Forward Deployed Engineer (Globally Competitive + Equity) at a $5B Agentic AI Company

Harper; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Harper is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to open the Singapore market from the front line. You will embed with enterprise clients and translate business requirements into concrete engineering plans, then design production AI agent integrations on client infrastructure.

You will own the lifecycle from problem definition to launch and optimization, and drive reliability, latency, and performance in live environments. Collaborate with sales and product teams in a fast-moving startup setting.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on software engineering: you show it by building, not talking.
• A strong record of technical problem-solving, from code to architecture.
• A translator between business and engineering who can scope solutions with sales and product teams.
• High-agency: you set direction and push decisions through ambiguity.
• Open to Singapore Citizens and PRs.

Responsibilities

• Pinpoint enterprise clients' hardest operational problems and turn them into clear technical KPIs.
• Convert ambiguous requirements into solid engineering designs and execution plans.
• Build and integrate production AI agents right on top of clients' legacy infrastructure.
• Own the entire lifecycle, from problem definition through launch and optimization.
• Drive reliability, latency, and performance in live environments.

Skills

Software engineering

Problem solving

Business-technical translator

Ambiguity navigation

Singaporean/PR eligible

Job description

Globally competitive base + Equity: top-of-industry cash compensation with a next-generation founding-member stock option package, calibrated to experience

Job Title

Location

Company Description

Palantir wrote the playbook; OpenAI and Anthropic are now running it. The Forward Deployed Engineer is Silicon Valley's most sought-after role today: the engineer who embeds with enterprise clients and solves their hardest problems directly in code.

This company reached a $5B valuation in under two years, backed by more than $800M in total funding — going from $2B to $5B in the last six months alone. Its B2B agentic-AI platform is already live across enterprises in 35+ countries. We're looking for the FDE who will open the Singapore market from the front line.

What You'll Do

• Pinpoint enterprise clients' hardest operational problems and turn them into clear technical KPIs.
• Convert ambiguous requirements into solid engineering designs and execution plans.
• Build and integrate production AI agents right on top of clients' legacy infrastructure.
• Own the entire lifecycle, from problem definition through launch and optimization.
• Drive reliability, latency, and performance in live environments.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on software engineering: you show it by building, not talking.
• A strong record of technical problem-solving, from code to architecture.
• A translator between business and engineering who can scope solutions with sales and product teams.
• High-agency: you set direction and push decisions through ambiguity.
• Open to Singapore Citizens and PRs.

Nice to Have

• You've thrived at a fast-moving startup where speed and ownership beat titles.