Enterprise AI Forward-Deployed Engineer

Fdetimes; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Amplitude is seeking a Customer Forward Deployed Engineer to own end-to-end enterprise implementations, from sales engagement through post-deployment validation.

You will work directly in Amplitude's product codebase, submit PRs, ship customer-specific solutions, and build reusable patterns that accelerate future engagements.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of customer-facing engineering experience, a Bachelor's degree, and a proven ability to own projects end-to-end.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience owning customer-facing technical engagements end-to-end.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Ability to architect reusable solutions and mentor other engineers.
• Autonomous across 4–6 concurrent engagements.
• Hands-on experience shipping software in customer-facing contexts.
• Comfort reading/writing production code in complex codebases.
• Fluent with data schemas, data pipelines, APIs, SDKs, and integrations.
• Prototypes, wireframes, demos to communicate technical solutions.
• High ownership and bias toward action; ship and iterate.

Responsibilities

• Own enterprise implementations end-to-end — engage during sales to map customer needs to capabilities, scope implementation plans, and deliver through post-deployment validation with measurable customer outcomes.
• Work directly in the product codebase — submit PRs, test, and ship customer-specific solutions without requiring constant oversight; over time, close gaps between what we built and what the customer needs.
• Ship early, ship often, and gather feedback — treat every customer interaction as an opportunity to validate your approach and course-correct quickly.
• Build reusable patterns and playbooks — document implementation patterns to reduce effort on subsequent engagements.
• Feed structured signals back to Product — translate customer pain into actionable product feedback that influences the roadmap.
• Establish an AI-native engineering workflow — AI tools integrated into writing, testing, debugging, and delivering code as standard practice.
• Proactively identify the right engagements — target accounts for FDE pre-Sales with sound judgment.
• Build cross-functional trust — partner with Sales, Customer Success, and Product Engineering as a trusted technical voice.
• Instrument and measure impact — track cycle time, customer outcomes, and product signals to ensure meaningful shipping.

Skills

Customer engagements

Architect reusable solutions

Shipping software

Data & integrations

Prototyping & demos

Ownership & action

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Amplitude is seeking a Customer Forward Deployed Engineer to own end-to-end enterprise implementations, from sales engagement through post-deployment validation.

You will work directly in Amplitude's product codebase, submit PRs, ship customer-specific solutions, and build reusable patterns that accelerate future engagements.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of customer-facing engineering experience, a Bachelor's degree, and a proven ability to own projects end-to-end.