Forward Deployed Engineer

Daniel Street Group; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Daniel Street Group in Boston is looking for an engineering lead who can oversee client engagements end-to-end, from design to deployment of systems. You’ll collaborate closely with a co-founder and work hands-on with various clients including manufacturers and hospitals.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in TypeScript and a systems thinking approach, along with excellent interpersonal skills to facilitate effective communication among different stakeholders.

The position may require travel to client sites several times a month.

Qualifications

• Five+ years shipping production systems end-to-end.
• Strong database design experience.
• Ability to lead meetings with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering on client engagements.
• Design, integrate, deploy, and maintain systems.
• Map workflows at client sites.

Skills

Systems thinker

TypeScript web stack experience

Machine learning fluency

High emotional intelligence

Excellent client communication

Job description

You’ll lead engineering on a small portfolio of client engagements,working alongside a co-founder from the first conversation through thesystem that’s still in production a year later. The work is hands-on andend-to-end.

What you’d do

• Spend time on-site with clients (manufacturers, hospitals,leasing operators, government, defense), mapping how the workactually moves.
• Own the build end-to-end: design, integrations, deployment, hand-off,and the work after launch that determines whether the system getsused.
• Pair closely with a co-founder on every engagement.

What we look for

• Systems thinker. Clear mental models of how data, code, models,and people fit together, and where each one breaks. Strong web stackexperience in TypeScript, and database design that holds up undergrowth.
• Working fluency in machine learning, agents, and the broader AIstack. Model selection, retrieval, evaluation, and judgment aboutwhen agentic patterns are worth the added complexity. Researchbackground not required.
• High emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills. You buildrapport across all levels of an organization, listen actively, andadapt your communication style to your audience, bringing acollaborative, empathetic posture to every engagement.
• Excellent client communication and organization. You can lead ameeting with executives and the people doing the work, and holdmultiple engagements, stakeholders, and deadlines at once withoutthings slipping.
• Five+ years shipping production systems end-to-end, including atleast one that non-technical users kept using after the demo.
• Willingness to travel to client sites several times a month.