Associate Forward Deployed Engineer - Remote

YO AI Labs; Ottawa; Remote; CAD 41,000 - 83,000; 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 work with experienced engineers to troubleshoot issues, build scripts and automations, and ensure customer data is transferred accurately.

This remote, hourly role offers hands-on learning as you take on increasing engineering responsibilities, communicate with customers and internal teams, and contribute to documentation and tooling improvements.

Qualifications

• Experience with data ingestion, ETL, and data validation workflows.
• Proficient in Python and SQL for data processing.
• Ability to troubleshoot APIs and data-transfer issues.
• Familiar with Git and command-line tools.
• Strong communication with customers and internal teams.
• Willing to learn and take on increasing engineering responsibilities.

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

Basic Programming & Scripting

APIs

Git & Command-Line Tools

Troubleshooting

Data Validation

Customer Communication

Tools

Cloud storage

Parquet

JSON

CSV

Linux

AI coding tools

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.