Forward Deployed Engineer

Oliver Bernard; München; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Oliver Bernard is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer in Munich to lead customer deployments from kickoff to production rollout, building AI agents around RFQs and pricing. You will work with senior sales and tech leaders to scope problems, drive adoption and translate recurring customer patterns into scalable platform features.

You will own the journey, from customer engagement to renewal, while solving complex workflows and ensuring successful deployments for enterprise customers across DACH

Qualifikationen

• Strong software engineering fundamentals, ideally in Python, TypeScript or similar.
• Experience or strong interest in AI systems, agents, RAG, LLM tooling or applied ML
• Comfortable using tools like Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or similar to materially improve engineering output
• Evidence of serious ownership, such as a startup, open-source work, student initiative, side project or high-impact role
• Strong customer-facing ability, including executive conversations and structured problem-solving
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, AI or a related technical field from a strong technical university
• Full working proficiency in German and English

Aufgaben

• Own enterprise deployments from kickoff through to production rollout and renewal
• Build and adapt AI agents around RFQs, pricing, technical sales processes, ERP quirks and internal workflows
• Work directly with Heads of Sales, CSOs, CTOs and CEOs to scope problems and drive adoption
• Translate repeatable customer patterns into scalable platform features with the core engineering team
• Identify internal champions and help them prove value inside their organisation
• Represent the product through customer stories, case studies and industry conversations

Kenntnisse

Software engineering

Customer-facing

Ownership & initiative

Problem-solving

AI systems interest

LLM tooling familiarity

Executive communication

Ausbildung

CS/IS/AI degree

Tools

Python

TypeScript

Claude Code

Cursor

Codex

Jobbeschreibung

Forward Deployed Engineer | Munich | Competitive Salary + Equity

Early-stage AI company building agents for complex manufacturers, focused on automating the commercial response process.

Their product reads RFQs, extracts technical requirements, generates offers, and turns weeks of inside sales work into hours.

They’ve closed a competitive pre-seed, have paying customers across DACH, the US, Australia and Brazil, and are now scaling towards a Seed round.

Role

You’ll own customer deployments end-to-end, working directly with senior commercial and technical stakeholders while building production AI agents around real industrial workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own enterprise deployments from kickoff through to production rollout and renewal
• Build and adapt AI agents around RFQs, pricing, technical sales processes, ERP quirks and internal workflows
• Work directly with Heads of Sales, CSOs, CTOs and CEOs to scope problems and drive adoption
• Translate repeatable customer patterns into scalable platform features with the core engineering team
• Identify internal champions and help them prove value inside their organisation
• Represent the product through customer stories, case studies and industry conversations

Requirements

• Strong software engineering fundamentals, ideally in Python, TypeScript or similar
• Experience or strong interest in AI systems, agents, RAG, LLM tooling or applied ML
• Comfortable using tools like Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or similar to materially improve engineering output
• Evidence of serious ownership, such as a startup, open-source work, student initiative, side project or high-impact role
• Strong customer-facing ability, including executive conversations and structured problem-solving
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, AI or a related technical field from a strong technical university
• Full working proficiency in German and English

Requirements / Constraints

Munich-based or open to being close to the team.

Full working proficiency in German and English required.

Occasional customer travel, around 20 to 40%, mostly across DACH.