Forward Deployed Engineer

Glider AI; New Jersey; On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Glider AI is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to join our growing Professional Services organization. You will work directly with enterprise customers to accelerate adoption of API and AI connectivity platforms through hands-on implementation, automation, migration tooling, and solution engineering.

This role requires a US Citizen able to support Government/Public Sector Customers. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will design and implement solutions across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem

Qualifications

• 8+ years of customer-facing engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on software engineering and implementation experience.
• Experience with API gateways, API management, integrations, or distributed systems.
• Strong Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure expertise.
• Experience building automation frameworks, deployment tooling, CI/CD pipelines, or migration tooling.
• Strong knowledge of Linux, networking, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Programming experience in Python, Go, Java, JavaScript, or Lua.
• Experience with Terraform, Helm, Ansible, or GitOps frameworks.
• Experience in API Management, Open Source, Middleware, SaaS, or Infrastructure software environments is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and implement solutions across cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments.
• Lead hands-on implementation for API gateways, AI gateways, service mesh, developer portals, and related connectivity technologies.
• Build automation frameworks, migration tooling, custom integrations, and reusable accelerators.
• Drive migration initiatives from legacy API management platforms to modern connectivity platforms.
• Work closely with developers, platform teams, architects, security teams, and executives.
• Develop production-grade code, scripts, plugins, CI/CD integrations, Kubernetes automation, and infrastructure tooling.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to influence roadmap priorities based on customer feedback.
• Create reusable best practices, technical assets, reference architectures, documentation, and design patterns.
• Support strategic customer initiatives involving AI connectivity, governance, platform modernization, and cloud-native transformation.

Skills

Kubernetes

Cloud-native infra

API gateways

Automation tooling

CI/CD pipelines

Linux networking

AWS/Azure/GCP

Programming languages

GitOps

Tools

Terraform

Helm

Ansible

GitOps

Migration tooling

Job description

Join a giant tech heavyweight shaping the future of API, AI, and cloud connectivity!

We are seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to join a growing Professional Services organization. This is a highly strategic, customer-facing engineering role focused on helping enterprise customers accelerate adoption of API and AI connectivity platforms through hands-on implementation, automation, migration tooling, and solution engineering.

Important: This role requires a US Citizen who can support Government/Public Sector Customers.

About the Role

Are you ready to unlock intelligence?

Join a giant tech heavyweight shaping the future of API, AI, and cloud connectivity!

We are seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to join a growing Professional Services organization. This is a highly strategic, customer-facing engineering role focused on helping enterprise customers accelerate adoption of API and AI connectivity platforms through hands-on implementation, automation, migration tooling, and solution engineering.

Important: This role requires a US Citizen who can support Government/Public Sector Customers.

As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will work directly alongside customer engineering teams to solve complex technical challenges, accelerate migrations, build reusable automation, and deliver production-grade solutions in real-world enterprise environments.

You will operate at the intersection of software engineering, architecture, platform engineering, DevOps, and customer delivery.

This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy:

• Building and coding
• Solving complex and ambiguous technical problems
• Working directly with customers
• Modernizing enterprise infrastructure
• Working with APIs, AI gateways, service connectivity, and cloud-native platforms

What You’ll Do

• Partner with enterprise customers to design, build, and implement solutions across cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments.
• Lead hands-on implementation efforts for API gateways, AI gateways, service mesh, developer portals, and related connectivity technologies.
• Build automation frameworks, migration tooling, custom integrations, and reusable accelerators.
• Drive migration initiatives from legacy API management platforms to modern connectivity platforms.
• Work closely with developers, platform teams, architects, security teams, and executives.
• Develop production-grade code, scripts, plugins, CI/CD integrations, Kubernetes automation, and infrastructure tooling.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to influence roadmap priorities based on customer feedback.
• Create reusable best practices, technical assets, reference architectures, documentation, and design patterns.
• Support strategic customer initiatives involving AI connectivity, governance, platform modernization, and cloud-native transformation.

What You’ll Bring

• 8+ years of experience in customer-facing engineering, platform engineering, professional services, SRE, or software engineering.
• Strong hands-on software engineering and implementation experience.
• Experience with API gateways, API management, integrations, or distributed systems.
• Strong Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure expertise.
• Experience building automation frameworks, deployment tooling, CI/CD pipelines, or migration tooling.
• Strong knowledge of Linux, networking, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Programming experience in Python, Go, Java, JavaScript, or Lua.
• Experience with Terraform, Helm, Ansible, or GitOps frameworks.
• Experience in API Management, Open Source, Middleware, SaaS, or Infrastructure software environments is highly preferred.

Preferred Attributes

• Strong builder mindset with the ability to solve complex technical problems independently.
• Comfortable working in ambiguous, fast-moving enterprise environments.
• Customer-focused with a passion for delivering measurable outcomes.
• Excellent communication skills across technical and executive audiences.
• Strong organization, prioritization, and execution skills.
• Passion for AI, APIs, modern infrastructure, and cloud-native technologies.
• Strong ownership, accountability, and teamwork.

Location: US / Customer-facing

Work Authorization: US Citizens only

ustomer Focus: Government & Public Sector

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