Forward Deployed Software Engineer

Vibehackers; Mumbai; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Vibehackers in Mumbai is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to collaborate with enterprise customers to design, build, and deploy AI-driven agents and complete end-to-end solutions that deliver measurable business impact. You will own projects from problem definition and system design through production deployment, reliability, and iteration.

You will own deployments end-to-end, ensuring reliability, performance, and continuous improvement while aligning solutions with customer outcomes and

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in technical problem-solving roles.
• Experience leading or contributing to solution scoping, discovery workshops, or early-stage AI/technical strategy with sales, product, or delivery teams.
• Strong fundamentals in software design and system design.
• Clear communication skills and a strong ownership/high-agency mindset.
• Experience working across systems, integrations, and data flows.
• Comfortable working directly with customers and owning ambiguous problems.
• Curiosity and interest in building AI-powered systems that work in production.

Responsibilities

• Partner with customers to understand operational challenges and success criteria.
• Translate open-ended problems into clear technical designs and implementations.
• Build AI agents that integrate with customer systems and perform real tasks.
• Own deployments, including reliability, performance, and continuous improvement.
• Test with real customer data, measure outcomes, and iterate based on results.
• Collaborate with Product & Engineering to ship high-quality solutions.
• Contribute to tools, documentation, and best practices that scale customer delivery.

Skills

System design

Software design

Customer engagement

Problem solving

Solution scoping

Technical strategy

Data flows

Ownership/high-agency mindset

Reliability engineering

Job description

Building AI agents and production-ready AI systems; aligns with rapid AI prototyping and agent-focused development in customer contexts.

About the Role

Work directly with enterprise customers to design, build, and deploy AI-driven agents and end-to-end solutions that deliver measurable business impact. Own projects from problem definition and system design through production deployment, reliability, and iteration.

Job Description

Role

As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) you will work directly with enterprise customers to design, build, and deploy AI-driven agents and solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes. You will own projects end-to-end, from problem definition and system design through production deployment, reliability, and iteration.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with customers to understand operational challenges and success criteria.
• Translate open-ended problems into clear technical designs and implementations.
• Build AI agents that integrate with customer systems and perform real tasks.
• Own deployments, including reliability, performance, and continuous improvement.
• Test with real customer data, measure outcomes, and iterate based on results.
• Collaborate with Product & Engineering to ship high-quality solutions.
• Contribute to tools, documentation, and best practices that scale customer delivery.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in technical problem-solving roles.
• Experience leading or contributing to solution scoping, discovery workshops, or early-stage AI/technical strategy with sales, product, or delivery teams.
• Strong fundamentals in software design and system design.
• Clear communication skills and a strong ownership/high-agency mindset.
• Experience working across systems, integrations, and data flows.
• Comfortable working directly with customers and owning ambiguous problems.
• Curiosity and interest in building AI-powered systems that work in production.

Skills

System Design Software Design Communication Project Management Customer Engagement Problem Solving Solution Scoping Technical Strategy Integrations Data Flows Ownership Reliability Engineering Documentation