Forward Deployed Engineer

AustinWorks; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

AustinWorks is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to bridge engineering, product, and customer workstreams in New York. You will collaborate with customer teams to understand workflows and implement solutions that deliver real value in production environments.

This highly hands-on, technical role requires leading projects from discovery through deployment and adoption, often in fast-paced, ambiguous settings with a strong ownership mindset.

Qualifications

• Strong technical foundation and ability to build software systems.
• Background in software engineering, solutions engineering, or a similar hybrid role.
• Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Comfort operating in fast-moving, ambiguous environments with ownership.
• Interest in working closely with users to solve real-world problems.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with customer engineering teams to understand problems and identify high-impact use cases.
• Build and implement solutions directly within real-world systems and codebases.
• Run technical demos, pilots, and proof-of-concepts.
• Collaborate across engineering and product teams to improve functionality and usability.
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable insights for stakeholders.

Skills

Technical foundation

Software engineering

Solutions engineering

Communication

Ownership

Job description

$200-$300k base salary + highly competitive equity

About the Company

Our client is a fast-growing applied AI company building tools that help engineering teams automate and accelerate software development. They are working with large enterprise customers to deploy these systems into real production environments and are focused on solving complex, high-impact technical problems. The team is small, highly selective, and composed of experienced builders and operators.

About the Role

Our client is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to work at the intersection of engineering, product, and customer. In this role, you will partner directly with engineering teams to understand their workflows and implement solutions that deliver real value in production environments.

This is a highly hands-on, technical role with a strong customer-facing component. You will be responsible for driving projects from early discovery through deployment and adoption, often operating in fast-paced and ambiguous settings.

What You'll Do

• Work closely with customer engineering teams to understand problems and identify high-impact use cases
• Build and implement solutions directly within real-world systems and codebases
• Run technical demos, pilots, and proof-of-concepts
• Collaborate across engineering and product teams to improve functionality and usability
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable insights for a range of stakeholders

What We're Looking For

• Strong technical foundation with experience building software systems
• Background in software engineering, solutions engineering, or a similar hybrid role
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Comfort operating in fast-moving, ambiguous environments with a high degree of ownership
• Interest in working closely with users and solving real-world problems

Nice to Have

• Experience working in customer-facing technical roles
• Background at early-stage startups or as a founder / founding engineer
• Exposure to modern AI systems or developer tools
• History of building side projects or working across the stack
• Hybrid/in-office environment in major U.S. tech hubs
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology with real-world impact
• Competitive compensation and meaningful equity