Associate Forward Deployed Engineer - Remote

YO AI Labs; Vlaams-Brabant; Remote; EUR 28,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

YO AI Labs is seeking a Junior Associate Forward Deployed Engineer to support data ingestion and customer data workflows. You will collaborate with experienced engineers to troubleshoot issues, build scripts and automations, and ensure customer data is transferred accurately.

You will work on data pipelines, APIs, and tooling while learning to tackle increasingly complex engineering challenges in a customer-facing capacity. This position is remote with hourly compensation.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with building data pipelines or ETL workflows.
• Experience validating data and ensuring quality checks at ingestion points.
• Basic programming and scripting skills for automation.
• Ability to communicate clearly with customers and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Support customer data preparation, transfer, and validation.
• Build scripts, integrations, and workflow automations.
• Troubleshoot APIs, data formats, and data-transfer issues.
• Monitor workflows and verify data accuracy.
• Communicate with customers and internal teams.
• Improve documentation, tooling, and reusable workflows.
• Take on more complex engineering responsibilities over time.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data Workflows

APIs

Git & CLI

Troubleshooting

Data Validation

Customer Communication

Tools

Git

Job description

Associate Forward Deployed Engineer (aFDE)

Job Type: Full-time
Location: Remote
Work Arrangement: Hourly

We are seeking Junior Engineers to support data ingestion and customer data workflows. You'll work with experienced engineers to troubleshoot issues, build scripts and automations, and ensure customer data is transferred accurately.

Key Responsibilities

• Support customer data preparation, transfer, and validation.
• Build scripts, integrations, and workflow automations.
• Troubleshoot APIs, data formats, and data-transfer issues.
• Monitor workflows and verify data accuracy.
• Communicate with customers and internal teams.
• Improve documentation, tooling, and reusable workflows.
• Take on more complex engineering responsibilities over time.

Required Skills

• Python
• SQL
• Data Workflows
• Basic Programming & Scripting
• APIs
• Git & Command-Line Tools
• Troubleshooting
• Data Validation
• Customer Communication

Nice to Have

• Experience with data pipelines or large datasets.
• Familiarity with cloud storage and data transfers.
• Linux experience.
• Knowledge of JSON, CSV, or Parquet.
• Experience with AI coding tools.
• Startup or customer-facing technical experience.