AI-Driven Forward Deployed Engineering Lead

Gen Digital Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Gen Digital Inc. is seeking a hybrid leader/individual contributor to shape and govern the Forward Deployed Engineering strategy. You will own key partner integrations, drive repeatable delivery standards, and collaborate with Backend/Frontend, Solutions Engineering, and Product to accelerate value across the partner ecosystem.

You will mentor FDEs, establish best practices, and manage high-stakes engagements with internal stakeholders, ensuring scalable, safe, production-ready builds.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in senior or staff integration roles across platforms.
• Proven ability to ship production-grade code.
• Deep experience with REST/JSON APIs and versioning.
• Experience building reusable architecture and playbooks.
• Familiarity with AI-native tooling and code-generation pipelines.
• Strong leadership in cross-functional settings.
• Comfort hosting technical working sessions with partner teams.
• Pattern-recognition for packaging repeatable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own technical strategy for demand-side delivery across partner portfolio.
• Develop SOPs and best practices to accelerate delivery.
• Lead the most complex, ambiguous, or net-new vertical integrations end-to-end.
• Translate bespoke builds into reusable modules and runbooks.
• Architect and govern AI-native engineering practices.
• Mentor FDEs through design and code reviews.
• Drive structured feedback loops with Product/Engineering to reduce bespoke work.

Skills

Senior integration lead

Scala/Python

Node.js/TypeScript

REST/JSON APIs

Reusable architecture

AI-native workflows

Partner collaboration

Mentoring teams

Job description

Gen Digital Inc. is seeking a hybrid leader/individual contributor to shape and govern the Forward Deployed Engineering strategy. You will own key partner integrations, drive repeatable delivery standards, and collaborate with Backend/Frontend, Solutions Engineering, and Product to accelerate value across the partner ecosystem.

You will mentor FDEs, establish best practices, and manage high-stakes engagements with internal stakeholders, ensuring scalable, safe, production-ready builds.