APAC Forward Deployed Engineer - GTM Tech & Demos

Exa; Singapore; On-site; SGD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

premium healthcare benefits

fertility benefits

monthly wellness stipend

Job summary

Exa is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer in Singapore to lead the technical side of the sales cycle, partnering with an AE to design solutions on Exa's API and deliver demos that prove value.

You'll own discovery, build tailored demos/POCs, translate capabilities for CTOs and engineers, and become the trusted advisor throughout evaluations as Exa expands in APJ. This is an in-person role with premium healthcare, fertility benefits, and a monthly wellness stipend.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a customer-facing technical role with solutions/sales engineering or similar.
• Strong API and modern development experience with Python/TypeScript.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills across audiences.
• Based in the region with willingness to travel for customer engagements.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical side of the sales cycle: discovery, solution design, demos, POCs/POVs, and technical objection handling, in partnership with your AE.
• Run the technical side of expansion: spot new use cases and turn them into evaluations with your AE.
• Build working demos and prototypes on Exa's API tailored to each customer's use case.
• Tell the story: translate Exa's capabilities into use-case narratives for CTOs, engineers, and PMs.
• Be the trusted technical advisor: know the product and API inside out and answer hard questions honestly.
• Feed the field back into product: identify patterns and relay to product and engineering.
• Scale yourself and the region: create reusable demos and playbooks; represent Exa at events.
• As a founding regional hire, support early customers through onboarding and initial implementation.

Skills

APIs integration

Customer facing

Technical demos

Python/TypeScript

Presentation skills

Tools

APIs

POCs/Demos

Job description

Exa is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer in Singapore to lead the technical side of the sales cycle, partnering with an AE to design solutions on Exa's API and deliver demos that prove value.

You'll own discovery, build tailored demos/POCs, translate capabilities for CTOs and engineers, and become the trusted advisor throughout evaluations as Exa expands in APJ. This is an in-person role with premium healthcare, fertility benefits, and a monthly wellness stipend.