Forward Deployed Engineer

SensorUp; Canada; Remote; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company equity

Unlimited PTO

Remote-first

Work from anywhere stipend

Job summary

SensorUp is seeking a hands-on engineer to join our remote-first team, building live workflow demos in Studio for enterprise prospects. You will transform messy asset registries and data feeds into running demos, then standardize them for reuse.

You thrive in fast-moving startups, excel with SQL and Python, and can explain technical choices to non-technical operators. Previous customer-facing delivery and experience with OT/IoT data is a plus.

Qualifications

• Shipped production software or data pipelines recently and hands-on.
• Strong SQL and working Python.
• Experience with messy operational data.
• Customer-facing implementation, solutions engineering or delivery.
• Able to explain technical decisions to non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own the build seat in prospect workshops end to end.
• Generalize workshop builds into library entries for reuse.
• Reduce time from data drop to working demo environment.
• Build reference implementations of core workflows (detect, evaluate, action, record).
• Provide specific product feedback to roadmap based on workshop learnings.

Skills

Production software

SQL skills

Python

Data wrangling

Customer delivery

Communication

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Retool

Job description

Who We Are

SensorUp is a purpose-built integrated platform to connect field operations and corporate reporting across the full emissions management lifecycle, from field inspections and leak detection through repair verification, regulatory and voluntary reporting, continuous improvement, and audit. We work with some of the world's leading upstream and midstream methane operators, and we're at an inflection point: growing our enterprise customer base, deepening strategic partner relationships, and building toward a future where AI-assisted emissions management is the norm, not the exception.

We're a focused, cross-functional team distributed across Canada and the United States, moving fast and motivated by the problem we're solving. We believe that eliminating fugitive methane emissions is both an environmental imperative and a solvable operational challenge, and we build our platform accordingly.

Our Vision

We're building the infrastructure layer for how the energy industry measures, manages, and monetizes emissions, from LDAR programs and OGMP 2.0 certification to carbon credit markets. Our goal is a world where every methane molecule is accounted for, and every operator has the tools to act on that data in real time.

The Role

The fastest way to show an operator what SensorUp Studio can do is to build their workflow in front of them. We are standing up a workshop motion for new enterprise prospects: a working session with an operator's methane and operations team that ends with a real slice of their workflow composed live in Studio, on their data. This role is the build seat in that room. You will take a prospect's messy asset registries, detection feeds, and reporting pain, and turn them into something running before the session ends. Then you will generalize what you built into our Solutions Library, so every workshop makes the platform stronger and the next deal faster.

Your Impact

What is different at SensorUp 12 months from now because you were here:

• Own the build seat in our prospect workshops end to end: prepare the environment from intake, compose live in Studio during the session, and deliver the readout that carries the deal forward
• Turn every workshop build into a generalized, reusable entry in the Solutions Library, so composed workflows compound into product rather than one-off demos
• Cut the time from a prospect's raw data drop to a working demo environment from weeks to days, including large asset registry and observation loads
• Build the reference implementations of core detect, evaluate, action, and record workflows that sales and delivery reuse across accounts
• Feed field-observed platform gaps back to product and engineering with enough specificity that they land on the roadmap

Your Experience

Must-Haves:

• You have shipped production software or data pipelines yourself, recently and hands on. Strong SQL and working Python
• You have worked with messy operational data: asset hierarchies, sensor and observation records, exports that do not agree with each other
• You have built in a customer-facing setting before: implementation, solutions engineering, consulting delivery, or forward-deployed work
• You are comfortable composing a solution live, with incomplete requirements and an audience watching
• You can explain a technical decision to a non-technical operator audience without jargon

Nice-to-Haves

• Oil and gas, emissions, or adjacent heavy industry experience
• Familiarity with geospatial, IoT, or time-series data
• Experience building on configurable or low-code platforms (Palantir Foundry, Retool, or similar)
• Early-stage startup experience where you owned outcomes end to end

Who You Are

You're energized by hard problems in complex environments, the kind where the data is messy, the stakes are real, and the solution actually matters. You don't need perfect conditions to do great work; you build clarity out of ambiguity and move fast without cutting corners.

You care about craft, whether that's code, a customer conversation, or a process, and you hold yourself to a high bar because the operators relying on this platform do too. You're collaborative by default, not by obligation. You share context, ask good questions, and make the people around you better.

You're drawn to a place where simplicity is treated as a feature, where what gets built is tied directly to real-world outcomes, and where the work you do today shapes an industry that's still figuring out how to operate in a data-driven world.

If you've ever looked at a complex, fragmented system and thought there has to be a better way to connect all of this, you'll fit right in.

Why SensorUp?

At SensorUp, the work is meaningful and the team is intentional. We're remote-first, fast-moving, and committed to making sure you have what you need to thrive, professionally and personally.

Compensation & Equity

• Competitive salary
• Company equity

Time & Flexibility

• Unlimited PTO + regional holidays
• Flexible work schedule
• Remote-first
• Work from anywhere stipend

Health & Wellbeing

• Group insurance (medical, dental & vision)
• Life & AD&D
• Personal spending account (Canada: health or personal use; US: FSA/DCA)
• Employee assistance program

Tools & Setup

• Company laptop

Salary Range

Salary ranges are determined by the role and level required for the position. Factors including job-related skills, experience, relevant education or training and location determine individual pay. The position is also eligible for equity, bonus, and participation in our total rewards package in your area.

Diversity & Inclusion

SensorUp is an equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, colour, gender identity, gender expression, age, ancestry, place of origin, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, record of offences, marital status, family status or sexual orientation, religion, veteran or military status, or mental or physical disability status. In fact, it's our diversity that makes us who we are. If your experience and interests match some of the above, we want you to apply. You belong here! We aspire to achieve great things and to accomplish that, we must bring together a diverse set of people with different backgrounds, perspectives, and skill sets to create our solutions and make a difference in the world.

Accommodations will be provided upon request by candidates participating in all aspects of the selection process.