Forward Deployed Engineer

Jobot; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off and company holidays

Paid parental leave

Life and disability insurance

Professional development and training

Hybrid work flexibility

Performance-based bonus opportunities

Job summary

Jobot seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to act as the bridge between clients and engineering teams, delivering data-enabled software solutions and guiding technical engagements. The role involves partnering with customers to define requirements, design solutions, and drive delivery across cloud-native architectures.

Occasional travel to customer sites is expected. The ideal candidate has strong Python and SQL skills, proven client-facing experience, and the ability to communicate effectively

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software/engineering experience with external customers or client-facing projects.
• Strong communication skills with executives, business leaders, and technical teams.
• Experience leading customer discovery sessions and architectural discussions.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer-facing engagements to gather requirements and design technical solutions.
• Bridge between clients and engineering teams to translate business needs into implementable software.
• Deliver cloud-native applications, APIs, data pipelines, or AI-enabled solutions.
• Travel to customer sites as needed to support engagements.

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

Job details

Jobot Job is hosted by: Forrest Mack.

Salary: $160,000 - $300,000 per year.

A bit about us

Our client is a leading data analytics and technology consulting firm that partners with private equity firms and their portfolio companies to solve complex business challenges through AI, advanced analytics, and modern data engineering. Their teams design and deploy intelligent, agentic solutions that improve decision‑making across functions including sales, operations, marketing, pricing, and customer strategy. This is a client‑facing role with occasional travel to customer sites to support strategic engagements and solution delivery.

Why join us

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid time off and company holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Life and disability insurance
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Hybrid work flexibility (depending on the role)
• Performance-based bonus opportunities

What We're Looking For

A successful Forward Deployed Engineer combines strong technical expertise with exceptional customer‑facing experience, serving as the bridge between external stakeholders and engineering teams. The ideal candidate has partnered directly with clients to gather requirements, design technical solutions, manage expectations, and deliver software that solves real business problems. They are equally comfortable leading conversations with executives, business leaders, and technical teams, building trusted relationships while translating complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes. Rather than simply writing code, they take the time to understand a customer's business challenges, ask thoughtful questions, communicate technical tradeoffs, and move seamlessly between the boardroom and the codebase as both a trusted advisor and hands‑on engineer.

What We Do

AI & Data Engineering

• You have experience building data‑intensive applications using modern engineering tools and frameworks.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Data Engineering, Machine Learning Engineering, Solutions Engineering, or Forward Deployed Engineering.
• Demonstrated experience working directly with external customers, clients, or business stakeholders to define technical requirements and deliver software solutions.
• Experience leading customer discovery sessions, technical workshops, architecture discussions, or implementation engagements.
• Strong software engineering skills using Python and SQL.
• Experience building cloud‑native applications, APIs, data pipelines, or AI‑enabled solutions.
• Familiarity with modern AI technologies, including LLMs, Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG), AI agents, or agentic workflows is highly desirable.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both executive leadership and technical engineering teams.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites as needed.

Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is Jobot’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization. Jobot will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.