Forward Deployed Engineer

Career Movement; Manhattan Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Movement is seeking a Forward Deployed Software Engineer based in Los Angeles for a manufacturing technology company whose software platform runs inside factories building rockets, electric aircraft, autonomous vehicles, and defense systems.

You will be embedded at customer facilities in the LA area roughly two days per week and work from the El Segundo office the rest of the time, building production-quality, full-stack software and presenting to executive stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience owning both technical delivery and client relationships.
• Strong SQL and relational database knowledge, PostgreSQL preferred.
• Full-stack development with production deployments.
• Ability to present and problem-solve in front of executive stakeholders.
• Degree in CS/Engineering/Math/Physics/Data Science or equivalent.
• Consulting or customer-embedded engineering background is a strong plus.
• Experience in aerospace/defense/robotics/advanced manufacturing valued but not required.

Responsibilities

• Embedded at customer facilities in the LA area approximately two days per week, and in the company office the rest of the time.
• Write production-quality, full-stack software for customers.
• Present and engage with executive-level stakeholders to solve real problems.
• Build custom software solutions that address operational challenges for clients.

Skills

Client relationship management

Full-stack development

Executive communication

Production code quality

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Physics, or Data Science

Tools

Python

React

PostgreSQL

Job description

We are recruiting for a Forward Deployed Software Engineer based in Los Angeles for a manufacturing technology company whose software platform runs inside factories building rockets, electric aircraft, autonomous vehicles, and defense systems.

This company has built its engineering organization around a model where engineers are the customer team -- there is no separate customer success layer. You will be embedded at customer facilities in the LA area approximately two days per week and working out of the company's El Segundo office the rest of the time, building custom software solutions that solve real operational problems for your customers.

The role requires someone who can write production-quality code across a full stack and operate in front of executive-level customer stakeholders at the same time. Strong relational database fundamentals, SQL and Postgres in particular, are the primary technical requirement. Python and React are the stack.

What you bring:

• Prior experience owning both technical delivery and client or customer relationships simultaneously
• Strong SQL and relational database knowledge -- Postgres preferred
• Full-stack development experience with production deployments
• Comfort presenting and problem-solving in front of executive-level stakeholders
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Physics, or Data Science, or equivalent background
• Consulting, professional services, or customer-embedded engineering background is a strong plus
• Background in aerospace, defense, robotics, or advanced manufacturing is valued but not required