Field AI Engineer - Remote deployments for Industrial Ops

Realm Alliance, Inc.; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full medical coverage

Unlimited PTO

401(k) with match

Equity in startup

Home office allowance

Job summary

Realm Alliance, Inc. is seeking a highly capable Forward Deployed Engineer to be the technical face of customer deployments and integrations.

You will own on-site work, translate operational needs into scalable technical solutions, and prototype tools rapidly to validate feasibility in demanding industrial and government environments. You will embed with users, troubleshoot complex systems, and ensure reliable performance while collaborating with engineering to align product capabilities with

Qualifications

• 2+ years of software engineering or forward deployed / mission operations experience, with a record of shipping impactful work.
• Strong technical fluency and the ability to work closely with engineers—comfortable reading, writing, and debugging code enough to build prototypes.
• Low ego, high EQ, and exceptional collaborative instincts—able to build trust inside Realm and with external partners.
• Experience working directly with enterprise, industrial, government, defense, or security-critical products.
• Strong coding skills, problem-solving ability, and grasp of computer science fundamentals.
• Mastery of core development/infrastructure/DevOps tools (Git, Linux).
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional problem solving, influence technical teams, and drive projects from inception to delivery.

Responsibilities

• Spend ~25% of your time onsite with customers across the US.
• Build a ground-truth understanding of customer operations—shadowing operators, analysts, and frontline teams to understand workflows, constraints, and integration requirements.
• Rapidly prototype tools and integrations in the field (“vibe-coding”) to validate ideas and prove feasibility before handing off to engineering.
• Troubleshoot and diagnose complex operational or systems issues across degraded environments.
• Translate field insights into clear technical requirements and integration specs for the engineering team.
• Lead all technical integration work, including APIs, data pipelines, hardware/software interfaces, and security/compliance-sensitive deployment setups.
• Work closely with engineering to ensure features, interfaces, and infrastructure align with real-world needs.
• Represent customer technical realities internally—ensuring feasibility, reliability, and operational constraints are deeply understood.

Skills

Prototyping

Field deployment

Customer engagement

API integration

Linux

Git

Data analysis

Problem solving

Effective communication

Security/compliance

Tools

APIs

Cloud

Job description

Realm Alliance, Inc. is seeking a highly capable Forward Deployed Engineer to be the technical face of customer deployments and integrations.

You will own on-site work, translate operational needs into scalable technical solutions, and prototype tools rapidly to validate feasibility in demanding industrial and government environments. You will embed with users, troubleshoot complex systems, and ensure reliable performance while collaborating with engineering to align product capabilities with