efficiency, accelerate digital transformation, and drive high-impact operational outcomes.
The company has experienced explosive growth in the last year and is continuing its trajectory—supported by an impressive customer roster across Fortune 1000 enterprises. This is an opportunity to join a fast-moving environment where technical excellence, problem-solving, and customer impact sit at the center of every initiative.
Run technical discovery sessions to understand customer pain points and business goals.
Design and deliver tailored demos and proofs of value that clearly demonstrate measurable ROI.
Validate technical fit, address objections, and partner closely with Account Executives to drive complex deals forward.
Own the implementation of technical solutions in real customer engineering environments.
Work across APIs, data pipelines, integration points, dashboards, and cloud services to solve high-priority customer challenges.
Iterate quickly with customer feedback to deliver solutions aligned to business outcomes.
Identify recurring customer use cases, technical friction points, and areas for product improvement.
Share insights with product and engineering teams to help shape roadmap direction.
Build reusable demo environments, integration assets, and technical enablement materials for internal and external stakeholders.
3–8 years of experience in pre-sales engineering, forward deployed engineering, solutions engineering, or technical consulting, ideally within enterprise SaaS, developer tooling, analytics, data platforms, cloud, or DevOps.
Strong technical background with experience across APIs, full-stack engineering, integrations, data pipelines, cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure), dashboards, or developer tools.
Proven ability to lead complex enterprise technical evaluations and support multi-stakeholder decision cycles.
Strong discovery, presentation, and communication skills—able to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and executive audiences.
Passion for working with customers, understanding business needs, and contributing directly to revenue outcomes.
Comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
Experience building demos, proofs of value, or technical prototypes for enterprise customers.
Familiarity with analytics tools, cloud security best practices, and modern DevOps workflows.
Exposure to large-scale data systems, engineering productivity platforms, or AI/ML-driven insights products.
Technical degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
Base Salary: $140,000 – $210,000
Equity: Competitive equity package
Work Model: Hybrid, with 3 required in-office days each week (San Mateo or NYC)
Additional Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and other competitive employee benefits provided by the client.
Fast-paced, high-growth environment with meaningful ownership and the opportunity to influence major enterprise accounts.
Work closely with executive-level customers and internal teams on high-impact initiatives.