Forward Deployed Engineering Manager

Fdetimes; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Notion is seeking a Manager of Forward Deployed Engineering for the Services team. You will lead a team responsible for delivering complex customer engagements, designing and deploying production-ready Notion-based solutions for enterprise customers across EMEA.

You will coach engineers through discovery, architecture, implementation and launch while guiding challenging technical decisions and building trust with senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in forward deployed engineering or similar hands-on tech roles.
• 2+ years managing engineers responsible for customer-facing delivery.
• Strong track record hiring and developing high-performing teams.
• Proficiency in at least one language: Java, JavaScript, Node.js, SQL or Python.
• Hands-on experience with APIs, integrations, data transformation and production systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach a team delivering complex enterprise engagements across EMEA.
• Establish high-performance team environment with clear expectations and career development.
• Own outcomes from discovery through design, deployment and handover.
• Advise customer engineering, IT and security leaders on architecture decisions.
• Oversee design and operation of custom agents, integrations and data pipelines.

Skills

8+ years experience

Team leadership

Architectural judgment

Java/JavaScript/Node.js/SQL/Python

APIs and data pipelines

Discovery and scoping

Job description

Notion is seeking a Manager of Forward Deployed Engineering for the Services team. You will lead a team responsible for delivering complex customer engagements, designing and deploying production-ready Notion-based solutions for enterprise customers across EMEA.

You will coach engineers through discovery, architecture, implementation and launch while guiding challenging technical decisions and building trust with senior stakeholders.